An informal, play-based fluency and stuttering assessment tool for pediatric speech-language pathologists. Gather structured disfluency data during treatment, track progress over time, or use it alongside a standardized tool like the SSI-4. Real-time tallying, instant percent stuttered syllables calculation, and a parent handout before they leave the room.
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An informal clinical tool created by Kim Dillon, M.A., CCC-SLP and Mary Brezik, M.S., CCC-SLP with 28+ years of combined pediatric experience
This is a browser-based informal fluency and stuttering assessment tool designed to complement your clinical process, not replace it. Use it during stuttering therapy to track progress over time, pair it with a standardized fluency assessment like the SSI-4 to add play-based context and parent-friendly data, or use it as a structured starting point when you want consistent disfluency data before moving to a full evaluation. It is not a standardized assessment, and it is not meant to be. It is the tool you reach for when you need real data, in real time, in a real session with a real kid.
One purchase, one license, one SLP. Use it in as many sessions as you want.
We needed a consistent, play-based way to collect fluency data during treatment and explain it to families in plain language. Nothing existed quite like that, so we built it.
Kim Dillon, M.A., CCC-SLP and Mary Brezik, M.S., CCC-SLP
Co-founders, The Speech Source
You will receive instructions and your tool link immediately after purchase.
Whether you use it alongside a standardized tool, during treatment, or as a structured informal screen, this tool gives you consistent fluency data and a parent handout ready to go before the session ends.
Get instant access for $47This informal fluency assessment tool was created by two pediatric speech-language pathologists with over 28 years of combined clinical experience in speech, language, and fluency disorders. It is designed to help SLPs collect structured disfluency data across three speaking contexts: a play activity, conversation, and reading or story retell.
The tool tallies six disfluency types including sound and syllable repetitions, word repetitions, sound prolongations, blocks, phrase repetitions, and revisions or interjections. It also tracks fluent syllables to automatically calculate the percentage of stuttered syllables and generate a severity classification based on frameworks adapted from the Stuttering Severity Instrument 4th Edition (SSI-4) and ASHA fluency disorder guidelines.
A secondary behavior checklist captures facial movements, body and extremity movements, and respiratory behaviors that often accompany stuttering. The tool is appropriate for use with preschool through school-age children and works across private practice, school-based, clinic, and telepractice settings.
This is an informal clinical tool for speech-language pathologists and is not a standardized, norm-referenced assessment. It is intended to complement, not replace, a comprehensive fluency evaluation and the clinical judgment of a licensed SLP. Common search terms that bring SLPs to this tool include: stuttering assessment for SLPs, fluency data collection tool, disfluency tally app, percent stuttered syllables calculator, stuttering progress monitoring, play-based fluency assessment, informal stuttering evaluation, and pediatric fluency worksheet.