Online Stuttering Conference

The Fourteenth International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference
- SHARING STORIES - CHANGING PERCEPTIONS

 

Register for the Conference

• Online registration
• [PDF] Paper Registration Form (broken link)(and information on undergraduate and graduate credit)

International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) which began in 1998 occured on October 22nd and is designed to raise awareness about the challenges that people who stutter experience. ISAD is a joint, world-wide endeavor by persons who stutter and their families, students, and professionals (educators, researchers, and clinicians) interested in stuttering. ISAD is recognized by major international stuttering organizations including the International Stuttering Association; the International Fluency Association; and the European League of Stuttering Associations and the ASHA's Specialty Board for Fluency Disorders.

This year’s events included the thirteenth annual online conference, Sharing Stories-Changing Perceptions hosted by Judith Kuster, emeritus professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato. This and other previous conferences are linked to The Stuttering Home Page and are available spring 2012 for credit or for CEU's.

Date: Course was available "live" from October 1-22, 2011, but is archieved and available for registration. Professionals seeking continuing education hours: Summer coursework is due July 20th, 2012.

Time: Online 24/7/365.

Location: Completely Online Conference

Cost:$150 for anyone seeking continuing education clock hours.
           Also available for University undergraduate or graduate credit 
           Freely available for anyone wishing to participate and learn more.  

Continuing Education: 15 clock hours  

Objectives: Participants will be able to:

1. use ideas and materials presented with clients who stutter.
2. interact with consumers (people who stutter) personally and professionals in the  area of stuttering from around the world through threaded discussions.
3. explain the role of self-help in the stuttering community.
4. locate additional information about stuttering on the Internet.

Audience: Persons who stutter and their families, students, professionals, educators, researchers, clinicians, and anyone interested in stuttering.

Agenda: Reading all conference papers and panels, posting questions on threaded discussions.  View additional information regarding coursework.

Presenters:

• Judith Kuster, M.S. in speech-language pathology and M.S. in counseling, is an ASHA Fellow and emeritus professor of Communication Disorders at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is the webmaster for the Stuttering Home Page as well as the coordinator of this online conference. She is the recipient of the ASHF DiCarlo Award for Outstanding Clinical Achievement, the 2003 Distinguished Contributor Award from the International Fluency Association. a 2007 Outstanding Contribution Award from the International Stuttering Association, the 2008 ASHA Distinguished Contributor Award, and in 2009 named to the National Stuttering Association's Hall of Fame. Individual Presenters’ names and bios are available at the beginning of each conference paper when the conference opens October 1.

Registration information: Registration taken on a first come first serve basis.
No refunds 48 hours prior to workshop date.
You will receive a confirmation e-mail following your registration

Questions:
Carol Myhre
Phone: 507-389-3250