One Day Conferences

Families, Professionals, and Friends Working Together

What you can expect at a one-day workshop:

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Fun! You’ll also find support, information and meet other people dedicated to living successfully with stuttering.

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The workshop format includes presentations, small discussion groups, panel presentations and group activities. Children, teens, siblings, parents and speech-language pathologists attend sessions geared specifically toward their individual needs.

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Children’s programming is activity-based and focuses on feelings about and strategies for dealing with stuttering. This programming is facilitated by speech-language pathologists and members of the adult stuttering community.

Upcoming One-Day Conferences

Chicago, IL | Saturday, April 27, 2024
DePaul Speech and Language Clinic
2400 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago IL 60614
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New York, NY | Saturday, June 1, 2024
New York University, Pless Hall
82 Washington Square E, New York, NY 10003
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Madison, WI | Saturday, May 18, 2024
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Waisman Center, Room T216
1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705
Registration coming soon!

Arlington, VA | Saturday, June 1, 2024
Jamestown Elementary
3700 Delaware Street
Arlington, VA 22207
Registration coming soon!

Financial assistance is available. If you would like to attend a one-day conference but you are experiencing financial difficulties and find the cost prohibitive, please reach out to Sara MacIntyre at: sara@friendswhostutter.org

If you are interested in hosting a one-day conference in your area, or have questions about any existing one-day conferences, please contact Sara MacIntyre at: sara@friendswhostutter.org

Philadelphia, PA
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
02/15/2020
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Meet & Greet* in
Columbus, OH
at Tommy’s Pizza
02/23/2020

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This is a social event.
ODC will be in Fall 2020.

Pittsburgh, PA
University of Pittsburgh: School of Health & Rehab Sciences
Postponed – New Date TBD

Hillside, NJ
Kean University
Postponed – New Date TBA

For Families

The Friends one-day conference is a wonderful opportunity for families to come together and learn about stuttering while meeting other people who are dealing with similar struggles.

For Parents

  • Learn how to best support your child
  • Meet other parents of children who stutter
  • Share experiences & concerns with people who “get it”

For Children

  • Meet others who stutter
  • Have fun talking!
  • Learn about stuttering
  • Increase your confidence communicating

FOR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND STUDENTS

The Friends one-day conference is also a fantastic place for speech-language pathologists and students to learn more about stuttering, current treatments and the support available to people who stutter, while earning 0.55 ASHA CEUs.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the relationship between effective intervention and self–esteem for children who stutter.
  • Describe the need for a management approach to childhood stuttering that includes parents, professionals and support networks.
  • Identify specific social and clinical strategies for supporting children and their families.

 

Read Financial and Non-Financial Disclosures

Ai Leen Choo, Ph.D, CCC-SLP is a salaried employee of Georgia State University. She has no non-financial disclosures.

Derek E. Daniels, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a salaried employee of Wayne State University. He is receiving financial support from Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter. Nonfinancial disclosures include:

  • Derek Daniels is a professional member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Special Interest Division 4: Fluency and Fluency Disorders, and Special Interest Division 20: Counseling.
  • Derek Daniels is a professional member of the National Stuttering Association.
  • Derek Daniels is a professional member of the leadership and clinical training team of Camp Shout Out.
  • Derek Daniels is a professional member the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing.

Robert L. Dellinger, M.S., CCC-SLP has no financial or non-financial disclosures to report.

Tim Flynn has no financial or non-financial disclosures to report.

Katie Gore, MA, CCC-SLP has no financial disclosures. Non-financial disclosure: I am on the Community Advisory Board for DePaul University Speech-Language Pathology program

Heather Grossman, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF is a salaried employee of the American Institute for Stuttering. She has no non-financial disclosures.

Carl Herder, M.A., CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF is a salaried employee of the American Institute for Stuttering. Non-financial disclosures include: board member of the American Board of Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency Disorders.

Dr. Eric S. Jackson is Associate Professor at NYU and board member of Friends.

Kia Noelle Johnson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a salaried employee of the University of Texas at Austin. Non-financial disclosures include: member of the ASHA Board of Ethics, and immediate past chair of the NBASLH Board of Directors.

Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP owns YouSpeak Stuttering Therapy and Consulting. She is the Friends One-Day Conference Director. Non-financial: She is a board member for Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter.

Shelby Potts, M.S., CCC-SLP has no financial or non-financial disclosures to report.

Naomi Rodgers, Ph.D., CCC-SLP receives a salary from the University of Iowa. She has no non-financial disclosures to report.

Heather D. Salvo, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a salaried employee of the Wisconsin Intelligibility, Speech, and Communication Laboratory, located in the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Nonfinancial Disclosures: Heather D. Salvo, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is the Assistant Director of Research and Parent Programming for Camp Shout OUT. Heather is also a host for Stutter Social, an online support group for people who stutter.

Vivian Sisskin has no financial or non-financial disclosures to report.

Rita Thurman, M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-F has no financial or non-financial disclosures to report.

Patricia Zebrowski, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF has no financial disclosures. Non-financial disclosures include: board member for Friends: The National Association Of Young People Who Stutter. 

About the Presenters and Facilitators

Angelica Bernabe is a person who stutters from Peru and is the director of the Specialized Center for Stuttering (Centro Especializado en Tartamudez). She is a Psychologist, SLP student, and Research Assistant in the Stuttering Lab at Michigan State University. She is dedicated to working with people who stutter and training professionals, having presented for clinicians from 25 countries. Angelica won the International Fluency Association Clinician Award in 2022 (Canada) for her work helping people who stutter in South America. She will start a PhD focused on Stuttering Research at Florida State University this August. Angelica runs a Stuttering Podcast and a YouTube channel. She speaks Spanish, English, and Portuguese, and she is learning Dutch!

Ai Leen Choo, Ph.D. holds a doctoral degree in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Georgia State University, where she also directs the Stuttering and Bilingualism Lab. Her research is centered on understanding the relationship between stuttering and cognitive development, as well as the experience of adults who stutter in the workplace. Her research objectives are rooted in supporting the needs of children who stutter and improving the workplace experience of adults who stutter. She is also a founding member of the first National Stuttering Association affinity group for women who stutter.

Dr. Derek E. Daniels is a speech-language pathologist and associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Derek has presented locally, nationally, and internationally on stuttering. He is a person who stutters, and conducts research on psychosocial aspects of stuttering, identity, and intersectionality. Derek has participated in many self-help events, workshops, and clinical training programs for people who stutter. He is a former President of the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and currently serves as the Association’s Vice-President (VP) for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In 2023, Derek received the Professional of the Year Award from the National Stuttering Association.

Robert L. Dellinger, M.S., CCC-SLP, is an elementary school speech-language pathologist in the Wake County (N.C.) Public School System. Mr. Dellinger serves as the stuttering/fluency disorders consultant for his district, helping colleagues to navigate through ongoing challenges within the evaluation and treatment process. He presents workshops on stuttering evaluation and treatment. Mr. Dellinger, a person who stutters, lives in Raleigh, N.C.

Tim Flynn is a person who stutters and works as a speech pathologist at Jamestown Elementary in Arlington Public Schools. He has been involved in the stuttering self-help community for multiple years across organizations, organizing and leading workshops, seminars, and events. Tim guest lectures at NYU graduate level stuttering course, and has presented locally and nationally in building awareness of stuttering across populations. Tim has a special interest in reducing stigma and stereotypes amongst people who stutter and published articles related to that subject and working with stuttering within the public schools.

Katie Gore, MA, CCC-SLP is the founder and director of speech IRL, a speech therapy education and consulting firm. Katie’s clinical specialties are stuttering, executive function, social communication. In addition to her clinical experience as a speech-language pathologist, Katie provides training and consulting to clinicians and organizations on topics related to communication and inclusive therapy approaches. Katie is an adjunct faculty member at Rush University where she teaches coursework in stuttering and fluency disorders. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Stuttering Association, the co-founder of Shared Voices Chicago, and an active participant in the stuttering community.

