4TH WORLD CONGRESS
ON FLUENCY DISORDERS

August 11 - 15, 2003
  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Highlights
Opening ceremony · Lee Reeves, USA
Plenary session: Clinical research and treatment efficacy: partners or strangers? · Mark Onslow, Australia
Plenary session: Self-help and the international scene · Jaan Pill, Canada
Plenary session: Evidence based practice: Searching, appraising, and integrating · Barry Guitar, USA
The psycholinguistics of stuttering: An update · N. Bernstein Ratner, USA
The effect of speech therapy on stuttering; Evaluating three therapy programs · W.J. Huinck, H. Peters, M. Langevin and D. Kully, Netherlands, Canada
A multinational investigation of stuttering intervention: Assumptions, practices, and lessons · D.A. Shapiro, M. Abbink, M. Bortz, A.V. Bruna, F. Cook, P. Dhu, J. Einarsdottir, E. Haynes, S. Makoni, S. Miyamoto, L. Molt, N. Moses, I. Reichel, A-M. Simon, B.B. de Touzet, Y. Van Zaalen and M.M. Wahlhaus, USA, Netherlands, South Africa, Chile, England, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Japan, France, Argentina
Genetic aspects of stuttering in South Korea · M. Shin and S.E. Lee, Korea
Using cognitive therapy in group-work with young adults · J. Fry and F. Cook, UK
Change: The key to success in stuttering therapy · B.L. Dahm, Israel
Stuttering and medication: A look at the symptoms · J. Van Borsel, C. Beck and J. Delanghe, Belgium
An exploration of parents' experience of the Lidcombe program · R. Hayhow, UK
Many types of data: Stuttering treatment outcomes beyond fluency · R. Quesal, J.S. Yaruss and L. Molt, USA
Interiorised stammering - a group therapy programme - clients' and therapists' perspectives · C. Cheasman and R. Everard, UK
Treatment for early childhood stuttering: A randomised clinical pilot· M.-C. Franken, C. Kielstra-van der Schalk and H. Boelens, Netherlands
Being open about our stuttering: The world turned upside down · M. Jezer, USA
Self-change from stuttering during adolescence and adulthood · P. Finn, USA
The content analysis of verbal behavior: Applications to stuttering research · A. DiLollo, W. H. Manning, L. W. Plexico and E. Lane, USA
Relationship between fluency development parameters in fluent children as a basis for comparison with stuttering children · P. Howell, H. Patel, S. Davis and J. Au-Yeung, UK
A temporal analysis of disfluencies in children who stutter close to onset and controls · P. Sandrieser, U. Natke, M. van Ark, R. Pietrowsky and K.T. Kalveram, Germany
A within-subject fMRI experiment before and after fluency shaping · K. Neumann, H. Euler, C. Preibisch, Germany
Stuttering patterns in Spanish: Some empirical data and possible clinical implications · P. Howell, J. Au-Yeung, I. Vallejo-Gomez, A. Fernández-Zúñiga, R. Gutiérrez, A.H.Fernández, M.L. O'Brien, and M. Tarasco, UK, Spain
The mind-body connection: The missing link in stuttering intervention · B. Horwitz and I. Reichel, USA
Dysfluency in Tourette's syndrome · J. Van Borsel, L. Goethals and M. Vanryckeghem, Belgium, USA
Building bridges with allied professionals · J. Wade, S. Yaruss, L. Reeves, G. Maguire and N. Reardon, USA
Forums / International Panel discussions may include:
· Clinical guidelines: An impossible dream? Decision making for efficacious treatment
· The Lidcombe Program: Everything you always wanted to ask
· Moving forward - A path to solving the crises in clinician practice and research
· Stuttering across cultures: research and treatment issues* J. Watson, ASHA SID-4 task force USA, (90 min)
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Causes and Development
Familial childhood stuttering: Stuttering characteristics· S. Buck, R. Lees, P. Martin, A. Nicholas and L. Hoey, UK
Time pressure & disfluency: An empirical report · L. Scott Trautman and D. Cairns, USA
Generation of fluent and disfluent speech by a control-theoretically inspired model · K.T. Kalveram and U. Natke, Germany
Time perception experiences in quiet and disrupted speech moments · M. Susca, E.C. Healey and T. Carrell, USA
Some hypotheses about what happens during a stuttering event · V. Urban, Germany
