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February 23, 2012
Evidence-Based Treatment for School Age Workshop
Garden City, NY, USA
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Note that workshop fees are in Canadian funds.
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May 10 & 11, 2012
Camperdown Program for Adults and Adolescents who Stutter
Montreal, QC, Canada
First Canadian Workshop!
Presented by Dr Sue O’Brian
Sue O’Brian is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian Stuttering Research Centre. She has extensive experience in the field of stuttering treatment and research. The topic of her Postdoctoral Fellowship is the effectiveness of early stuttering intervention in community settings. She also has published extensively in the area of stuttering measurement.
The Camperdown Program is an evidence-based speech restructuring treatment developed for adults who stutter. It differs from traditional programs by teaching the fluency technique without reference to behaviors such as soft contacts and gentle onsets; instead it uses a video model. It involves no programmed instruction, formal transfer tasks or instrumentation for the counting of stutters.
This 2-day workshop is intended for speech-language pathologists with an interest in working with adults and adolescents who stutter. No previous experience will be assumed. The workshop will overview the rationale and evidence for the program. It will explain the individual concepts and techniques involved in the program and how to administer it in both group and individual formats. It will also demonstrate adaptations for adolescent populations and teleheath delivery. The format of the workshop will be some clinician presentation of relevant literature but mainly practical activities, hypothetical cases and problem-based learning.