Recent trends in stuttering intervention emphasize person-centered care and client involvement. While goal setting and agency have been studied in adults, there is limited research on how agency manifests in children who stutter. This workshop explores child agency, reviews study findings on caregiver perceptions of agency, and discusses implications for goal-writing practices.
Participants will be able to:
1) Summarize the peer-reviewed literature on child agency and describe theoretical perspectives that inform understanding of agency in childhood.
2) Describe how child agency has been framed within stuttering research and clinical discourse.
3) Identify emerging descriptive themes from study findings regarding parent perspectives on child agency within the context of stuttering.
4) Apply principles of agency-informed practice by formulating goal-writing strategies that reflect and support child agency in clinical intervention for children who stutter.
About the presenters
Stephanie Lebsack
Steff Lebsack MS, CCC-SLP is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist for Crandall Independent School District in Crandall, TX United States. Steff has been practicing as an SLP for 17 years. Steff is a PhD student at Idaho State University. Steff, her husband Kevin, and their two children reside in Forney, TX.