Motor learning impairment: A possible cause of stuttering · S. Smits-Bandstra, Canada
A learning theory model of stuttering · V. Urban, Germany
Pressure-based interactions of speech subsystems: On the motor substrates of stuttering · V.J. Boucher, Canada
The self-regulation model of illness representation applied to stuttering · D. Rowley, K. Baker and S. Jelcic Jaksic, UK , Croatia
Psychological basis for onset of stuttering · N. Mizokami and K. Hayasaka, Japan
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Definition, Measurement and Assessment
Fluency data profile: Starting point for management decisions · S. Davis and A. Lykes, USA
Advanced digital capture technology in identification of stuttering disfluencies · G. Tellis, T. Meloy, M. Henning and D. Jarvie, USA
A fluency assessment proposal for children · C. Andrade, Brazil
An inter-judge reliability study on the subtypes of SSI-3 · H.S. Sim, M. Shin and E. Lee, South Korea
Descriptive study of fluency in four year-old children · B. Touzet, M. Sverdlik and G. Fioca, Argentina
Special qualities of stuttering children based on the U type capacity distribution hypothesis · K. Hayasaka, Japan
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Intervention
Evaluation and treatment of stutterers from a distance via telehealth · J. Fortier-Blanc, C. Sicotte and P. Lehoux, Canada
The "why" and "how" of parent groups · W. Botterill and F. Cook, UK
Qu'est devenue la communication quand on begaie? Comment changer? · A-M. Simon, France
Slow rate effect on the fluency of preschoolers who stutter: Clinician-child adjacent utterances · J. Carlson and L. LaSalle, USA
Responsiveness to treatment of early stuttering with the Lidcombe Program: Preliminary results · I. Rousseau, Australia
Development of a time-out treatment for adults who stutter · S. Hewat, M. Onslow and A. Packman, Australia
Stuttering therapy for children: A 5-year follow up study · L. Larsson, Sweden
Acoustic analyses of speech naturalness - A comparison between two therapeutic approaches · F. Sassi and C. Andrade, Brazil
Stuttering therapy and sensory integration · C. Nater-Berkeljon and A. Hagenbeeck, Netherlands
A maintenance study using stuttering modification techniques in extra-clinical settings · M. Henning and G. Tellis, USA
Effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on speech fluency · F.L. Lu, K. Gopal and H. Gooding, USA
The use of cognitive behavioral therapy with people who stutter · E. Klein and B. Amster, USA
Evaluating a parent/child treatment program for preschool children who stutter · C.E. Coleman, J.S. Yaruss and D.W. Hammer, USA
Pauses!? Overcoming reluctance and demonstrating necessity· P. Tonev, Bulgaria
"Emotion and speech" treatment approach for young children who stutter · H. Kobayashi and N. Mizokami, Japan
School-age fluency roundup: From inception to outcome · A.A. Farley and J. Martin, USA
Two proposals for stuttering therapy: "Empty pause" and "IPS" · V. Urban, Germany
Group therapy for school-aged children who stutter and their parents · S. Jelcic Jaksic and M. Lasan, Croatia
High tech and high touch: An adult stuttering management program · J. Harrison, Canada
Synergistic stuttering therapy: The counseling connection · D. Cooperman and C. Bloom, USA
Global special therapy for stuttering · I. Kejklickova, Czech Republic
Model of formation of speech fluency in teenagers and adults · H. Y. Raou, V. Konnava and E. Kazbanova, Russia
The successful stuttering management program with therapy 'tune-ups' for adolescents and adults · K. M. Krieger, S. Short, G. Dempsey, R. Jackson and J. Eckardt, USA
Employing the MSAM in attaining, maintaining and transferring Fluency in the schools · K. M. Monkhouse, USA
Clinician's slow speech rate model and children's fluency · L. LaSalle, USA
Reducing stuttering blocks by relaxation of the valsalva mechanism · W. Parry, USA
Le bégaiement : Hypothèses actuelles · J. Marvaud, France
Fluency losses and recoveries · P. Schneider, USA
The Dutch primary stuttering prevention program · C. Nater-Berkeljon, Netherlands
