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From: Kevin Eldridge
Date: 10 Oct 2011
Time: 20:50:13 -0500
Remote Name: 24.12.164.27
Sarah, I will second the thank you for reading our article, and the many others offered for the ISAD conference. As a OMWS (Old Man Who Stutters) I am always excited to see graduate students showing an interest in stuttering. It really is a fascinating field to work in. There is not much I can add to Retz's comments other than you raise an appropriate comment by asking us if we can really accomplish what we set out to do in 3 days of intensive work. When I was at the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering a couple years ago, I was lucky enough to take part in their 2 week parent/teen program. I would love to have teens and parents for 2 weeks. But after speaking with a number of parents of TWS, Retz and I realized that we needed to find a way to reach parents and teens in 3 days. This is why we are pairing the intensive with Skype. The average American has less than 2 weeks of vacation each year, and the economic times we are in preclude someone from risking asking for 2 weeks off. Like Retz, I am confident we can meet the challenge. Thanks for your question.