Working With People Who Stutter: Working With School-Age Children Who Stutter

  • Prof. Dr. Kurt Eggers
  • 31/03/2022 19:00
  • 12h 0min
  • tr, en
  • Live Seminars
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# Date Content Duration
1Working With People Who Stutter: Working With School-Age Children Who Stutter Day 1 31/03/22 19.00-23.00240min
2Working With People Who Stutter: Working With School-Age Children Who Stutter Day 2 01/04/22 19.00-23.00240min
3Working With People Who Stutter: Working With School-Age Children Who Stutter Third Day 02/04/22 19.00-23.00240min

The workshop is aimed at speech and language therapists with already some basic knowledge of stuttering. During the 4 parts of the workshop, fluency treatment in different age ranges will be discussed, i.e. preschoolers, school-age children, and adolescents/adults. Participants are encouraged to bring in examples of their own cases throughout different parts of the workshop. Although initially some theoretical frameworks will be discussed, the focus lies primarily on gaining practical skills in working with people who stutter. This is done through the use of videos and role-play exercises.

Prof. Dr. Kurt Eggers

Kurt Eggers holds a BA in Medicine, MA in SLP, and PhD. in Biomedical Sciences and Developmental Psychology. He is a researcher/docent at the SLP dept. of Thomas More U College (Belgium), associate professor at the Psychology & SLP dept. at Turku University (Finland) and visiting lecturer at the U of Oulu (Finland). He is coordinator of the European Clinical Specialization in Fluency Disorders (www.ecsf.eu), President-Elect of the International Fluency Association (www.theifa.org), and IALP fluency committee member. Kurt has worked clinically for many years, has lectured/published internationally and his research focuses on the role of temperament, attention, and executive functioning in stuttering and speech disfluencies in different populations.

Course Outcomes

The participants of this course;
  • Are able to apply the different learning outcomes of Part 2 to the population of school-aged children.
  • Are able to give children (and parents) insight into speech production and in stuttering.
  • Can apply different fluency initiating gestures (such as reduced speech rate, muscle tension, rhythm…) and fluency techniques.
  • Can work with the cognitive-emotional impact of stuttering with the child and caregivers (such as changing negative automatic thoughts, reducing anxiety/sensitivity).
  • Are able to teach the child (and caregiver) coping or problem-solving skills (e.g. in situations of bullying).

Program Flow

  • Working with school-age children who stutter (incl. assessment & treatment)
  • Case studies
SKU-770