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Symptoms

  • Interruptions of normal fluency and time patterning of speech
  • The interruptions in fluency gets in the way with academic or occupational accomplishments or with social communications

Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder

Causes

What Causes It?

Theories Include

  • Gray and White Matter Differences
  • Neural Network Connectivity Differences
  • Atypical Lateralization of Hemispheric Functions
  • White Matter Connections

Treatment Options

Treatments

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Speech Language Pathologist
  • Controlled Fluency (Speech Therapy)
  • Electronic Devices that temporarily change the speakers perception of their speech

Unprooven Treatments

Unprooven Treatments

  • Antidopaminergic Agents- Not FDA Approved
  • Other Medicines

Prevalence

  • Usually develops in youths between 2 and 7 years of age
  • 90% of cases develop by age 6
  • More common in males
  • Affected families should be closer to aid with treatment

Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts

  • can place limitations on how comfortable a child feels participating in social or academic environments
  • The risk of stuttering among first-degree biological relatives of people with childhood-onset fluency disorder is more than three times the risk in the general population

The Hunger Games: Katniss Everdeen

  • Katniss has frequent nightmares regarding her time in the arena
  • Avoids similar situations to the arena that she one enjoyed (i.e. hunting)
  • Has trouble sleeping

Character Analysis pt. 1

Why This is Abnormal

Why this Behavior is Abnormal

  • This behavior negatively affects her quality of life.
  • This behavior is a violation of social norms.
  • This behavior affects her life and others in a negative way.

Diagnosis: PTSD

  • PTSD symptoms include
  • Flashbacks
  • Feeling survivors guilt
  • Jumpy or easily startled
  • Being extremely irritable or angry
  • Avoidence of similar situations
  • Trouble sleeping

Katniss Everdeen Demonstrates all of these symptoms

Character Analysis pt. 2

Therapeutic Approach

The Therapeutic Approach

  • Humanistic
  • Treat their clients as equal, and do not claim to have secret knowledge that is not accessible to clients. Instead of cure or healing they provide a supporting environment, in which their clients can grow and rehabilitate their injured emotions.
  • Cognitive-Behavioral
  • ignores the causes of the problem and focuses on removing the disturbing symptoms and solving problems by changing thinking patterns and habits
  • Group
  • provides a safe environment for patients with PTSD to become more socially connected with others and offers the opportunity to build trust

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