International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference, 2009
STUTTERING: More Than A Tangled Tongue
chaired by Judith Kuster, Minnesota State University, Mankato
The online conference itself is freely available, but is also available for 1.5 CEU's (15 hours) or 1 semester credit. To learn about the requirements and how to register for the ISAD online conference for MSU, Mankato CEU's or college credit open this link.
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ISAD2009 information/events Flags of countries of people participating in the online conference (flags will be added as I am able to verify additional countries participating)
A Brochure for ISAD 2009 (PDF format) is available to download and distribute - in English, in Chinese
The 2009 International Awareness Day Poster is available to download and distribute. (The poster can be remade with your country's language by emailing the creator, Danko Jaksic at djaksic@list.hr)
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International Stuttering Awareness Day (October 22) began in 1998, spear-headed by Michael Sugarman, Oakland, California. ISAD recognizes the growing alliance between speech-language professionals and consumers, who are learning from each other and working together to share, give support, and educate one another and the general public on the impact that stuttering has on individuals' lives. Online conferences, organized by Judy Kuster, have been an integral part of International Stuttering Awareness Day since its inception. All past online conferences are also available here.
For participants who need some basic information about stuttering, please read about Stuttering from the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association. Additional information is available on the Stuttering Home Page.
This year's conference (the twelfth!) is designed for people who stutter, their families and employers, the professionals who work with them, students in training and their instructors.
Beginning October 1 there are papers covering a variety of topics related to fluency and fluency disorders, as well as "The Professor Is In" where you can ask questions of several professionals.
The contributions in this conference reflect professional and consumer interests about stuttering and are presented by over 70 individuals representing twelve different countries on five different continents. Each paper also has a threaded discussion page for your comments and questions. By October 22, 2009, International Stuttering Awareness Day, the authors of the papers will respond as they wish. Feel free to post your questions/comments at any time and check back on International Stuttering Awareness Day for any response from the author. Contributors to the conference are solely responsible for the information they provide. The conference organizer and Minnesota State University cannot be responsible for nor can we attest to the accuracy or efficacy of the information others provide. The authors' papers will be permanently archived on the Stuttering Home Page for you to read at any time.
Remember that there are many people writing and attending this conference for whom English is not their first language. The Altavista Translation Service may help those who don't read English well to understand some of these papers. If you put the URL (address) of any paper into the above site, you can ask that the paper be translated into German, French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, or Portuguese. It will not be a perfect translation, but you should be able to get the idea.
You can also try InterTran, a translation service which will translate English text into the following languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, European Portuguese, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian/Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh, Latin OR Google Translate which includes translation services for Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Belarusian Bulgarian Catalan Chinese Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Maltese Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese Welsh and Yiddish
Please ask questions that are relevant to the papers and refrain from developing a personal topic. It is expected that participants will remain cordial. The coordinator of the conference retains the right to delete posts considered inappropriate.
One final request - you are of course free to read and respond to any/all of the papers. For students and others intending to read all of the papers, I have a request. Those whose last names begin A-L, please start reading the conference papers from the last paper to the first. For those whose last names begin M-Z, please start with the papers at the beginning.
Office Hours - The Professor Is In
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Several university professors have agreed to serve as a panel to answer appropriately-posed questions about stuttering. Special Features
These are the Faces of Stuttering a two-minute video put together by Michael Sugarman (California, USA), with background music by Scatman John
Face the Fear: Trials and Tribulations of Public Speaking by Sarah (Dowgiallo) D'Agostino and Maria (Garza) Witte - a short paper accompanied by a 22 minute movie of a National Stuttering Association 2004 conference presentation.
Therapy For Those Who Clutter a 45 minute narrated powerpoint by Lisa LaSalle (Wisconsin, USA)
A Virtual World for Stuttering Support by Grant Meredith (Australia)
Stuttering: Information and Issues
Stuttering and Teachers in Kuwait: The story so far by Fauzia Abdalla and Ali Al-Saddah (Kuwait)
Understanding Sex Differences in Developmental Stuttering by David M. Corey (Louisiana, USA)
Changing Attitudes in Children Who Stutter by Diane Games (Ohio, USA)
Towards a Notion of Transfluency by Cristóbal Loriente (Spain)
International Stuttering Awareness Day: Consumers and Professionals Working Together a history of ISAD and the ISAD Online Conferences, by Judith Kuster (Minnesota, USA) and Michael Sugarman (California, USA)
The Experience of People Who Stutter: A Survey by the National Stuttering Association Jim McClure (New Mexico, USA)
Simplifying Stuttering Therapy in a School SettingRichard Mallard (Texas, USA)
Stuttering: Falling through a hole in the academic web?Grant Meredith (Australia)
Stuttering: Threat or Challenge Sandra Merlo (Brazil)
Stuttering Therapy Outcomes Revisited by Nan Bernstein Ratner (Maryland, USA) and Bob Quesal (Illinois, USA)
Doing the Work by Ellen-Marie Silverman (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
What Marty Jezer Taught Me About Counseling People Who Stutter by Lisa Vadnie (Minnesota, USA) and Marty Jezer (deceased)
Clinical Nuggets: Treatment Treasures and Activities
The following are short papers by speech-language pathologists who work with children and adults who stutter, sharing some of their favorite therapy ideas.
