The Stuttering Foundation

The presentation will focus on the role of temperament of the client, the parents, and the clinician in stuttering clinical practice. Key research findings on the role of temperament in stuttering will be discussed, and the impact of the temperament and personality traits of all key team members ...

Ali Berquez and Martha Jeffery will describe the application of Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) to clinical supervision. They will describe the principles and practice of SFBT in brief; discuss a Solution Focused Mindset and its core components; focus on exploring a supervisee’s best hopes ...

Our understanding of attention and executive function skills in developmental stuttering has advanced significantly over the past decade. In this session, we will review recent findings related to attention and attentional control and executive function skills, including working memory, inhibitio...

Learning from the lived experience of those who stutter is critical to understanding stuttering in a comprehensive, multifaceted manner. By better understanding the experience through the lens of those who stutter, we are better equipped to help support those we work with clinically. In honor of ...

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Developmental stuttering has been long known as a great mystery. Stuttering behaviors differ with considerable variability in manner, frequency, and intensity. Stuttering is often paradoxical in its signs and symptomology—often removing a sense of agency from not only the speaker, but the clinici...

(This is the Spanish language version of "7 Tips for Talking with the Child Who Stutters.")

En este video de 16 minutos, un grupo de expertos en habla y lenguaje habla de manera compasiva y directa con los adultos sobre cómo promover un habla más fácil mientras interactúan con sus hijos en edad ...

Given the new information we are learning from people who clutter, modifications to existing assessment and treatment protocols are warranted. This workshop covers the areas below and use case illustrations of principles.
1. Changes to the evaluation process to obtain a holistic picture of clien...

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This session addresses the role of the speech-language pathologist in eliciting insights into the nature of stuttering, exploring associated problems with clients, and illuminating the variety of choices for communication with guidance in achieving desired outcomes. We discuss how SLPs can become...

Word-final disfluency (WFD), also referred to as end-word repetition and echo dysphemia, most often takes the form of a final rhyme-repetition involving a whole or partial syllable (for example, lock-ock, brother-er, ca-ake). While WFD has been reported in case studies of children described as ne...

Historically, in the field of stuttering, ‘relapse’ has narrowly been associated with fluctuations in physical stuttering behavior and seen as a ‘set-back’ or regression in therapeutic progress, rather than a multifaceted, integral part of the process of change. This presentation will review lite...

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There are a number of assessments available to therapists for use when working with school-aged children who stutter. In this session, we consider the factors a clinician might take into account when selecting the most appropriate assessments, as well as some examples of available tools.

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Stuttering therapy has a history of sometimes doing more harm to clients than good. The reasons for this are varied and complex, but often boil down to leaving persons who stutter with the impression—or even the conviction—that it’s not okay to stutter, and use of specific management skills is th...

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The family is a system in which all the parts are interconnected and therefore we are dealing with a family in which everyone is grappling with stuttering. This workshop will focus on the components of the family system and describe what would make a family successful in supporting the individual...

This presentation will discuss the shifting perspective of working with children who stutter. How do we define "impact?" How do we define "success?" Rationales for changing perspectives will be provided, examples of clinical applications, accommodations, and specific challenges that SLPs will fac...

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Eight percent of CWS are reported to be autistic (Briley & Ellis, 2018) and 15.6% of children with Autism reported to stutter (Boulet et al., 2009). We will consider if the Palin Model fits when working with young autistic children who stammer and, if so,
what the benefits may be for young autist...

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The complexity of stuttering development necessitates a multifaceted approach to assessment of preschoolers. Rationale for and specific elements of screening and comprehensive assessment protocols for use with preschoolers suspected of stuttering, and their caregivers, will be provided. Case exam...

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The increase in the cultural and linguistic diversity in SLP caseloads has given rise to challenges that SLPs working with bilingual children face, particularly in relation to language choice. This session will assist SLPs in developing their cultural responsiveness as it pertains to working with...

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The presentation is intended mainly for professionals working with clients who stutter. An approach to counseling that is based on grief work will be presented.

As a result of this workshop, participants will:
- Gain an understanding of loss and how it impacts clients
- Learn some skills in...

In "ARTS in Action: Applying Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering," Vivian Sisskin and Ben Goldstein, from the Sisskin Stuttering Center, will lead a practical discussion with stutterers, Jay Dedman and Aidan Marshall-Cort, about their ARTS® journey. Vivian and Ben provide 4 “action steps” ...

