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 memories of their children stuttering and how they responded (their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors), as well as what they learned over time, and provide advice to other parents and speech-language pathologists who work with students who stutter. 

Bio: Ellen M. Kelly, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-F, is an associate professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, director of the Stuttering Foundation Program at Vanderbilt, principal investigator for the Early ChildHood Onset Stuttering (ECHOS) Research Project, and executive director of Camp TALKS (Talking And Learning with Kids who Stutter). Kelly evaluates and treats individuals of all ages who stutter, and their families, and studies developmental stuttering.  She teaches, supervises, presents, and publishes on the topics of stuttering and counseling.