Heather Grossman, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF is the Director of the American Institute for Stuttering, has worked with people who stutter and their families for over 30 years. She was among the first select group of speech-language pathologists to receive certification as a specialist in fluency disorders from ASHA (American Speech-Language Hearing Association.) She has extensive experience in clinical supervision and has taught graduate courses in fluency and other topics at several universities including Hofstra, Queens College, Mercy College and the University of Louisiana. Dr. Grossman’s research has focused on the phenomenon of voluntary stuttering. She is a frequent presenter at both national and international professional conferences. She is also an active member of the stuttering self-help community and regularly volunteers her time to support Friends: The National Organization of Young People who Stutter.

Carl Herder, M.A., CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF is the Atlanta Clinic Director for the American Institute for Stuttering. He is a Board-Certified Stuttering Specialist and serves on the American Board of Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency Disorders. He joined AIS in New York in 2006 and opened the office in Atlanta, GA in 2016. He is an active researcher and presenter and regularly attends Friends and NSA conferences – establishing and maintaining meaningful relationships with people in the stuttering support community.

Dr. Eric S. Jackson is a Clinician-Scientist, Assistant Professor, and Director of the stuttering and vvariability (savvy) lab at NYU. His research examines the variability of stuttering—why people stutter on some words in some situations, but not on those same words in other situations. Dr. Jackson uses a multi-level approach including neural, behavioral, and qualitative methods to study social-cognitive and anticipatory processes as separate but interconnected sources of variability. He is also a speech-language pathologist, clinical educator, and a person who stutters.

Kia Noelle Johnson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is the Director of the Atlanta Satellite of The University of Texas at Austin’s Arthur M Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research, a clinical research institute with the mission to change the world for people who stutter by 1) providing access to quality care at no cost to those of all ages who stutter, 2) fostering a global pipeline of speech-language pathologists and researchers who specialize in stuttering through national and international training of undergraduate students, graduate students, and practicing clinicians, and 3) generating new knowledge about the etiology of stuttering and best practices. Dr. Johnson serves on the Board of Ethics for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Board of Directors as the Immediate Past Chair of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing.

Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP, owns YouSpeak Stuttering Therapy, a private practice in Philadelphia, where she works with individuals of all ages who stutter. She is also the Director of Programs for the Stuttering Foundation, where she runs a monthly webinar series, Virtual Learning by the Stuttering Foundation, as well as the Stuttering Foundation Podcast. Sara is an adjunct instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and serves as the Friends One-Day Conference Director. She is passionate about continuing to grow access to local support opportunities and helping those who stutter, parents, and clinicians to feel a similar sense of hope, connectedness, and acceptance that the support community has given her along her own stuttering journey and path towards positive change.

Courtney Margulis is a person who stutters, speech-language pathologist, and doctoral student at New York University studying social cognitive influences on stuttering. Courtney also serves as an adjunct instructor at Pace University. She has been an active member in the stuttering community for over eleven years, currently serving as Professional Relations Chair of the National Stuttering Association Board of Directors. She is co-author of the 3Es model for stuttering therapy and her research has recently been published in ASHA Perspectives and the Journal of Fluency Disorders. She is the founder and director of RISE Speech and Communication Center and is particularly interested in bridging the divide between research and practice. In 2020, she received the Distinguished Early Career Professional Certificate of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Mark O’Malia, MS, CCC-SLP is the New York Clinic Director for the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS), working with people who stutter across the lifespan since 2017. In addition to his work with AIS, Mark serves on the Board of Directors of Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter, and is an adjunct instructor, teaching graduate level courses in stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders. Being a stutterer himself, Mark is actively involved in the stuttering support community, regularly presenting at national conferences.

Shelby Potts, M.S., CCC-SLP, is in private practice in Raleigh, NC. She is a person who stutters. Her practice focuses on the evaluation and treatment of children, teens, and adults who stutter. She is a current candidate for board specialty certification through the American Board of Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency Disorders.

Naomi H. Rodgers, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an assistant professor at the University Iowa. She directs the Iowa Stuttering Lab where her research team examines the cognitive, social, and emotional aspects of stuttering and communication differences more broadly. She teaches courses undergraduate and graduate in stuttering, counseling, and clinical methods for speech-language therapists. Her work is inspired by her experiences as a person who stutters, clinician, and advocate in the stuttering support community. She is deeply committed to the mission of Friends and is honored to be part of our collective journey towards greater inclusion and acceptance of stuttering.