This talk will begin with a summary of the current evidence base related to temperament, stuttering frequency and stuttering impact in preschool children who stutter. This will include a presentation of the findings of the speaker’s research publication: ‘The Role of Temperament in Stuttering Fre...

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Join us for a panel discussion featuring authors who stutter who have written about their personal journeys and lives through memoirs. “With Our Own Words” depicts a common thread among panelists where they’ve used their stories, their own words, to share more about the lived experiences of stutt...

TITLE: Findings & Clinical Implications of a Global Collaborative to Understand Negative Public Attitudes Toward Stuttering

For more than two decades, Ken St. Louis has sought to better understand and then to ameliorate negative public stereotypes and public stigma related to stuttering (and oth...

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The ABCs of Stuttering is available just in time for International Stuttering Awareness Day (October 22) and the start of the new school year.

This 10-minute video, created from original content found in "Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teachers," helps parents and teachers understand how stutter...

Research shows that children who stammer may be more vulnerable to teasing and bullying and show higher rates of social anxiety, particularly into adolescence and adulthood. This webinar explores ways that clinicians can support children who stammer, and their parents, to build their confidence a...

Many speech-language pathologists ask the question, “What activities should I do with the child who stutters on my caseload?” In this introductory-level session, I will discuss a framework for clinical decision-making and share concrete examples of activities designed to support children who stut...

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Our most watched program of all time, Stuttering: For Kids, By Kids, was originally released in 2005. This updated program, Stuttering: For Kids, By Kids 2.0, features the same great content, but has been updated to better appeal to today's children who stutter. Hosted by an animated skateboarde...

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This talk will start by exploring how to help school-aged children who stutter, and their parents, think about what they want from therapy by drawing on Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). It will include ways to talk about progress by drawing attention to a client’s strengths and resources, a...

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FluencyBank is an NIDCD-supported international initiative to assist both researchers and clinicians working with fluency disorders. It provides free Mac- and PC-compatible software to assist audio- and video-linked transcription, annotation and computation of fluency profiles for single clients ...

To understand the underpinnings of complex disorders like stuttering, researchers have adopted longitudinal, multifactorial research approaches to reveal how the onset and course of stuttering co-occurs with dynamic changes in other behavioral and neural systems during early childhood. Discoverie...

Over the past decade, our understanding of how the brain functions in children who stutter has advanced significantly. Although children who stutter may not have language disorders, we often see differences in the ways they process language compared to children who do not stutter. In this session...

New information is emerging about our understanding of how cluttering may impact those living with it. Understanding the perspective of people with cluttering is crucial to providing effective services.

This workshop will cover:
1. Understanding the relationship between new findings regarding a...

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Jane Fraser will be talking about her father, Malcolm Fraser, who founded the Stuttering Foundation in 1947, 75 years ago. She will relate his goals for the foundation and his lifelong work to help others. His favorite words were “Let’s be practical.” He was always looking for ways to improve the...

Stories empower those who tell their stories as well as those who hear them. As with so many of life’s conditions, when people relate their individual journeys of stuttering, healing nearly always follows. And others who stutter who hear the stories are often inspired to then tell their own. The ...

One of the core characteristics of stuttering is that it varies a great deal from context to context. When most people think about stuttering variability they think of overt stuttering; however, there is much more to stuttering than the overt behavior. Other aspects of stuttering, like anticipati...

Research has shown that stuttering is often stigmatized as a negative trait (Boyle et al., 2016, St. Louis (2015). However, more recently, the notion of "stuttering pride" and "stuttering well" has gained traction in some community circles (Campbell et al., 2019). The social model of disability a...

Fluent speech involves tightly coordinated processing in the cerebral cortex and associated subcortical structures, and subtle impairments in this complex dynamical system can give rise to stuttered speech. To better understand these processes, our laboratory has designed, experimentally tested, ...

Our insight in the frequency and types of the disfluencies of bilingual children who do and do not stutter is limited, because research has primarily focused on monolinguals. Recently, many studies have been carried out including children with different language dyads to better understand the int...

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Spontaneous speech is characterized by little premeditation, effortless production, and is enjoyable/meaningful. Fluent speech is characterized by a lack of noticeable disfluencies. In this talk, Dr. Constantino will outline a model which emphasizes spontaneity rather than fluency to understand t...

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It is hard to believe the new school year is right around the corner! Join us for a special Back-to-School Virtual Learning panel discussion where we will explore effective ways to support children who stutter in the school setting. The panel will speak to their own experiences as individuals who...

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One of the ways that speech-language pathologists often get things wrong when working with persons who stutter is that they think they have to be the “expert” and “fix” what is “broken” in their clients. This often leads to breakdowns in the therapeutic relationship and poor outcomes. In this ses...

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In this presentation, I describe our research aimed at understanding the brain abnormalities that cause stuttering.   We use MRI brain scans to measure how brain areas involved in producing speech (motor areas) and in monitoring speech (auditory areas) communicate with each other both functionall...

Do you feel you need to “settle” for a career with low demand for oral communication?
Do you have a dream job that seems out of reach because you stutter?
Are you considering a career change, but worry that your stuttering will be a barrier to advancement? Are you currently in a position where y...

Teaching mindfulness practices to children and adults is an increasingly popular topic of application in several fields, therapies, and even schools for children of all ages. Mindfulness practices are shown to improve one's overall wellbeing, and to enhance attention, focus, regulation, memory, a...

Formerly titled, "Kids Who Stutter: Parents Speak," in this 16 minute video, parents of children who stutter join a group of speech-language experts to talk compassionately and directly about what has worked for them as they interact with their child.

The video features some of the world's lead...

Keynote presentation from the 12th Oxford Dysfluency Conference in 2021.

The psychosocial consequences of stuttering including anxiety, stigma, social isolation, negative listener reactions, and bullying are well-documented. The degree to which children who stutter experience these “slings and ...

Managing fluency disorders is further complicated by concomitant diagnoses. This workshop will use a case-based approach to cover the following:
1. Understanding the intersection of fluency disorders with concomitant diagnoses
2. Stuttering, Cluttering, and/or Atypical Disfluency in Autism Spectr...

The Stuttering Foundation's Inaugural Presentation at the 12th Oxford Dysfluency Conference in 2021.

This one-hour presentation begins with a short overview of the principles of Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT, de Shazer, 1985; Ratner et al., 2012) and then explores how SFBT may be used in...

Recent stuttering research explores areas such as social-environmental interactions (e.g. issues within the social model of disability) and the value of non-traditional behavioral interventions (e.g. mindfulness). However, traditional frameworks for *how to do therapy* do not integrate these cons...

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness-based approach which aims to increase individuals’ psychological flexibility. This 69-minute webinar will be a ‘taster,’ introducing participants to theoretical underpinnings of ACT as well as some practical, clinical activities which can b...

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Description: Temperament refers to individual differences in emotional reactivity (e.g., getting excited, getting frustrated) and self-regulation (e.g., suppressing inappropriate responses, shifting attentional focus). Several studies in this domain have demonstrated that a substantial group of c...

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Lexipontix is a structured therapy program for children who stutter aged 8 to 12 years. The program addresses the overall stuttering experience of the child and family, aimed at “Communication Restructuring” (Fourlas & Marousos, 2014). It uses the ICF model (WHO, 2001) as a clinical framework for...

Adolescents and adults who stutter (AWS) often come to therapy unclear about what, if anything, they want to change about their stuttering, and why it is important for them to do so. While speech fluency is frequently at the top of the list for AWS (and certainly for speech-language pathologists)...

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Description: This presentation will explore the origin and development of personal communication values that clients who stutter bring with them into a speech therapy experience. We will also examine the influence that societal stigma and unhelpful listener assumptions may have on the development...

Fostering a supportive communication environment is crucial to the overall success and well-being of children who stutter. However, children who do not stutter often lack knowledge about the disorder and how to sensitively respond to peers who stutter. Uninformed or insensitive peer reactions can...

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Paperboy, written by Author Vince Vawter, was the Stuttering Foundation Summer Book Club pick for 2020. Vince Vawter joins Sara Macintyre, M.A., CCC-SLP for a Live Q&A where he answers reader questions, shares more about his personal journey as a person who stutters, and offers advice based on hi...

In this candid interview, Dr. Ehud Yairi summarizes just a few of his major contributions to our understanding of the onset, development, and persistence of stuttering. His career retrospective is interwoven with his personal experiences of stuttering as a child and young adult in Israel and how ...

Recently retired from Vanderbilt University, Professor Emeritus Edward Gage Conture provides a retrospective of his illustrious career in the field of stuttering. Threaded with personal history, his legacy of mentees, and an abundance of research and clinical contributions, Dr. Conture provides a...

This bundle of four programs is intended for parents of children who stutter at the Michael and Tami Lang Stuttering Institute at The University of Texas at Austin

The future of our field will be largely influenced by the doctoral students who are presently learning and testing new theories and applying those tenets to clinical practice. Dr. Courtney Byrd will moderate a panel of doctoral students with distinct trajectories to facilitate a discussion of new...

Description: Over twenty years ago, evaluating whether a child who stutters is likely to be one of the 80% of children who recover from stuttering or one of the 20% who go on to persist was identified as one of the most pressing issues related to working with young children who stutter. Since the...

Ali Berquez, MSc, PG Dip CT (Oxon), BRIEF Cert. SF Practice

Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a short-term psychotherapeutic approach. It supports clients and clinicians to pay attention to a client’s strengths and resources, helps them to focus on what is going well and frames conversations...

Palin PCI has been updated in light of the last decade’s research. Palin PCI is a therapy approach which combines indirect and direct strategies with parents and children who stutter up to seven years. This taster will introduce the new Palin Model which underpins our therapy, as well as an overv...

Description: The ability to bounce back from challenges is a valuable life skill. Several research studies show that in general, children who stutter tend to be more emotionally reactive, and have lower regulation skills than their peers. This is significant as emotional regulation is a key compo...

Research has demonstrated targeting overall communication can significantly improve the quality of life of children and adults who stutter. However, when assessing need for therapy and measures of change, fluency is often not only the focus, but also the required guideline in the school setting. ...

From The Stuttering Foundation's Virtual Learning Series: "Insurance Reimbursement for Stuttering Therapy: Dos, Don’ts, and Give It A Shots"

Presenter: Katie Gore, M.A., CCC-SLP

Many stutterers who can "pass" as fluent in daily life are desperate to do so despite the emotional cost: Anxiety, dread, and fear of potential stuttering; exhausting "mental gymnastics" to avoid words or remain silent; and poor self-confidence as a communicator. A panel of adults with a covert p...

Description: Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy provides a powerful framework for helping clients identify and restructure the self-destructive core beliefs that contribute to tense, avoidant stuttering behaviors. As PWS come to replace these cognitions with more helpful constructs through indiv...

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The environment in which we communicate has changed drastically worldwide given the global pandemic. Courtney Byrd, Ph.D., CCC-SLP will host a panel of speech-language pathologists, parents, school-age children, teens and adults who stutter who will discuss the daily challenges of navigating comm...

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Description: Communicative participation and quality of life can be impaired by the stigma associated with stuttering. Public and private stigma can act as barriers to the achievement of life goals. This presentation will provide attendees with a deeper understanding of stigma as it pertains to s...

Description: Providing speech-language services for children who stutter (CWS) in the school setting can be challenging. Stuttering is complex; work-setting challenges abound; and most clinicians lack comfort when working with CWS. Challenges are described based on Chmela and Johnson’s (2019) cat...

Description: Evolving communicative competence is a treatment framework for children who stutter ages eight to eighteen based upon the multidimensional nature of the problem and the importance of varied treatment outcomes as the problem persists. This framework includes five potential areas of fo...

Description: Speech-language pathologists often feel undertrained and less experienced treating children who stutter compared to other speech and language disorders. Likewise, parents of children who stutter often feel confused and frustrated by the variability and multifaceted nature of stutteri...

Cluttering is a fluency disorder which is becoming better understood in recent years. However, there is little known about the lived experiences of those who clutter. This workshop will cover the following:
Defining cluttering and its symptomatology
Review of what we do know about the lived expe...

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Description: School-Aged children who stutter often rate themselves as poor communicators and are more likely to experience negative social interactions because of their stuttering. Additionally, the general public harbors negative views of people who stutter and often underestimates what they ca...

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#0073 - Stuttering and Your Child: Help for Parents
#1079 - Therapy in Action: The School-Age Child Who Stutters
#1083 - If You Stutter: Advice for Adults
#6350 - Scoring Disfluencies
#9506 - Stuttering Inte...

Description: The healthy development of self-regulation (i.e., the ability to manage thoughts, feelings and behaviors) in the context of caregiver-child interactions is foundational to positive educational, emotional, physical, social, and communication outcomes.  Helping parents understand the d...

Description: Stuttering as an adult can be difficult. Although therapy is often helpful, after having been in therapy throughout our school careers, it may not be very enticing. Additional barriers to therapy may include a lack of a specialist where we live, the time, and the expense. Self-help m...

Description: Research has demonstrated that through acceptance and commitment therapy persons who stutter can learn a range of skills that mitigate negative thoughts and feelings about stuttering and facilitate progress towards valued communication goals. A panel of adults who recently completed ...

Description: A panel of parents will share their stories and answer questions from attendees about their experiences as parents of 8- to 17-year-old children who stutter.  Parents new to Camp TALKS (Talking And Learning with Kids who Stutter) and “veteran” parents will talk about their first memo...

Bundle includes four titles at half off off the individual price:
1. Stuttering: Basic Clinical Skills (#9600)
2. Dealing with Guilt & Shame (#9505)
3. Helping children change thoughts & feelings (#6335).
4. Working with PreSchoolers who stutter (#0162)

This bundle includes:
1. Scoring Disfluencies (#6350)
2. Parent Counseling: Conversations with David Luterman, Parts 1 & 2 (#6400)
3. Desensitization with Parents
4. Implementing CBT with School-Age Children (#6500)
5. Helping Children Change Thought & Feelings (#6335)

Academy award-winning screenwriter of The King's Speech, David Seidler, inspires young people who stutter in this marvelous hour-long presentation.

In an eloquent keynote address, followed by a question and answer session, Seidler discusses how his own struggle with stuttering led him to admi...

#0162 – Working With Preschoolers Who Stutter
#4083 - A Fresh Look at Stuttering
#9600 - Basic Clinical Skills

When a clinician asks a person who stutters to stutter on purpose and to self-disclose their stuttering to others, they typically react as would be expected, “Why would I do that, and share something I am trying so hard to avoid and hide?”

This 86 minute seminar will review a series of publishe...

Este paquete incluye estos tres programas en español por el precio de dos.
1. Siete Consejos para Hablar con el Niño que Tartamudea.
2. La Tartamudez y el Niño de Edad Preescolar: una Guía para la Familia.
3. Tartamudez para Niños, por Niños.

Dr. Christine Weber writes, “Stuttering, or Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (DSM-5), is a neurodevelopmental disorder that begins when neural networks supporting speech, language, and emotional functions are displaying rapid development. How does stuttering develop, and what factors influence th...

Dr. Carmen Lefevre's presentation from the 11th Oxford Dysfluency Conference 2017.

Dr. Lefevre writes," Gaining a clear understanding of a behaviour as well as its drivers and barriers is pivotal for successfully changing it. In the context of dysfluency, there are likely many different factors ...

Elaine Kelman and Ali Berquez, both from the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children in London, present at the 11th Oxford Dysfluency Conference 2017.

Dr. Catherine Sebastian's presentation from the 11th Oxford Dysfluency Conference 2017.

Dr. Sebastian writes, "Adolescence is a key developmental window characterised by profound changes in cognitive, social and emotion skills. While the majority of young people negotiate the pressures of adol...

Dr. Courtney Byrd's presentation from the 11th Oxford Dysfluency Conference 2017.

Dr. Byrd writes," Speech disfluencies provide valuable insight into the linguistic and motoric effort required for spoken communication. Expressions such as “second language fluency” and “word fluency” tasks refl...

Jane Harley's presentation from the 11th Oxford Dysfluency Conference 2017.

Ms. Harley writes, "My interest in the process of attention in stuttering therapy stems initially from a background in CBT and the information-processing theory and models which underpin CBT. These theoretical models pro...

Dr. Martin Sommer's presentation from the 11th Oxford Dysfluency Conference 2017.

Dr. Sommer writes, "Fluent speech is a fundamental prerequisite for social interaction in humans and a challenging task for the brain. Not all children acquire fluent speech; therefore stuttering persists after p...

These five titles are included in this bundle for the price of four.

1. Basic Clinical Skills
2. Working with Preschoolers Who Stutter
3. A Fresh Look at Stuttering
4. Therapy in Action: The School-Age Child Who Stutters
5. Sharpening Counseling Skills

These five titles are included in this bundle for the price of four.

1. Stuttering: A Clinical Review of the Evidence
2. Changing Thoughts & Feelings About Communication
3. Avoidance Reduction Therapy
4. Implementing Cognitive Behavior Therapy with School-Age Children
5. Using Williams’ No...

This package includes all seven presentations from the 11th Oxford Dysfluency Conference for the price of six.

Titles Included:
1. The Development, Recovery & Persistence of Childhood Stuttering: The MDP Theory
2. Achieving Successful Behavior Change
3. Desensitization with Parents
4. The...

In recent years, many advances have been made in understanding the communication disorder, cluttering.

Kathleen Scaler Scott, Ph.D., of Misericordia University helps to clarify prior myths and explain recent research findings about cluttering. She presents the current lowest common denominator ...

(#6160) In this 72-minute video, Dennis Drayna, Ph.D., of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, provides an update on recent research findings in the genetics of stuttering.

This video describes the evidence for genetic factors in stuttering and the genes discove...

This Keynote presentation by renowned conservationist Alan Rabinowitz was given at the 2005 Stuttering Foundation two day workshop for school-based speech-language pathologists.

In this powerful hour-long presentation to young people who stutter, Alan Rabinowitz discusses how struggling with stuttering shaped his life and his long-time relationship with the endangered species he works to save.

This intimate look inside the life of one of the world's greatest conservat...

This 128-minute program demonstrates speech management strategies to help you work effectively with children and adults who stutter.

Chapters include:
- Exploring talking and stuttering
- Identification
- Explore stuttering
- Explore change
- Tools for change
- Soft starts
- Changing rate
- Volu...

(#9900) Highlights from a workshop featuring Frances Cook, MSc, MRCSLT (Hons)Cert. CT (Oxford), and Willie Botterill, MSc, (Psych. Couns.), MRCSLT, provide insights into working with the cognitive aspects of stuttering.

This 3 hour 45 minute "taster" into cognitive behavior therapy explores the...

Highlights from a workshop providing insights into working with Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and stuttering.

This "taster" introduces viewers to the principles and practice of SFBT, providing examples of children, parents, and teenagers describing their "best hopes" for the future, us...

This 20-minute video, hosted by Kristin A. Chmela, M.A., provides insight into the lives of four young adults, who 11 years earlier, were highlighted in the Stuttering Foundation's best selling video, "For Kids By Kids."

In this inspiring new video, three common threads emerge as we hear Naom...

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." This quote, attributed to both Marilyn Monroe and Kurt Cobain, may not resonate for someone who has spent most of his or her life desperately trying to hide stuttering.

Daily exhaustion from changing words, making excuses, timing...

Improve your ability to successfully treat stuttering in preschoolers. This one hour and 45 minute video offers comprehensive and practical strategies for working with young children:

- a multidimensional approach to the assessment and treatment of preschoolers
- guidelines based on new research...

In this insightful, two-part program, sit in the room with master clinician, David Luterman, as he counsels parents of children who stutter. Then, eavesdrop on his discussion of the session with practicing clinicians.

Part 1 is Group Therapy with Parents (1 hour); and Part 2 is Therapists' Rev...

In this 16 minute video, a group of speech-language experts talk compassionately and directly to adults about how to promote easier talking as they interact with their preschool-age children. The professionals offer simple, easy-to-do tips that parents can begin to use immediately.

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(English language with Spanish Subtitles).

In this 16 minute video, a group of speech-language experts talk compassionately and directly to adults about how to promote easier talking as they interact with their preschool-age children. The professionals offer simple, easy-to-do tips that parents...

A esta video se le pueden dar muchos usos. Se puede utilizar con familias en que un niño tartamudea, con terapeutas del habla que van a tratar a niños de edad preescolar y en las escuelas, universidades, centros de tratamiento y hospitales.

Producido por Barry Guitar, Ph.D., Carroll Guitar, M...

In this powerful 18-minute video, students who stutter talk to teachers about their experiences and experts in the field of speech pathology answer questions about what works and what doesn't in the classroom.

A perfect length for an after-school inservice or short enough for a teacher to wat...

Fluency specialist, Kristin Chmela, M.A., CCC-SLP, talks to parents of children and teenagers who stutter, drawing upon her own experiences not only as a person who stutters but also as a parent, therapist, and teacher.

Chmela urges parents to see each child as a gift; she also asks parents to...

Gene Williams, a renowned authority on stuttering, has a unique philosophy and approach to stuttering therapy. This video provides classic footage of Dean working with a child who stutters.

Dean believed that stuttering behavior in school children and adults is the result of their trying not ...

Parents play a key role in the treatment of children who stutter. Helping them recognize and cope with their own feelings about their child's stuttering is critical to success in therapy.

In this 50-minute video, noted clinicians demonstrate and discuss strategies for counseling parents in al...

This 30 minute video is for parents and families of young children who stutter. (Formerly entitled: Stuttering and the Preschool Child) The focus is to help families understand stuttering and make changes to promote more fluent speech.

- for parents whose child is stuttering.
- for ...

The teen years are full of challenges. For teens who stutter, it can also be a lonely time. They need to know that they are not alone - and that real help is available.

In this 30-minute video, teens share their experiences of stuttering and talk about what works for them. Narrated by high sch...

An over 50-minute video on stuttering for adults who stutter, their families, and the professionals who work with them. Those who stutter share their personal stories and insights into what has helped them.

Speech-language pathologists answer questions about stuttering and demonstrate a varie...

(#6740) The roots of Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering are found in the pioneering work of the late Joseph Sheehan, a professor of psychology at UCLA, and his wife Vivian Sheehan, a Los Angeles-based speech pathologist. The Sheehans applied concepts from conflict theory and role theory t...

Neurophysiology studies the function of the central and the peripheral nervous system through the recording of bioelectrical activity, whether it is spontaneous or stimulated.

During this 50 minute presentation, Martin Sommer, M.D., gives an overview of essential neurophysiological findings th...

Cognitive-behavioral therapy is one approach for helping children change their thoughts and feelings about stuttering. These changes can lead to better therapy outcomes as children develop coping strategies, test their beliefs about listener reactions, and take risks like using speech tools in fr...

This 38-minute video is an excellent resource and teaching tool for speech-language pathologists as well as teachers, parents, and physicians.

Certain to further the understanding of stuttering and what can be done to help the school-age child, this DVD provides information about:

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This exciting, nearly 3.5 hour program features renowned audiologist and expert counselor, David M. Luterman, D.Ed.

Luterman's philosophy of counseling centers around deep listening and silent witnessing of our clients' stories and concerns as we refrain from providing immediate advice, informat...

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopment disorder characterized by reduced attention, increased impulsivity and increased hyperactivity. Speech-language pathologists must consider the impact that ADHD traits can have on an individual's ability to efficiently and fluen...

One of the all time greats in action!

This classic series of nine films together in one video shows Dr. Charles Van Riper of Western Michigan University working with an adult who stutters. Therapy was done in seven sessions - one week apart - a total of seven hours of therapy. The eighth vide...

Lisa A. Scott, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, of The Florida State University, discusses concrete strategies for establishing eligibility for school-age children who stutter according to IDEA guidelines.

Specific methods are described for documenting developmental, academic, and functional information for ch...

Discussions about evidence-based practice often culminate in claims that there is one best approach to treatment of a particular type of client, or that we lack appropriate evidence or that clinicians lack access to what evidence we have.

In this presentation, in an effort to frame these claims ...

Conoce a Swish y sus amigos jovenes! Ellos hablan como lidiar con la burla y como ensenar a otros sobre la tartamudez. La animacion de cartones y ninos verdaderos que vienen a unirse ayudar a otros ninos que tartamudean unidos en este entretenido video de 12 minutos.

Stuttering Foundation agra...

Edward G. Conture, Ph.D., of Vanderbilt University, discusses current data-based approaches to the assessment and treatment of preschool children who stutter.

Conture discusses current theoretical and clinical approaches to this population with supporting data that is based on more than 30 yea...

This video provides viewers with a framework for developing interventions for preschool children who stutter and for their families.

Using the 'Demands and Capacities' model to guide treatment planning, Sheryl Gottwald, Ph.D., CCC-SLP of the University of New Hampshire, identifies environment...

Clinicians are still receiving training in the treatment of stuttering by the expert speech language pathologist, Hugo Gregory, Ph.D., through footage shot at Texas Christian University in 1998.

This DVD is made possible through the tireless efforts of Carolyn Gregory, June Campbell, Diane Hi...

