A group of professionals are supporting ISAD by participating on a panel to answer questions about stuttering. We have an extensive group of professionals this year, they can be seen at this link.
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Hello, I’m a first year grad student studying Communication Sciences and Disorders. In class, I am learning about differing trains of thought and practice in regards to therapy, which is presented as being on a continuum between stuttering modification and … Continue reading →
Hello Experts, I am a speech-language pathology student at U of M, Duluth in an Advanced Fluency Disorders class. If you have a sensitive 5-year-old girl in your caseload with persistent stuttering, how your therapy will look like in term of … Continue reading →
Hello, We are second year MSP students. We are currently taking a stuttering course. We have learned that the causes of stuttering can vary and is not fully known. We were wondering if there is current research that provides a … Continue reading →
Hello! We are second-year students in the Master of Speech Pathology program at the University of South Carolina. Currently, we are taking a fluency course examining the types, causes, and methods of assessment and intervention for stuttering. A common trend … Continue reading →
Hello! We are 2nd year graduate students in speech-language pathology at the University of South Carolina. We have heard many theories of what causes stuttering, and the evidence does not seem conclusive. Could etiology be influencing success in intervention for … Continue reading →
Hello! We are 2nd year graduate students at the University of South Carolina in the Master of Speech Pathology program. We are currently enrolled in our stuttering class and we have been learning about the importance of self-acceptance for individuals who stutter and the often difficult journey that it takes to get to acceptance of one’s stuttering. As we are soon to be new clinicians, can you offer any counseling strategies that you have found to be beneficial/successful for helping individuals who stutter overcome covert stuttering and progress towards self-acceptance? We read the article, “It Starts With You”, by Davis Alpuche, as well as several other success stories like his, and they inspired us to learn more about different counseling techniques we could use in our future practice. We appreciate any advice you have to give. Thank you!
Hello all, I’m a first year speech language pathology student taking a Fluency Disorders class at NYU. In class we’ve been talking a lot about acceptance, desensitization, stuttering modification, the danger of having fluency as your goal, etc. I’m an … Continue reading →
Hello, We are 2nd year MSP students at the University of South Carolina. We are currently taking a course on stuttering, and during that course we had a guest speaker who spoke about how hard his childhood was due to … Continue reading →
I am a first year graduate slp student. As I am learning more about stuttering, I am curious to learn how stuttering presents in bilingual individuals. Do bilingual individuals stutter in both languages? Are there differences presented base on whether … Continue reading →
Hi, my name is Claire, I am a second year SLP graduate student. In my clinical experience, I have seen several adult PWS who struggle to accept that they may never be fully fluent, and want a “quick fix” for … Continue reading →
Hi professionals! I am a first year graduate student in speech language pathology at UNC-Chapel Hill. The other week we heard from a guest speaker that mentioned she will not work on articulation issues in her clients while addressing fluency. … Continue reading →
Hello professionals, I am a first year SLP student. In class the other day, we looked at some practice case studies and discussed what questions we needed to ask the client in order to fill in the gaps of missing … Continue reading →
From my previous readings, I have learned that when PWS are forward and initially tell their communication partner that they stutter and they are happy to repeat any missed information, that their experiences tend to be more positive. I was … Continue reading →
Hello! I am a 2nd year MSP student. Some of my classmates and I just read one of the articles on your website about “Stuttering in Africa: From Hopelessness to Recovery”. In the article, the author said that in rural parts of Africa some older, out-of-date interventions are being used. If going to another culture/country, how would you suggest addressing issues like this? How could you kindly yet firmly advocate for what research says in a culture that may not value research or the scientific method like we do?
Hello, my name is Lorraine, I am currently working towards earning my masters degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences. I really enjoyed looking through the presentations and papers in this conference and it was great learning about people’s personal experiences … Continue reading →
Hi Experts! I am a first-year MS-SLP student who has recently learned about the differential diagnosis between fluency disorders. My question involves the handwriting and typing of people who clutter and people who stutter. Something I was interested to learn … Continue reading →
Hello everyone, This is my first time participating in the online conference so thank you to everyone for putting it on. I am a first year graduate student studying speech-language pathology, and I am in a fluency course this semester. … Continue reading →
I am earning my masters in speech-language pathology at Touro College. I am taking my first fluency disorders class this semester, and I love it! As part of our midterm grade our professor asked us to do a project in which … Continue reading →
As a first year MS-SLP student, I recently learned about the multifactorial approach to explain the etiology behind stuttering. There was not much evidence to support any theories and it seemed the topic was fairly unexplained. Is there any current … Continue reading →
Hi Experts! I’ve got one more question. What is the physical trigger for stuttering? What I mean is what part of speech is effected by stuttering? Is it that the mouth somehow isn’t coordinated enough to go into the right … Continue reading →
Hi Again! I have a question about conveying acceptance to those who stutter. As someone who doesn’t stutter, how do I tell clients and friends that “stuttering is ok.” I don’t want to give the impression that they should feel … Continue reading →
This is my first time participating in this online conference. I’m not exactly sure how I found it, but I’m excited to read and learn from other posts. I’m a school-based SLP and I have a question regarding treatment suggestions … Continue reading →
Hi All! A recent episode of StutterTalk (Ep. 629) got me thinking about the challenges related to providing quality stuttering therapy in the schools. Prior to listening to this, I have heard that school-based stuttering therapy can be less than … Continue reading →
Hello professionals again, As a method of bullying prevention, what do you think is the best approach in teaching children about stuttering? 1,163 total views, 2 views today
Hello professionals, What are your thoughts on cluttering being labeled as the “Orphan of Speech Language Pathology?” Research has shown that cluttering is actually more prevalent than we think. Why do you think we unaware of its incidence? 2,095 total views, … Continue reading →
I have been invited to speak to middle school kids next month about stuttering during their Disability Awareness month activities. I will be giving three presentations, one each to the 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade. There will be 50-60 … Continue reading →
Hi Experts! I was just thinking, its a fact that most people who stutter don’t stutter all the time. For example, most of us will be able to speak with normal fluency when we are speaking or reading out loud … Continue reading →
Greetings everyone! Let me kick off the questions with this one. While there is a growing body of work by researchers and SLPs to treat stuttering, there is also some evidence of effective methods and techniques that PWS have arrived … Continue reading →