Heather D. Salvo (she/her) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Wisconsin Intelligibility, Speech, and Communication (WISC) Laboratory, located in the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research involves exploring the role of stress, appraisal, and emotional responses in developmental stuttering. In addition to these research interests, Heather is passionate about supporting people who stutter, their families, and SLPs through connection and education. Heather has taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses in speech-language pathology, and she has presented on topics related to stuttering at international, state, and local conferences.

Vivian Sisskin is a Clinical Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland, an ASHA Fellow, and Board-Certified Specialist in Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency. She served as Chair of ASHA’s Council for Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology and received ASHA’s Media Champion Award for her work in promoting public awareness of stuttering. Sisskin owns the Sisskin Stuttering Center and created the YouTube Channel “Open Stutter” to serve as a resource and promote acceptance and change for stutterers.

Rita Thurman, M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-F has worked in the schools and in clinical settings in Utah, Idaho, Illinois, Montana, South Carolina, Virginia and North Carolina since 1977. Her private practice in Raleigh, North Carolina focuses on the evaluation and treatment of children, teens and adults who stutter. She has been active in the support community for people who stutter since 1979. This will be her 12th year of hosting the Raleigh, North Carolina Friends One-Day Conference.

Haley Warner is a speech-language pathologist and a third-year doctoral student in the stuttering and vvariability (savvy) lab at New York University. Haley joined the savvy lab in 2018 while pursuing her master’s degree at NYU. She attended her first Friends Annual Convention in Chicago in 2019 and has been involved with Friends ever since. Haley’s research investigates the impact of linguistic features and social-cognitive factors on the variability of stuttering events. Haley is passionate about Friends and draws on her experiences with Friends to inform her research.

Barry Yeoman is a journalist who stutters. He has reported from across the United States, Western Europe, India, China, Israel, and Turkey, and his work has appeared in publications like The Washington Post, The Nation, Audubon Magazine, National Wildlife, HuffPost, and Discover. Barry has been involved in self-help for more than 30 years. He co-founded Passing Twice, a network of LGBTQ people who stutter and their allies.

Tricia Zebrowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BSC-SCF is a long-time volunteer with Friends and has been a presenter and facilitator for many annual conventions, one-day workshops and virtual parent groups. In recent years she organized the Graduate Student Training Program at the annual convention. Tricia is a speech-language therapist and Professor Emerita in Communication Sciences and Disorders at The University of Iowa. Her research, teaching and clinical work focused on the nature and treatment of stuttering across the lifespan, particularly stuttering in adolescence. From over 20 years Tricia directed UISPEAKS for Teens, a summer residential program for teenagers who stutter, held at The University of Iowa.

Testimonial for Friends One Day Conference

As a first time local host organizer, we found the process of setting up a one day conference to be very worthwhile. From the beginning, Lee Caggiano kept us informed of the requirements and provided good detail about the recommendations for everything from room necessities to activity ideas.

As a growing stuttering department, we felt this was an excellent way to open our doors to the stuttering community in central Indiana. Families of children who stutter, community SLP’s and local Universities were able to come together setting the foundation for future collaboration in helping those who stutter in Indiana!

Most impactful, however, was the privilege of having both Sara MacIntyre (conference coordinator) and Dr. Heather Grossman (guest speaker) lead our Indianapolis One Day Conference (February 2015). Sara was integral in organizing a successful day, from helping with ideas for our kid’s break-out sessions to gathering an inspiring panel of adult speakers who stutter. A person who stutters herself, Sara innately offered comfort to families that their own child can be a confident and successful communicator just like Sara-despite struggling with a stutter!

Dr. Grossman’s enlightening presentation set the stage for bountiful discussion from the parents and community SLP’s who attended. She clearly expressed the complexities associated with a stuttering diagnosis in a straight-forward manner which was appreciated by the audience. This allowed for honest discussion throughout the remainder of the conference, creating a rich and powerful day for each participant.

We were truly thrilled by the outcome of our ODC and look forward to organizing another ODC in the future!

Dana Stewart, MA, CCC-SLP

St. Vincent Health, Indianapolis, IN

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