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The course will define a holistic approach to treating stuttering, present the iceberg model, discuss qualities needed by the speech therapist, then present considerations, options, and approaches for treating preschoolers, school agers, teens, and adults. Case studies will be provided. Support groups (including Oregon’s Camp More) will be presented. Resources and references will be provided.
Related Courses:
Stuttering Conference Part 1: Treating Children, Teens, and Adults Who Stutter From a Holistic Perspective
Stuttering Conference Part 2: Counseling Principles: Integrate Emotional/Cognitive Components to Stuttering Tx
Stuttering Conference Part 3: Community-Centered Stuttering Assessment and Treatment
Stuttering Conference Part 4: Breaking Away from the Fluent Lens: Using Scaling & Challenges to Empower Kids
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD
Glenn Weybright is a speech-language pathologist in Portland, Oregon. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency Disorders and a person who stutters. He is a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association and the Oregon Speech and Hearing Association. He was awarded the Honors of the Oregon Association in 2012 and in 2018 was invited to deliver the Honored Alumnus speech to the speech language pathology students at Portland State University. In October, 2019, he was invited to give the keynote speech at the Oregon Speech and Hearing Association annual conference in Salem, Oregon. He is a member of the Portland chapter of the National Stuttering Association. Mr. Weybright has been an Adjunct Instructor for the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Portland State University where he taught the Stuttering course for ten years and where, during spring term, 2020, he served as an adjunct clinical professor supervising graduate students providing speech therapy via telepractice. He is a presenter for Master Clinician Network, an online service providing peer-reviewed clinical videos in speech-language pathology for observation by students and practicing clinicians. He is an on-screen participant in a feature length documentary film about accepting stuttering, called The Way We Talk, which was released nationally in 2015. Beginning in 2016, Mr. Weybright has been a senior staff member and outdoor recreation guide for Camp More, an Oregon coast summer camp for school agers and teens who stutter. Glenn Weybright is married. He and his wife Debbie have four children and seven grandchildren. The Weybrights live in Beaverton, Oregon. Mr. Weybright enjoys hiking, biking, fishing, kayaking and reading.
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.
| Timeline |
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| 10 min: Intro and personal story of stuttering |
| 20 min: Holistic approach, stuttering defined, models, desired SLP characteristics |
| 45 min: Treating preschoolers, case studies |
| 45 min: Treating school agers, case studies |
| BREAK (15 min) |
| 45 min: Treating adults, case studies |
| 50 min: Treating teens, case studies, and Camp More |
| 10 min: Atypical stuttering, support groups, resources, and conclusion |
| Financial | Glenn Weybright received compensation for this presentation from SpeechTherapyPD.com. He is a Camp More staff member, mentioned in the presentation, and receives a stipend for his work there. |
| Nonfinancial | Glenn Weybright is a person who stutters and a member of the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders. He treats people who stutter from a holistic (comprehensive) point of view. He appears in a documentary film mentioned in the presentation but receives no remuneration.
No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |
MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD