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From: Ed Feuer
Date: 10 Oct 2006
Time: 20:30:14 -0500
Remote Name: 207.161.32.235
“Don’t talk ABOUT us, talk WITH us!” is the slogan of the ISAD 2006 Online Conference. Well, I tried. I posted my question on the subject “Multidisciplinary Treatment Team” on Oct. 5, 2006, to the section The Professor Is In. Let the record show that as of 8:28 p.m. Central Time, Oct. 10, 2006), there still has been no response. I am very disappointed that no professor has been “in” to respond to my question. I can only conclude that the subject is, like the title of Canadian filmmaker John Paskievich’s new documentary on stuttering, Unspeakable. I can also only conclude, sadly, that the professors here have not seen fit to respond because they are too well invested in the dismal status quo. I would, however, remind the professors that on ASHA’s site in the section titled “Division 4, Fluency and Fluency Disorders” at: http://www.asha.org/about/membership-certification/divs/div_4.htm#stud in the part headed “Professional Issues,” one of the items listed is ”multidisciplinary interaction.” I would also remind the professors that at the end of that section, members are encouraged to: “Help shape future developments in these and other areas of activity!” It would appear that regarding multidisciplinary interaction, the profession only pays lip service -- altogether an appropriate term in the region speech-language pathology and stuttering. The frustrations of people who stutter that I see elsewhere in the ISAD site only serve to reinforce the fact that what currently passes for stuttering therapy is severely lacking, and that it is time to look at a new delivery approach. — Ed Feuer edfeuer@mts.net