Behavior Assessment Battery for School-Age Children and Adolescents Who Stutter
Second Edition
Martine Vanryckeghem, Gene J. Brutten
Details: Online Access
ISBN13: 978-1-63550-341-8
© 2026 | Available
NEW ONLINE-ONLY SECOND EDITION! (The first edition print package and reorder forms are no longer available.)
The Behavior Assessment Battery for Children and Adolescents Who Stutter, Second Edition (BAB) is a fully web-based, research-based assessment instrument designed to evaluate the affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions of school-age children and adolescents who stutter. The BAB offers a multidimensional profile of how children and adolescents feel about, react to, and think about their speech and communication.
Building on decades of research and worldwide clinical use, this new online-only edition updates the original print package with an intuitive user interface, automated scoring, and immediate interpretation of the self-report test results. Clinicians simply log in, complete the questionnaires with their client , and receive results instantly—no manual scoring, norm-table lookups, or separate scoring keys required. Each score is automatically analyzed for clinical significance, streamlining decision-making and supporting evidence-based therapy planning.
Components of the BAB
The BAB includes four self-report tests:
- Speech Situation Checklist – Emotional Reaction (SSC-ER): Evaluates the child’s emotional response across a variety of speaking situations.
- Speech Situation Checklist – Speech Disruption (SSC-SD): Measures the degree of speech disruption a child anticipates or experiences in those same situations.
- Behavior Checklist (BCL): Identifies the coping responses and strategies a child uses to avoid or escape stuttering .
- Communication Attitude Test (CAT): Assesses the child’s overall attitude toward their speech and communication abilities.
Together, these procedures give clinicians a clear, multidimensional understanding of the clients’ internal experience related to stuttering.
Clinical Use and Interpretation
The BAB provides an “inside view” of a child’s speech-related feelings, reactions, and attitude, complementing observable behaviors gathered from traditional fluency assessments. By examining total and item-level scores across the SSC-ER, SSC-SD, BCL, and CAT, clinicians can:
- Identify the emotional, behavioral and cognitive factors that might be part of the person who stutters
- Determine areas of vulnerability and resilience
- Guide the selection of treatment strategies and therapeutic goals
- Serve as outcome measure - monitor change over time and measure progress
The new online version eliminates the need for print manuals, scoring keys, norm sheets, or boxed test forms. Every step—from administration to interpretation—is handled digitally.
The BAB includes a downloadable Manual, and four online self-report tests:
- Speech Situation Checklist – Emotional Reaction (SSC-ER): Evaluates the child’s emotional response across a variety of speaking situations.
- Speech Situation Checklist – Speech Disruption (SSC-SD): Measures the degree of speech disruption a child anticipates or experiences in those same situations.
- Behavior Checklist (BCL): Identifies the coping responses and strategies a child uses to avoid or escape stuttering .
- Communication Attitude Test (CAT): Assesses the child’s overall attitude toward their speech and communication abilities.
Martine Vanryckeghem
Martine Vanryckeghem, PhD received her Master's Degree (1991) and PhD (1994) from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, after having worked for 12 years as a speech-language pathologist at a Clinical Center in Belgium. Dr. Vanryckeghem started her academic career at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in 1994. She is clinically certified as a speech-language pathologist, is an ASHA Fellow, a Board Certified Specialist in Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency Disorders and European Fluency Specialist. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and has given lectures and workshops, internationally, with respect to the assessment and treatment of children and adults who stutter. She is the co-author of the Behavior Assessment Battery (BAB) for Children and Adolescents who Stutter, the Behavior Assessment Battery (BAB) for Adults who Stutter, and the Communication Attitude Test for Preschoolers and Kindergartners who Stutter (KiddyCAT) which have been researched in 30+ countries. For her international endeavors, Prof. Vanryckeghem received ASHA’s Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution in International Achievement and is a Fulbright recipient. From 1990 until 2000, she was managing editor of the Journal of Fluency Disorders and is an editorial board member for several professional journals. Dr. Vanryckeghem is on the Scientific Board of different internationally-based organizations and serves as a consultant to faculty and students. She has been a guest professor at the University of Gent, Belgium and the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. She is a faculty member, coach and partner of the post-graduate European Stuttering Specialization (ESS) course. In August 2025, Dr. Vanryckeghem became Pegasus Professor Emerita at UCF.
Gene J. Brutten
Gene J. Brutten, PhD received his PhD from the University of Illinois, and was clinically certified in speech pathology and audiology by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He was a fellow of the association and was awarded its Certificate of Recognition and Certificate of Appreciation. Professor Brutten was a founding member of the International Fluency Association and served as the editor-in-chief of its Journal of Fluency Disorders from 1989 to 2000. In 1971 and again in 1978, he received a Fulbright-Hays award to the Department of Foniatrie at the University of Utrecht Academic Hospital, the Netherlands, where he conducted clinically-based research. He co-authored the seminal book "Modification of Stuttering," has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, 20 book chapters, and has given over 200 professional presentations in three continents on differential assessment and behavior therapy. Dr. Brutten was an emeritus professor in the Southern Illinois University Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, where he served as department chair, and in its Department of Psychology. In 2002, Dr. Brutten received the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and in 2009, he was similarly honored by the International Fluency Association. Dr. Brutten passed away in March 2013.
Online Access
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KiddyCAT Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children Who Stutter
First Edition
Martine Vanryckeghem, Gene J. Brutten
Details: 28 pages, Print, B&W, Softcover, 8.5" x 11"
ISBN13: 978-1-59756-117-4
© 2007 | Available
Behavior Assessment Battery for Adults Who Stutter (Online Access)
First Edition
Martine Vanryckeghem, Gene J. Brutten
Details: Online Access
ISBN13: 978-1-59756-901-9
© 2018 | Available