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From: Cathleen Gray - grad student
Date: 13 Oct 2008
Time: 11:39:36 -0500
Remote Name: 71.250.36.6
John and Jill - This article was very informative! As a first year graduate student studying fluency disorders with Lee Caggiano at NYU, I am very new to the field and eager to learn more about various clinical experiences and helpful tips on stuttering treatment. Because the number of clients presenting with a concomitant disorder is so high, should an SLP (particularly a new clinician) almost always refer parents to a pediatrician in order to be sure of/lack of a concomitant disorder? Should a clinician only refer when the client is presenting with symptoms of one of the concomitant disorders frequently presented with stuttering? As a new clinician I would think it would be a tough decision to make and I am wondering what is the best way to go about a referral decision, as well as reduce your chances of "missing" a concomitant disorder. How do you refer these clients while reducing the hurt and worry the parents may feel?