Fluency and Stuttering Informal Assessment Tool
NEW RESOURCE FOR SLPS
We Built the Fluency Tool We Always Wished Existed
By Kim Dillon, M.A., CCC-SLP · The Speech Source
If you have ever sat across from a child in a fluency session, trying to tally syllable repetitions, count total syllables, remember to note the secondary behaviors, and still be present enough to actually connect with the kid in front of you, you know the feeling. It is a lot. And then there is the parent sitting there, waiting to understand what any of it means.
We wanted something that would let us stay in the moment with our clients while still collecting the consistent, structured data we needed. Something play-based. Something that did the math for us. And something that would hand families a clear, meaningful summary before they walked out the door.
So we built it.
Introducing the Fluency and Stuttering Informal Assessment Tool
This is a browser-based informal assessment tool designed specifically for pediatric SLPs. It is not a standardized test. It is the tool you reach for when you need real data, in real time, in a real session alongside your clinical process, not instead of it.
Use it during stuttering therapy to track progress across sessions. Pair it with a standardized tool like the SSI-4 to add a play-based sample and give families a more accessible picture of the results. Or use it as a structured starting point before a full evaluation. It works in all three directions.
What it actually does
You open it in your browser, enter the child's name, and work through three speaking samples — a play activity, a naturalistic conversation, and a reading or story retell. As you listen, you tap the tally buttons in real time.
Six disfluency types: syllable repetitions, word repetitions, sound prolongations, blocks, phrase repetitions, and interjections
A fluent syllable counter that calculates your total syllable count automatically — no math, no counting on your fingers
Live percent stuttered syllables and a visual severity bar that updates in real time as you tally
A secondary behavior checklist for facial, body, and respiratory behaviors
A clinician notes field to capture anything else you're observing
When the session is done, one click generates two PDFs: a personalized results summary for the family with the child's name, severity classification, and a plain-language explanation, and a stuttering tips handout they can take home. Both are branded with your practice name.
Who it is for
This tool was built for pediatric SLPs in any setting including private practice, school-based, clinic, or telepractice. If you work with kids who stutter and you want a faster, more consistent way to collect data and communicate results to families, this was made for you.
How to get it
The tool lives at a web link — no download, no install, no app. You open it in any browser, set up your practice name once, and it is ready for every session after that. It is $47 for a single-user clinical license, which covers unlimited sessions with your own clients.
Ready to make fluency sessions a little less frantic and a lot more parent-friendly?
As always, we built this because we needed it ourselves. We hope it saves you time, keeps you present in session, and makes those family conversations just a little bit easier. You have got this.
Questions? thespeechsource@gmail.com