Using Audacity® as Visual Feedback with a Nine Year Old Boy by Judy Butler, (Massachusetts, USA)
Using a Reading Bucket Activity in School-Age Stuttering Therapy by Kristin Chmela (Illinois, USA)
Using Stories to Teach Fluency Strategies to Young Children by Craig Coleman and Mary Weidner (Pennsylvania, USA)
Speech Newspaper: Written By and For Students by Crystal Cooper (Florida, USA)
The Wheel of Stuttering Fortune by Ellen Bennett Lanouette (Florida, USA)
Combination Locks and Stuttering by Tim Mackesey (Georgia, USA)
A road map of stuttering by Nina Reardon-Reeves, USA)
Pausing and Stuttering by Peter Reitzes (New York, USA)
Paper Chains to Help Young Children who Stutter Prepare for Transition by Vanessa Sacchi, Colorado, USA)
Empowerment: The "E" Aspect of Therapy by Patty Walton (Colorado, USA)
The Experts (PWS) Speak For Themselves
Fear Reduction and Stuttering - Not a Cure, But Helpful
The following are short articles by several people who stutter and have found various methods of reducing the fear of speaking.
Addressing Fear Through Desensitization
Public Speaking - Senior Speech by David Dwyer (Virginia, USA)
This is the voicemail of Reuben Schuff by Reuben Schuff (Maryland, USA)
Addressing Fear Through Practice
Dealing with Fear: Training Exercises and Persistence by Anita Blom (Sweden)
Dealing with Fear by Practicing! by Joshua Schmid (New York, USA)
Addressing Fear Through Meditation
Zen and Stuttering by Stefan Bogdanov (Switzerland)
Addressing Fear Through Joining Support Groups
"A" is for Attitude! by Steven Kaufman (New York, USA)
Self-Help Organizations Provide Knowledge and Understanding (as well as support) by Eric Ndosak (Cameroon, West Africa)
Addressing Fear Through Self-Acceptance/Not Giving Up
My Stuttering is Not Fatal! by Briguel Babet (Mauritius, Africa)
I am a stutterer, so I stutter. This is my way to talk by Ray Tong (China)
Acceptance is NOT Giving Up! by Russ Hicks (Texas, USA)
How Beliefs and Self-image Can Influence Stuttering by Alan Badmington (Wales, UK)
Who, What, When, Where, Why Not?... by Tom Brennan (Texas, USA)
Stuttering: The Rest of the Story by Bobby L. Childers II (New Mexico, USA)
Canadian Speech-Language Pathologist Offers Six Weeks of Voluntary Service to Help People Who Stutter in Cameroon, Africa by Joseph Lukong (Cameroon)
Things I Learned from Therapy by Pamela Mertz (New York, USA)
Hello My Name Is Cathy, But You Can Call Me Anne: A story of a covert person who stutters by Cathy Olish (Michigan, USA)
"Returning to the Lion's Den Thirty Years Later...Older, Wiser and Armed!"by Chris Roach (Texas, USA)
Newsletters: A labor of love
Newsletters about Stuttering and Examples and How To Do It Yourself!
Many organizations and individuals interested in Fluency Disorders put newsletters online. Some examples are
- Stuttering Foundation of America, Fall 2009 issue (http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/stuttering/newsletter_2009fall/#/0)
- National Stuttering Association - Letting Go and Family Voices archive (http://www.westutter.org/stutteringInformation/NSANewsletters.html)
- Lidcombe News (http://www.montrealfluency.com/continuing-education/newsletters/)
- Blether: The BSA Scotland Newsletter archive (http://www.stammering.org/scotland/blether.html)
Below are short articles by editors of several additional newsletters, with information about how they are put together and links to examples.
Stottern Forum in English and in Dutch - by Mario D'hont (Belgium)
Let's Talk About It - College of St. Rose Fluency Council and Friends e-newsletters by Pamela Mertz (New York, USA)
T.R.A.D.E., newsletter from the International Cluttering Association by Charley Adams - (South Carolina, USA)
Editing for ASHA Division 4 Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders by Charlie Osborne (Wisconsin, USA)
One Voice - ISA by Albert Zhang (China)
The coordinator of this conference gratefully acknowledges the continuing patient and expert help and support of Tom Kuster and of the ITS staff at Minnesota State University, Mankato, especially Jerry Anderson, Jeffrey Henline, and Jeffrey Hundstad.
Conference Available to Read Off-Line
Viren Gandhi from India has created a single zip file of the conference papers that can be downloaded and read offline. It will not include the PDF files, movies, or music that is part of the conference. It will include only the papers. It will open on either a PC or a MAC. When the files are unzipped (PC) or unstuffed (MAC), it creates the same structure as it is on Internet. When you click on it, it opens the ISAD12 Main Conference Page and then you can read the papers on ISAD12 offline as it is on Internet, but without access to all the questions/comments and answers, the sound or video files, or the powerpoints that are part of some of the papers. For PC users who prefer, an exe file is also available. Download it to your desktop and click on the "index" file. This will not work on a MAC computer. If you have questions, please address them to Viren Gandhi (vireng1@gmail.com).
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