Proposals appropriate for submission to this topic area include those that focus on all aspects of stuttering, cluttering, and related fluency disorders. These can include theoretical and experimental research studies focused on the nature, cause, development, cultural or linguistic factors, evaluation, or remediation of stuttering, cluttering or other fluency disorders. Education, training, counseling, or practice issues in these areas are also invited. Proposals in the area of interprofessional education, practice and/or research that addresses the implementation of interprofessional competencies within curricular or practice models or the evaluation of collaborative care outcomes specific to stuttering, cluttering, or other fluency disorders should be included in this topic area.

Research and Professional Education

• Basic, translational, applied, or implementation research related to the nature and development of stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Outcomes research in stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Translational research in stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Cultural and linguistic factors in stuttering, cluttering, and fluency
• Theoretical models of stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Genetic, cognitive, psychological, social, linguistic, and cultural factors related to stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Physiological, neurological, acoustic, and perceptual issues related to stuttering, cluttering, and fluency
• Education and training issues specific to stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Assessment and treatment of stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Computer-based and other technological advances for the assessment and treatment of stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Consumer issues related to fluency and fluency disorders
• Counseling in fluency disorders
• Stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders across the lifespan
• Effects of various communication disorders on speech fluency
• Administrative and regulatory issues related to stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Ethics of research and service delivery for stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders
• Telepractice and other innovative service delivery models for stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders

Related Topics

Proposals involving this topic but with a primary focus on:

• Counseling should be submitted to the Counseling, Trauma-Informed, and Contextualized Care topic area.
• Motor speech disorders in adults or children should be submitted to the Motor Speech Disorders Across the Lifespan topic area.
• Cognitive communication disorders should be submitted to the Acquired Cognitive Communication Disorders topic area.
• Use of telepractice in delivery of service that include technology-based approaches and outcomes at the system level should be submitted to the Telepractice topic area.