'Stuttering. The Nature
... the Treatment'

18 & 19 April 2008
Antwerp, Belgium

Website European Symposium on Fluency Disorders
 
   

European Symposium on Fluency Disorders | Programme

 

 

The official language is English.

Some of the lectures will be in Dutch with simultaneous translation into English.

 

Friday April 18th 2008

08.00 am Registration
08.45 am Opening Symposium
09.00 am The Psycholinguistics of Stuttering. Nan Bernstein Ratner (University of Maryland, USA) 
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11.00 am Coffee Break
11.30 am Brain Function and Stuttering. Luc De Nil (University of Leuven, Belgium & University of Toronto, Canada)
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12.30 pm Lunch
01.30 pm Seminar 1
An Eclectic Social-Cognitive Behavioural Model For Stuttering Treatment. Mark Meersman (Lessius University College, Belgium)
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Seminar 2
Treatment of the Young Stuttering Child With Mini-KIDS. Peter Schneider (Aachen University, Germany)
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01.30 pm Seminar 3
The Role of Parents in an Eclectic Social-Cognitive Stuttering Therapy. René Stes (em. Lessius University College, Belgium)
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Seminar 4
The 'Smart Intervention Strategy' (SIS) For School-Aged Children Who Stutter. Joseph Agius (University of Malta, Malta)
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03.00 pm Coffee Break
03.30 pm Videoconferencing: Possible Genetic Factors in Subtypes of Stuttering. Nicoline Ambrose (University of Illinois, USA)
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04.15 pm Seminar 5
Intensive Stuttering Therapy For Children and Adults. The Method and Attempts of Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy. Barbro Johannisson (Göteborg Universiy, Sweden)
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Seminar 6
Solution Focused Treatment With Families of a Young Stuttering Child. Anne Breda (University College Bruges-Ostend, Belgium)
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05.00 pm P-piece of the P-puzzle. Anita S. Blom (vice chair of the European League of Stuttering Associations)
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Poster Sessions

 

Saturday April 19th 2008

09.00 am Diathesis-Stressor Model of Childhood Stuttering. Ed Conture (Vanderbilt University, USA)
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11.00 am Coffee Break
11.30 am Temperament and Attentional Processes in Stuttering. Kurt Eggers (Lessius University College & University of Leuven, Belgium)
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12.30 pm Lunch
01.30 pm Seminar 7
Long-term Outcome of a Social-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Ronny Boey (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
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Seminar 8
Motoric Processes of Block Modification Techniques in Non-Avoidance Based IMS-Stuttering Therapy. Hartmut Zückner (Aachen University, Germany)
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02.15 pm Seminar 9
Van Riper’s Use of Multiple Voices in Stuttering Modification Therapy. Analysing Clinical Interaction Between a Master Therapist and a Client Who Stutters. Margaret Leahy (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
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Seminar 10
A Metaphor Says More Than Thousand Words. Carl Hylebos (Artevelde University College Ghent, Belgium)
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03.00 pm Coffee Break
03.30 pm Videoconferencing: Stuttering Treatment Outcomes: Considering the Entire Disorder. Scott Yaruss (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
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04.15 pm Closing
Poster Sessions

 

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