"Using Williams' Normal Talking Approach to Help Children Make Speech Change" will increase your confidence and flexibility in teaching students to modify their speech behavior!

In this 153-minute video, filmed at the Stuttering Foundation's 2014 two-day conference on working with the school-ag...

Meet Swish and his young friends! They talk about stuttering, dealing with teasing, what helps, and how to teach others about stuttering.

Cartoon animation and real children come together to help other kids who stutter in this lively and engaging 12-minute film.

Produced by Lisa A. Scott, Ph.D....

There has been increased interest in understanding the variety of speech disfluency patterns among those with autism spectrum disorders.

Case studies that describe types of disfluencies have added to our knowledge base. While both stuttering and 'atypical' disfluencies (final part-word repetitio...

(#6330) In this engaging 77-minute lecture, Dr. Joe Donaher of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, provides a framework for clinicians to view childhood stuttering from an evidence-based perspective. He presents the latest research in stuttering onset and development, genetics, neurophysiolo...

(#6335) For many children who stutter, successfully managing communication involves more than just changing speech. During this 2 hour 55 minute video, renowned clinician Vivian Sisskin, presents a multidimensional approach as a foundation to help children address the thoughts and feelings that s...

This 58-minute video features Eugene B. Cooper, Ph.D. and Hugo H. Gregory, Ph.D. in live footage from a 1984 conference, "Clinical Management of Chronic Stuttering."

From the archives of the Stuttering Foundation, and despite some granular video quality, these two presentations are sure to enl...

Many methods have been developed to count speech disfluencies, and in this 1-hour video, clinicians are trained to differentiate between various types of disfluencies, how to code them, and analyze the data accordingly.

While this is just one aspect of a comprehensive fluency assessment, it is ...

This single program combines five classic videotapes from the 1970's presenting clinician Dr. Harold Starbuck using his stuttering modification therapy techniques with a group of teens and young adults.

Despite the scratchy audio track and grainy visual quality of the tapes, you will learn a g...

This 60-minute DVD featuring speech-language pathologist Patricia Zebrowski, Ph.D., University of Iowa, includes:

(start time) TOPIC
(00:00-) Purpose of Presentation
(01:33-) Recognizing & Understanding Emotions
(11:46-) Parent Emotions
(21:19-) Counseling Issues
(35:29-) Confusion & Ina...

This 71-minute video, featuring speech-language pathologist Barry Guitar, Ph.D., is an ideal tool for clinicians who work with the school-age child who stutters.

(start time) TOPIC
(00:00-) Introduction
(03:38-) What is Stuttering Modification?
(06:37-) What is Fluency Shaping?
El...

This 84-minute video features speech-language pathologist Peter Ramig, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder and includes:

- Teaching children to identify moments of stuttering
- Sequencing therapy in a meaningful way
- Developing transfer/maintenance skill

It is an ideal tool for clinic...

This 73-minute video features speech-language pathologist E. Charles Healey, Ph.D., University of Nebraska.

His presentation includes:
(00:00-) Introduction
(02:50-) Assumptions & Perspectives
(04:25-) Some Recent Multidimensional Models of Stuttering
(07:49-) Conceptual Framework for Our...

This 79-minute video, featuring experienced speech-language pathologist Kristin Chmela, M.A., is an ideal tool for clinicians who work with the school-age child who stutters.

(start time) TOPIC
(00:00-) Introduction
(12:34-) Attitudes & Emotions
(18:43-) Dealing Effectively with Attitudes &...

This exciting video features Bill Murphy, M.A., Purdue University on how to cope with shame and guilt.

(start time) TOPIC
(00:00-) Introduction
(07:20-) Why Worry About the Thoughts & Emotions of School-Age Children Who Stutter?
(11:57-) The Goal
(12:57-) The Stuttering Triangle
(14:00-) ...

This 90-minute video, featuring speech-language pathologist Patricia Zebrowski, Ph.D., is an ideal tool for clinicians working with adolescents who stutter.

(start time) TOPIC
(00:00-) Stuttering Intervention for Teenagers
(10:41-) Understanding Adolescence
(18:37-) Getting to Know the Adolesce...

This 42-minute video demonstrates cluttering, and should help you work more effectively with children and adults who clutter.

Chapters include:
- Most common symptoms of cluttering
- Coexisting problems with cluttering
- Evaluation of cluttering
- Treatment of cluttering

Dynamic demonstration o...