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From: Ed Feuer
Date: 05 Oct 2006
Time: 11:35:36 -0500
Remote Name: 207.161.46.82
At the site of the Speech and Hearing Clinic of Auburn University's Department of Communications Disorders under the heading "Stuttering Therapy," one of the approaches listed under "Types of Therapy" is: "Multidisciplinary treatment, integrating appropriate professionals from other disciplines in the treatment." While multidisciplinary assessment exists elsewhere, genuine multidisciplinary treatment integrating professionals from other disciplines in a coordinated team, particularly for adults, seems extremely rare. I have asked Auburn's department whether such multidisciplinary treatment is actually offered for stuttering at its clinic and whether modalities for such multidisciplinary treatment are taught in its department's fluency courses and part of the practicum for graduate students. To date, my questions have not been answered. My question to the professors: Is multidisciplinary treatment of stuttering, integrating professionals from other disciplines, taught in your department and does it exist in practice at your school's clinic -- or anywhere for that matter? Auburn's site is: https://fp.auburn.edu/communication_disorders/speech/speechtempb.asp?file=st.txt — Ed Feuer edfeuer@mts.net