BAB – Behavior Assessment Battery for School-Age Children Who Stutter
Simona Bernardini
With regard to assessment tools for children who stutter (CWS) we present the Italian form of three self-report test procedures (Speech Situation Checklist, Behavior Checklist and Communication Attitude Test), which are a part of the Behavior Assessment Battery for School-Age Children Who Stutter (BAB). Each of them has been separately standardised on Italian school-age children who stutter and their peers who do not (ages range from 6 to 16). These self-report procedures provide the clinician with a multi-dimensional «inside view» of the speech and speech-related difficulties that have brought the client in for assessment and help. In other words, through the eyes of the client, the self-reports bring the clinician’s attention to the negative emotional, speech disruptive, secondary adjustive and attitudinal elements of the presenting complaint. The BAB self-report measures provide a clinical road map that is tailored to meet the particular needs of the client.
Keywords
Stuttering, Assessment, Children who stutter, Behavior Assessment Battery for School-Age Children Who Stutter.