This webinar recording provides an overview of the different types of treatment approaches and supports available to those working with preschoolers and school-aged children who stutter, with a greater focus on affirming therapy.
Historically, stuttering treatment in Australia has focussed on "elimination" in the preschool years and "fluency training" in the school-aged years to reduce the "impact" of stuttering. This narrow focus on the reduction of overt/visible stuttering behaviours comes at a cost to the individual and to the parents supporting their child on their stuttering journey.
More recently, conversations surrounding the social model of disability and its application to stuttering, "stuttering pride", and ableism in stuttering therapy has gained traction elsewhere around the world but not in Australia.
Participants will walk away with a deeper understanding of what holistic, comprehensive stuttering therapy looks like and guiding principles to support their practice.
Included in the webinar are case study presentations to demonstrate affirming practices in stuttering therapy followed by a panel discussion from parents of children who stutter and adults who stutter to discuss their "lived experience".
Learning Objectives
Participants attending the workshop will have an opportunity to:
- Learn about affirming practices in stuttering therapy and how these relate to different models of disability.
- Understand the similarities and differences in preschool stuttering therapy approaches and make informed decisions on which approach may suit their practice and the individual/family they are supporting.
- Learn how to navigate conversations around persistent stuttering and how to support families and stakeholders to look beyond fluency goals (particularly for older children).
- Learn about therapy approaches and resources which are stuttering affirming and ways which these approaches and resources can be applied clinically to support greater acceptance, confidence, and resilience in individuals who stutter.
- Listen to parents of children who stutter and adults who stutter to gain a deeper understanding of their "lived experience" and main take-aways of what to do and what not to do.
- Understand the importance of connection and community for young people stutter and learn how to support clients who stutter and families into entering that space safely and in their own time.
On-DEMAND WEBINAR
$180 (incl. GST)
3 hours video content, including:
Informative presentation from Voon Pang
Lived Experience perspectives
Access to recording for 90 days
About The Presenters
Voon Pang (Speech and Language Therapist)
Voon was the first speech-language therapist in New Zealand trained in 3 different evidence-based therapy approaches: 1) Palin Parent Child Interaction Therapy (Palin PCI), 2) RESTART Demands & Capacities Model treatment (RESTART-DCM), and the 3) Lidcombe Program. He is experienced in integrating “less direct” therapy with “more direct” therapy to optimise outcomes for pre-schoolers who stutter. For adult stuttering therapy, Voon was the first speech-language therapist in New Zealand trained in Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering (ARTS®) and integrates this with cognitive approaches to address the underlying fear and avoidance behaviours associated with stuttering. Therapy for school-aged children and teenagers who stutter is orientated towards empowering young people to have choices in how they want to speak, increasing one’s confidence and comfort in identifying as an individual who stutters, and creating support networks to reduce the burden of “masking” or “concealment”.
Rich Stephens (President of SAY: Australia and Person Who Stutters)
Rich Stephens (he/him) is a person who stutters. Since the age of 4 years, Rich has lived with the physical, social, and emotional impact of stuttering. In 2019 Rich fulfilled his dream of supporting young people who stutter and their families with establishing SAY: AU. Rich, inspired by the global SAY and stuttering community, his young son, and wanting to provide a safe and accepting community for all young people who stutter, is the driving force behind SAY: AU and inspires all of the important work that SAY: AU does.
Bec Seal (Peer Parent Liaison and Support For Families for SAY and Parent of School-Aged Child Who Stutters)
Bec (she/her) is Mum to Indie who is a person who stutters. Bec was introduced to SAY AU in 2021 by their SLP and has experienced firsthand the Benefit of SAY AU with Indie attending online programs and camp. Bec saw quickly the sense of belonging experienced when first starting with the online programs and then the life changing experience of attending camp. In her professional life, Bec works as a Mental Health Social Worker who provides support to young people and their families and is passionate about building the systems and worlds around a young person to best support them.
Jialin Tan (Parent of School-Aged Child Who Stutters) - Please note, Jialin was unable to attend this presentation live.
Jialin Tan (she/her) is a proud mother of two children, one of whom is a 13-year-old boy who stutters. In her professional life, she is a veterinarian who has worked in general practice, emergency medicine, and anaesthesia. She holds a Master in Public Health and is part of Western Australia's Emergency Animal Disease Veterinary Reserve. In her free time, she goes mountain biking at a slow to moderate pace, puts jigsaw puzzles together, and listens to audiobooks at 1.5x because there are too many books, too little time.
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