{"id":3650,"date":"2012-09-24T08:38:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T15:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.everhear.com\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2022-09-29T13:33:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:33:20","slug":"stuttering-and-hiking-the-calms-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/stuttering-and-hiking-the-calms-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuttering and Hiking: The CALMS way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tOn September 9th, the Eastside Stuttering Support Group<\/a> and the Kent Teen Stuttering Group met up for a hike.\u00a0 It was a beautiful day to meet new friends and enjoy the outdoors.\u00a0 I particularly enjoyed this experience because it related well to a course I took recently on assessment and treatment of stuttering in school-age children.\u00a0 This course focused on the multi-dimensional aspect of stuttering.\u00a0 Often, when a person thinks of stuttering, they only think of the behavioral component, or what we see\/hear.\u00a0 This might include repeating of sounds (e.g., \u201cb-b-back\u201d), prolonging sounds (\u201chhhhhhhike\u201d), or getting stuck on sounds (e.g., \u201cs (pause) tuck)\u201d).<\/p>\n

However, there are many more aspects to stuttering.\u00a0 For instance, my recent course focused on the CALMS model.\u00a0 CALMS stands for: Cognitive, Affective, Linguistic, Motor, Social.\u00a0 When treating a school-age child who stutters each of these areas becomes important.\u00a0 The cognitive component refers to the child\u2019s thoughts, perceptions, and awareness of his\/her stuttering.\u00a0 For instance, a first grade child may not be aware of his stuttering while a sixth grade child is highly aware.\u00a0 The affective component involves\u00a0 the feelings, emotions, and attitudes associated with stuttering.\u00a0 The linguistic component is the complexity of language, including language skills, story-telling, and the current demands of the language environment.\u00a0 The demands of a language environment when answering yes\/no questions is much easier than producing 400-word story!\u00a0 The motor piece is what we actually see during moments of stuttering.\u00a0 Lastly, the social component includes the different listeners and speaking environments the child may encounter, and the effects of these on the child.<\/p>\n

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Each child is unique, so each piece of the CALMS model will be different for every child.\u00a0 For instance, a child may demonstrate very little stuttering (the Motor piece), but they are highly aware and self-conscious (the Cognitive and Affective pieces).\u00a0 This then means that they do not like to talk in class (the Social piece) and only respond to questions with yes or no (the Linguistic piece).\u00a0 This model helps us see which components affect a child the most, and drive treatment so that we can target needed areas.<\/p>\n

Our recent hike was a great example of incorporating this holistic approach into every day functional activities.\u00a0 By participating in a support group, there is a great opportunity for a person\u00a0 to understand more about feelings, attitudes, and perceptions regarding stuttering.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Additionally, it is also a chance to participate in social activities within a supportive environment.\u00a0 However, most importantly, it is a fun time for everyone to meet and explore the beautiful Northwest!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On September 9th, the Eastside Stuttering Support Group and the Kent Teen Stuttering Group met up for a hike.\u00a0 It was a beautiful day to meet new friends and enjoy the outdoors.\u00a0 I particularly enjoyed this experience because it related well to a course I took recently on assessment and treatment of stuttering in school-age…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Stuttering and Hiking: The CALMS way","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27],"tags":[930,102,931],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10667,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions\/10667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}