Increase of stuttering remission period with help of special treatment · Bortnik-Skljarova and O. Skljarov, Russia
"Stutter-house": A 9 year old boy's explanation of stuttering in lego-blocks · L. Tielens, Belgium
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Outcomes and Efficacy of Interventions
Systematic review and meta-analysis of treatments for stuttering · C. Stark, R. Lees and N. Waugh, Scotland The successful stuttering management program: A multi-dimensional assessment of treatment effects · M. Blomgren, T. Callister and N. Roy, USA
Examining recovery from stuttering using a population-based twin sample · S. Felsenfeld and P. Finn, USA
The Swedish comprehensive stuttering program: Evaluation two years after treatment · H. Forne-Wastlund, Sweden Maintenance of fluency in extra-clinical settings: Lack of empirical data? · G. Tellis, M. Henning and C. Tellis, USA
Tracking the progress of stuttering treatment using subjective parent ratings · W.S. Rosenthal, USA
Easy, ethical efficacy 2003 · B. Ryan, USA
Test-phase of the German program for the evaluation of stuttering therapies (PEVOS) · J. Pape, H.-G. Bosshardt, U. Natke, H. Oertle and P. Sandrieser, Germany
Overall assessment of the speaker's experience of stuttering (OASES) · J.S. Yaruss and R. Quesal, USA
Five year outcome of an intensive stuttering treatment program · M. Langevin and D. Kully, Canada
The evaluation of the stuttering treatment methods · L. Harutyunyan and M. Harutyunyan, Russia
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Self-Help Programs and Initiatives
"How can consumer associations support stuttering research and researchers?" · T. Weidig and S. Yaruss, UK, USA
Screening and discussion of the documentary film "Stutter Step" · J. Shames and J. Skurnik, USA
A sociological analysis of stuttering: From clinical conceptions to self-advocacy · M. Petrunik, T. Klassen, Canada
Self-help movement!? What impedes real movement!? · P. Tonev and A. Fikret, Bulgaria
La perception du bégaiement vu par des groupes cibles, tel que · P.Lafrance, Canada
'Our Time Theatre' · T. Alexander, USA
'The Revenge of the Stuttering Child' · N. Nevo, Israel

Camp BCAPS: for children who stutter and their families · A. Intas and S. Bojm, Canada
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Language, Speech and Discourse
A preliminary analysis of characteristics of interaction between chronic stuttering Japanese children and their mothers. · K. Gondo, Y. Wakaba, S. Inoue, M. Iizawa, and Hiroshi Fujino, Japan
What happens during therapy? Analysing client-therapist interaction in fluency therapy · M. Leahy, Ireland
A linguistic analysis on stuttering in Brazilian Portuguese · M. Britto Pereira, Brazil
Auditory and phoneme monitoring skills in persons who stutter · J. Sasisekaran and L. F. De Nil, Canada
Fluency development in typically-developing and expressive language impaired children · N. Bernstein Ratner and L. Rescorla, USA
Utterance function and speech fluency in children who stutter · K. Logan, USA
The effect of phonological complexity on speech timing in stutterers · K. Logan and M. Haj Tas, USA
Conversation analysis of children who stutter and parents who stutter · J. Tetnowski, J. Bathel, J. Damico and T. Franklin, USA
Assessment of higher level language skills in persons who stutter · S. Stager, N. Carlo, O. Ali and A. Braun, USA
Parent-child interaction therapy I: Child language variables · S. Millard, A. Nicholas and F. Cook, UK
Parent-child interaction therapy II: Parental language and pragmatic variables · A. Nicholas, S. Millard and F. Cook, UK
Sociolinguistic investigation into stuttering identity· Y. Watanabe and P. Zebrowski, Japan, USA
Distribution of disfluencies according to word class categorization in Brazilian Portuguese · F. Juste and C. Andrade, Brazil
Longitudinal study of stuttering: Phonological profile · C. Andrade, Brazil
Aspects of normally fluent speech in Brazilian adults · C. Andrade, D. Zackiewicz and F. Sassi, Brazil
Examining variability of speaking rate within normally speaking preschool children · B. Kluetz and J.S. Yaruss, USA
