Fluency Weekend Workshop

This year marks the 36th Northeastern Regional Weekend Workshop for People Who Stutter. The Workshop will be held at The College of Saint Rose on April 1-3, 2011. This is a weekend-long event that provides intensive therapy for people who stutter and their families.

Therapy will be provided by graduate students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program under the direct supervision of certified speech-language pathologists. The Workshop is open to all children, teens, and adults who stutter or clutter. Participants in this year’s workshop will receive the benefits of individual and group therapy. Therapy will target individualized goals and will utilize both fluency shaping and stuttering modification strategies. Participants will be able to meet other people who stutter of all ages during structured group therapy and unstructuredtime. Workshops for parents and siblings are also scheduled on Saturday and Sunday. Those involved in The Workshop are encouraged to embrace teamwork and balance as they build effective communicaiton skills.

The Keynote Presenters will be Sheryl Gottwald, Ph.D., from the University of New Hampshire and Diane Parris, M.S., from Boston University. Dr. Gottwald is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Both have been Supervisors of the weekend workshop.

If you are interested in participating in The Workshop or have questions, please download our brochure and flyer. You may also contact Victoria Leone by phone at (518) 485-3940.