Election Result for 2022 Treasurer-Elect
In the recent election Hope Gerlach-Houck was selected by the membership to serve as Treasurer-Elect.
Thanks to everyone who participated!
13th Oxford Dysfluency Conference: Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 March 2023
The Oxford Dysfluency Conference, under the theme ‘Back to the Future’, will be held in-person at St Catherine’s College Oxford from 19-22 September, 2023. The conference is one of the leading international scientific conferences in the field of dysfluency.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 March 2023
Read more: 13th Oxford Dysfluency Conference: Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 March 2023
Early intervention for stuttering: the evidence
Marie-Christine Franken, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Some 40 years ago, the notion arose that the success of stuttering therapy in its advanced stages (be it important for the individuals concerned) was limited on public health scale. One began to explore early intervention methods to eliminate stuttering at the time it begins. That desire was not without controversy. Apart from - mainly medical - thoughts that early therapy was not required (‘it will naturally disappear’), the notion that directing attention to stuttering was the cause of the problem dominated the professional thinking, esp. in the north-western part of the world.
IFA Advocacy Committee encourages researchers to use green-open access
For more information about green-open access, we suggest explore this link to a very helpful webpage, https://www.csdisseminate.com/, created by speech, hearing, and language scientists which describes the details and steps of self-archiving your research.
Read more: IFA Advocacy Committee encourages researchers to use green-open access
Proceedings of JWC 2018 now available
Some papers from the 2018 Joint World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan are now available, just use the menu to go to
IFA Congresses -> IFA Congress Proceedings -> 2018 Joint World Congress: Hiroshima Japan
Current IFA Members can view the entire text of the papers, the public can view the abstracts.
More papers will be published as the review process is completed.
Information on the Global Workshop Initiative
It is a goal of the IFA to improve clinical services to people who stutter through more opportunities for clinicians to receive specialized training in how to conduct stuttering therapy. With the Global Workshop Initiative, the IFA would like to reach out to those (fluency) clinicians who might not normally be able to access international conferences or workshops designed to provide or improve clinicians’ skills in helping to treat people who stutter. There is a special focus on underserved regions and developing countries.Why become a member of the IFA?
If you are a therapist or academic who is interested in stuttering, cluttering and atypical fluency disorders in children, young people and adults, or a person who stutters or clutters, the IFA is the community to which you need to belong. IFA membership is good value and by joining our ranks you will be furthering both your own development, as well as supporting our field in a truly international and collaborative forum.
You will have access to these people via the Experts section of the new IFA website, the Global Workshops that the IFA is holding internationally, the World Congresses held every three years and the Proceedings, as well as the Journal of Fluency Disorders, to which you will automatically have access as an IFA member.
Our Mission
The IFA’s mission is to be a global community dedicated to the advancement of science, education, practice and advocacy in stuttering and cluttering.
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Translation
The IFA implemented Japanese translations of some pages on the site for the 2018 Joint World Congress. Choosing Japanese below to see these translations.
Not all pages are translated, but you can use Google translate to see a machine translation using the switch below
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JFD
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The official journal of the International Fluency Association
IFA Members receive online access to JFD as a member benefit.