A comparison of CELF-3 results for children who stutter and language impaired children · S. Slinde, A.N. Narmo and E. Ottem, Norway
Characteristic features of single-syllable word repetitions in preschool children who stutter and controls · M. van Ark, P. Sandrieser, U. Natke, R. Pietrowsky and K.T. Kalveram, Germany
Realization of linguistic stress in preschool children who stutter and controls · U. Natke, P. Sandrieser, C. P. Bendels, R. Pietrowsky and K. T. KalveramGermany
Is stuttering on non-words similar to stuttering on real words? · A. Packman, M. Onslow and F.S. Liew, Australia
Impact of stuttering on language: An exploration of interpersonal resources · E. Spencer, A. Packman, M. Onslow and A. Ferguson, Australia
The co-occurrence of word finding disorders in children who stutter · J. Batik, E. Bennett and J.S. Yaruss, USA
Linguistic ability of a child before onset of stuttering (A case report) · K. Chimoto, N. Ebara, R. Kubota and H. Itohara, Japan
Negotiation patterns of families with stuttering and non-stuttering children · C. Sandberg and R. Mallard, USA
Semantic priming in 3 to 5 year old children who do and do not stutter · M. Pellowski and E. Conture, USA
Stuttering as a disability of linguistic functions · P. Lajos, J. Lorik and K. Alfaro, Hungary
Analysis of recast outcomes in conversations between CWS and parents · A. Weiss, USA
Prediction of spontaneous recovery: Analysis of mother-preschool child conversations · B. Ryan, USA
The influence of syntactic variables on the development of stuttering · D. Rommel, Germany
Verbal behavior of listeners interacting with a stutterer · D. Freud, R. Sharir and R. Ezrati-Vinacour, Israel
The psycholinguistics of stuttering: An update · N. Bernstein Ratner, USA
Linguistic characteristics of normal disfluencies of Puerto Rican Spanish-speaking preschoolers · E.J. Carlo-Mirabal, R. Irene-López and A. Villanueva-Reyes, Puerto Rico
Language development in stuttering children treated with the Lidcombe Program · C. Lattermann and R.C. Shenker, Canada
Prosodic aspects of stuttering in children · E. Werkhaizer Soares, Brazil
Clinical case studies · N. Azevedo, Brazil
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Neurological and Speech Motor Basis of Stuttering
Cerebral lateralization of speech processing in adult and child stutterers · K. Mori, Y. Sato, E. Ozawa and S. Imaizumi, Japan
Competition effects on auditory event-related potential measures in stutterers · L.F. Molt, USA
A primer on neuroimaging: Basic methodologies and applications in stuttering · L. Molt and M. Blomgren, USA
A sensorimotor model of stuttering: Insights from the neuroscience of motor control · L. Max, V.L. Gracco, F.H. Guenther, I. Vincent and M.E. Wallace, USA, Canada
Sensorimotor adaptation in the speech of adults who stutter · I. Vincent and L. Max, USA
Speech kinematics in stuttering adults: Movement type and word-onset effects · I. Vincent and L. Max, USA
Kinematic changes following static perturbation in people who stutter · A. K. Namasivayam and P. Van Lieshout, Canada
Kinematic event sequencing in stuttering adults: Speech, orofacial nonspeech, and finger movements · L. Max, V.L Gracco and A.Caruso, USA, Canada
Working memory in people who stutter · M. Fogel, P. Van Lieshout and E. Rochon, Canada
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Multi-cultural and Multi-lingual Aspects of Stuttering
Perceptions of African-American middle and high school students about stuttering · S. Roesti, G. Tellis and R. Gabel, USA
Judgements of disfluency in a familiar vs. unfamiliar language · B. Humphrey, USA
Normal speech rates and disfluencies in French and English. · P. Roberts and A. Meltzer, Canada
Cross-linguistic factors in the prediction of stuttering across age groups - the case of German · K. Dworzynski, P. Howell and J. Au-Yeung, UK
A methodology for examining adaptation and bilingualism in stuttering · N. Hall and D. Evans, USA
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Personality and Emotional Factors in Stuttering
Preliminary study on effects of temperament characteristics on early development of stuttering in children · Y. Wakaba, M. Iizawa, K. Gondo, S. Inoue and H. Fujino, Japan
