Cluttering

cluttering

1. Cluttering is a fluency disorder characterized by a rapid and/or irregular speaking rate, excessive disfluencies, and often other symptoms such as language or phonological errors and attention deficits.

2. Activity Red Light Green Light Reading https://freekidsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/magic-sucks-FKB-YA-Stories.pdf

3. What is Cluttering?

4. Symptoms/Characteristics

5. Diagnosis

6. Treatment

7. Support What to do when speaking with someone who clutters Don’t treat them like something is “wrong” with them. Treat them like everyone else. If you don’t understand, politely ask for clarification. Understand that it isn’t their fault and don’t get frustrated with them. No TEASING: it’s just not OK to tease others.

8. Symptom Stuttering Cluttering What gets stuck Word, sound, syllable Message Know what to say Yes No Awareness Typically yes Yes and no Rate differences Can be a secondary (person who stutters may speak quickly to avoid stuttering), but is not central to stuttering itself Yes; mandatory for a diagnosis of cluttering (rate has to be rapid or both, but does not have to be both) Disfluencies Mostly stuttering-like disfluencies, such as repetitions, prolongations, blocks Mostly non-stuttering-like disfluencies, such as interjections/filler words, phrases repetitions, revisions Examples of disfluencies Repetitions of sounds like syllables: y-y-you w-w-watermelon Prolongations: sssso ; thiiiis Blocks: sound gets stuck and person has difficulty moving forward to the next sound: p— eople Interjections/filler words: um, uh Phrase repetitions: I love, I love you Revisions: I would like ice cream, no, please make that a shake Articulation difficulties (difficulties pronouncing sounds in words) Not in pure stuttering (stuttering without any additional communication disorders) May sound “mushy” and “slurred”, typically can be corrected by such strategies as slowing rate Prosody (the rhythm and melody of one’s speech) Typically normal May be impacted; especially by change in pausing related to irregular rate How it sounds Repetitions, prolongations, blocks Rushes of speech, lots of restarts Affective and cognitive components Can be Negative reactions and communication avoidance have been identified Pragmatics (social aspects of language) Typically okay A secondary consequence of decreased communication effectiveness

9. Sources – http://www.stutteringhelp.org/cluttering http://associations.missouristate.edu/ica/ http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/encyclopedia/en/article/262/