ASHA Learning Pass

Live broadcast (one-time viewing only): September 3, 2025, 3:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Last chance to sign up: September 3, 2025, Noon, Eastern time

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Description:

This webinar will provide an overview of the strengths-based CARE Model framework for stuttering assessment, which reframes stuttering services by shifting focus away from the frequency or severity of disfluencies and instead highlights each person’s distinct strengths across four key pillars (communication, advocacy, resilience, and education). The speaker will provide examples of assessment that can lead to meaningful, functional outcomes and actionable, short-term goals that empower children and adults who stutter to speak with confidence, authenticity, and agency.

Content disclosure: This session focuses on a specific model for stuttering assessment and treatment.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Describe the four key pillars of the CARE Model (Communication, Advocacy, Resilience, Education) and explain how each pillar contributes to a holistic, strengths-based assessment process 
• Identify and articulate how the CARE Model reframes assessment by shifting the focus from fluency metrics to recognizing and building on individual strengths 
• Apply the CARE Model to develop personalized, growth-oriented intervention plans that are affirming, effective, and tailored to each individual’s unique experiences and goals 
• Analyze assessment data through the lens of the CARE Model to determine meaningful, functional outcomes that extend beyond traditional measures of stuttering frequency or severity

Presenter Information

Courtney T. Byrd, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Professor at The University of Texas at Austin and serves as Founding and Executive Director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research, which includes the Michael and Tami Lang Stuttering Institute, the Dealey Family Foundation Stuttering Clinic, and the Bodner Developmental Stuttering Lab. She has 100+ publications and has dedicated her life's work to developing the CARE Model (and the related intensive dosage “Camp Dream. Speak. Live.”), a strengths-based approach to the assessment and treatment of stuttering.

Disclosures:

• Salary as a Professor at UT Austin (but does not receive salary for role at the Blank Center)
• Developer of for-sale materials on implementation of CARE Model

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete and submit the learning assessment by September 5, 2025.

Program History and CE Information

Live webinar: September 3, 2025
3:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern time

This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).