Jane Fraser's Presentation to the Eastern Workshop

The Stuttering Foundation's Eastern Workshop: Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter is taking place June 13-18 at Boston University. During the workshop, Foundation President Jane Fraser addressed the attendees.

This one-week course provides speech-language pathologists with an introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in relation to the assessment and treatment of stuttering.

Workshop faculty are Elaine Kelman, MSc, Cert CT, Cert MRCSLT, and Ali Berquez, MSc, BA (Hons), CertMRCSLT, of the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children.

The conference coordinator is Diane Parris Constantino, M.S., CCC-SLP, of Boston University.

Click here to view Fraser's PowerPoint presentation.

Posted June 16, 2022

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