Research Symposium

Research Symposium for our Membership
Friday, July 9, 2010

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! In response to our members' request for more information about stuttering research, we have expanded our annual conference to include a Research Symposium, at no additional cost to conference attendees. The focus of this session will be to review current information about the treatment of stuttering.

Get the facts directly from the scientists, not from the internet or other less reputable sources. The NSA Research Symposium will give you the chance to hear from some of the nations' leading experts so you can be more informed about the latest developments in stuttering research.

Each panelist will present cutting-edge information in their area of expertise, with a particular focus on pharmaceutical treatments, genetics research, electronic fluency devices, new advances in behavioral and cognitive therapy, and concomitance.

Presenters will include: Dr. Luc De Nil, Dr. Marilyn Langevin, Dr. Gerald Maguire, and Dr. Scott Yaruss.

Get answers to the questions that matter to you! Presentations will be followed by an extended opportunity for you to ask questions of the presenters. This session will be of great importance to families, adults, speech-language pathologists, and other professionals, so plan now to attend!

There are more reasons than ever to attend this year's NSA Conference and Research Symposium. Don't miss this extraordinary opportunity brought to you by the NSA. Bring your questions with you!

Professor Luc De Nil joined the University of Toronto in 1990. He currently is Chair of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine. After working as a clinical psychologist for four years in Belgium, he completed a Ph.D. degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences at Southern Illinois University in the USA, followed by 2 years of post-doctoral training at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. His research focuses on using behavioural and brain imaging techniques to study brain mechanism underlying speech fluency in developmental stuttering and acquired adult-onset stuttering. He has published over 70 research papers and book chapters on developmental and acquired stuttering, and has presented more than 150 papers at national and international scientific and self-help group meetings. In addition to his university appointment, Dr. De Nil is an Affiliated Scientist at the Toronto Western Research Institute and an Adjunct Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute. Dr. De Nil serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Communication Disorders, one of the leading international scientific journals in the discipline of speech-language pathology.
 

Marilyn Langevin is the Director of Research at the Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR), Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of Alberta. Her research interests include the social impact of stuttering on preschool and school-age children, evidence-based treatment, and evidence-based clinical training practices. Prior to obtaining her PhD from the University of Sydney in Australia, Dr. Langevin was Clinical Director at ISTAR. In that capacity she worked with over 800 children, teens and adults who stutter and trained over 200 clinicians in advanced clinical training programs.

Gerald A. Maguire, MD, is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Kirkup Endowed Chair in Stuttering Treatment in the Department of Psychiatry as well as Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine. Dr. Maguire earned his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1991. He carried out his residency in Psychiatry at UCI from 1991 to 1995, where he was Chief Resident his final year. He also serves on the research advisory board for the National Stuttering Association. He serves as the lead investigator in the pagoclone treatment studies in stuttering. As a matter of disclosure, Dr. Maguire receives research grants, consulting fees and/or honoraria paid to his university from Indevus, Teva, Eli Lilly and Bristol-Myers Squibb.   

J. SCOTT YARUSS, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, Board-Recognized Specialist and Mentor in Fluency Disorders is an Associate Professor of Communication Science and Disorders and Director of the Speech-Language Pathology Master’s Degree Program at the University of Pittsburgh and Associate Director of the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. In addition to conducting research on the development of stuttering in young children, Dr. Yaruss has extensive experience working with children and adults who stutter in a wide variety of clinical settings. He has worked in private practice, at speech-language clinics and hospitals, and as a consultant to school districts. His primary goal is to help clinicians become more comfortable with their ability to help children and adults who stutter learn to speak more easily and communicate more effectively.