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From: Mary Willms
Date: 10/8/03
Time: 4:29:19 PM
Remote Name: 64.12.96.43
One of the more widely accepted assessments for stuttering is the Stuttering Severity Instrument, which does not include a component to examine emotional issues. I agree that emotional issues play a huge role in stuttering and wonder why this assessment does not look at that area. What kind of assessments do you do with your clients who stutter? Do you focus on the underlying emotional issues? I am a soon to be speech pathologist myself and am trying to determine what factors to look at when working with a client who stutters.