Temperamental contributions to childhood stuttering · J. Anderson, M. Pellowski and E. Conture, USA
What lies beneath? Using psychodrama to explore the psychological and social impact of stammering · G. Smith, England
Psychological adjustment and language competence among young children who stutter · E. Ottem, A.N. Narmo and S. Slinde, Norway
A preliminary study of social anxiety among school-age stutterers · S. Hiroshima and T. Itakura, Japan
Dealing with heightened sensitivity in children who stutter · M. E. Oyler, USA
Stutterism: A mental condition, a hurdle to effective treatment of stutterers · R. L. Borys, USA
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Attitudes and Stuttering
The development of a computer-based communication attitude assessment for young children · S. Davis, P. Howell and A. Davey, UK
Using the clinician attitudes toward stuttering ("CATS") inventory in a fluency inservice workshop · K. Kelso, USA
The influence of stuttering in job applicants on employers' hiring decisions · Y. Kaplan, Israel
Occupational stereotyping of people who stutter: Effects of familiarity · R. Gabel, G. Tellis and M. Althouse, USA
Effects of emotional intelligence training in graduate fluency disorders courses · I. Reichel and K. St.Louis, USA
Effects of familiarity on attitudes towards people who stutter · R. Gabel, G. Tellis and M. Althouse, USA
Speech associated attitudes in Italian children who stutter · S. Bernardini, C. Zmarich and L. Cocco, Italy
Public attitudes toward stuttering and other human attributes in Brazil · K. St. Louis and C. R. F. Andrade, USA, Brazil
Research summary on stutterers' and nonstutterers' belief systems · K. D Gronhovd and P. Rice, USA
Programs against child discrimination at schools in the Czech republic · I.Kejklickova, P. Stanicek and P. Florian, Czech Republic
Peculiarities of self-assessment of people who stutter in the secondary school · H. Y. Raou, V. Konnova and E. Kazbanova, Russia
Superordinate and subtype stutterer stereotypes · C. Delaney, UK
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Atypical Stuttering
Word-final consonant repetitions in an Italian adult male who stutters in English · R. Lickley, UK
Auditory feedback and adaptation effect in adults with neurogenic stuttering · V. Balasubramanian and L. Max, USA
Differential diagnosis of stuttering and self-referral: about some neurological findings · M.-C. Monfrais-Pfauwadel, France
Two very different cases of adult onset stuttering · J. Harrison, Canada
Another case of word-final dysfluencies · J. Van Borsel, E. Geirnaert and R. Van Coster, Belgium
Diagnostic criteria of determination of cluttering in school children · Y. Filatova and L.I. Beliakova, Russia
Overt symptoms of stuttering in children with and without Down syndrome · M. Bray and N. Whitworth, England
Speech dysfluency characteristics in patients with Parkinson's disease · S. Patel, M. Menahemi and Y. Manor, Israel
Cluttering and aphasia: a case report · D. Ward, UK
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Service Delivery Models
Stuttering treatment in schools: Developing family partnerships · S.R. Gottwald and N.E. Hall, USA
Facilitating treatment of stuttering in children and adolescents · H. Christmann, Denmark
Treating children who stutter in the public schools. What challenges does the school system bring? · S. Cochrane, USA
An integrated care system for people who stutter · M. Voors and D. Putker, Netherlands
Some factors influencing early referral of dysfluent children · R. Lees and C. Stark, UK
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Professional and Service Issues
Fluency disorder: A case study to teach an integrate model at the university · L. Rodriguez, Spain
Stuttering therapy in the schools: Focus groups with school clinicians · J. Tetnowski, J. Damico, J. Bathel and J. Tetnowski, USA
Student clinicians' preference for working with stuttering · M. Leahy, C. Delaney, R. Lees and T. Stewart, Ireland, Wales, Scotland
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