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UNDERSTANDING NEW GENETIC FINDINGS IN STUTTERING


In May 2017, Stuttering Foundation videographer, Bob O’Brien, filmed world renowned geneticist, Dennis Drayna, at the University of Maryland, College Park. Thanks to the hard work of speech-language pathologist Vivian Sisskin, local SLPs and others interested in genetics were able to attend this fascinating session. It resulted in a new 72-minute DVD and provides us all with an update on recent research findings in the genetics of stuttering.


This video, Understanding New Genetic Findings in Stuttering, describes the evidence for genetic factors in stuttering and the genes discovered to date. It discusses the function of these genes and what they tell us about the underlying causes of stuttering. It also describes the efforts to create an animal model for stuttering by putting human stuttering mutation into mice and analyzing their ultrasonic vocalizations.


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2018 WORKSHOP NEWS


Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter The Stuttering Foundation’s Eastern Workshop will be held June 25 - 29, 2018 at Boston University. Workshop leaders are Elaine Kelman, MSc, Cert CT, Cert MRCSLT, and Ali Berquez, MSc BA(Hons), Cert MRCSLT, of the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children. The conference coordinator is Diane Parris Constantino, M.S., CCC-SLP, Boston University. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2018.


Treating Children and Adolescents Who Stutter The Stuttering Foundation’s Mid-Atlantic Workshop will be held July 23 - 27, 2018, in Philadelphia, Pa. It is co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the University of Maryland. Workshop leaders are Joseph Donaher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, University of Maryland; and Michael Boyle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Montclair State University. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2018.


Download a workshop application at www.StutteringHelp.org/workshop-applications 2


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