About Language Fluency & More

 Kathleen Scaler Scott is a practicing speech-language pathologist, Board Certified Fluency Specialist, and Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology at Monmouth University, USA. Her research interests are largely in cluttering, atypical disfluency, fluency and concomitant disorders, and speech and fluency development in individuals on the autism spectrum. She is the co-editor of Cluttering: A Handbook of Research, Intervention, and Education (Psychology Press, 2011), co-author of Managing Cluttering: A Comprehensive Guidebook of Activities (Pro-Ed, Inc., 2013), and author of the newly released book Fluency Plus: Managing Fluency Disorders in Individuals with Multiple Diagnoses (SLACK, Inc.). Dr. Scaler Scott has spoken nationally and internationally on the topics of fluency and social pragmatic disorders. She was the first Coordinator of the International Cluttering Association, and is the recipient of the 2018 Deso Weiss Award for Excellence in the Field of Cluttering, and the 2018 Professional of the Year award from the National Stuttering Association 

 Teresa is a licensed American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) certified Speech Language Pathologist.   She has worked as the speech therapist for over fifteen years in a multitude of educational settings from kindergarten through high school. She has enjoyed helping a diverse population of students with unique sets of strengths and challenges, including multiple diagnoses and complex needs.  Since 2017, she has worked at Anova Center for Education, a private school that serves students who have autism.   At Anova she began investigating fluency and the influence of subclinical language skills as well as multiple diagnoses influences on effective communication and treatment strategies.   She has presented at the Oxford International Fluency Conference and the ASHA National Convention.