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Section 1 Plenary Session, Invited Speakers
Section 2 Diagnoses, Causes and Development
Section 4 Outcomes and Efficacy of Intervention
Section 5 Language, Speech and Discourse
Section 6 Neurological and Speech Motor Basis of Stuttering
Section 7 Multi-cultural and Multi-lingual Aspects of Stuttering
Section 8 Attitudes, Personality and Emotional Factors in Stuttering
Section 10 Self Help Programs, Service Delivery and Professional Issues
Read more: Table of Contents, Proceedings, 2003 IFA World Congress, Montreal
The Bitter Sweet Tale of Empiricism in Stuttering Treatment Research
Mark Onslow
Australian Stuttering Research Centre, The University of Sydney, PO Box I 70, Lidcombe, Australia, NS W 1285
The honour of giving a plenary address at Congress of the International Fluency Association invokes certain responsibilities. One that came to mind repeatedly as I thought about my task is the responsibility to address not only those who formally study and teach about the disorder of stuttering in universities, but also those who treat it, and, in particular, those who experience its effects every day. Surely an IFA plenary speaker has a responsibility to be thought provoking for all those parties. Perhaps even a little controversial. Not so much as to give offence and to dissipate the good humour that delegates always bring to conferences in this field, but just enough that might stimulate productive debate.
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Self-Help and the International Scene
Jaan Pill
International Stuttering Association, Toronto
Summary
During 15 years of volunteer work, the author has been involved in the founding of the Stuttering Association of Toronto (1988), the Canadian Association for People Who Stutter (1991), the Estonian Association for People Who Stutter (1993), and the International Stuttering Association (1995). Key concepts in this paper include collaboration, development of a sense of ownership, leadership succession, data- orientation, impartiality, clarity in definition of terms, and growth and renewal. The paper defines terms related to self-help, and describes how research on the sociology of self-help offers a framework for analysis of stages of growth in stuttering self-help associations.
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