Stuttering Center News

October 22 is International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD)

For more information about International Stuttering Awareness Day, go to the Stuttering Home Page (www.stutteringhomepage.com) and participate in their annual online conferences!

Children's Hospital Has Moved!

In April, 2009, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh moved its main location from the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh to a new hospital facility in the Lawrenceville neighborhood. For directions to the new hospital, go to www.chp.edu.

See the Stuttering Center on WQED's OnQ Program

The Stuttering Center's work with young children who stutter was featured on the WQED program OnQ. You can view the entire video by clicking here.

Stuttering Center Activities

The clinicians and researchers at the Stuttering Center are constantly searching for new ways to help people who stutter and their families. Here is an overview of some of their recent accomplishments:

J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD, ASHA Fellow

  • Recently completed a new on-line course about working with preschool children who stutter and their families. This course for clinicians is based on his popular booklet for parents of preschool children who stutter, published by the National Stuttering Association. The online course is available for ASHA-Approved Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through www.OnlineCEUs.com. For more information about this and other courses authored by Dr. Yaruss, visit his website: www.Yaruss.com.
  • Recently published the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering -Adult (OASES-A). The OASES-A is a comprehensive measurement tool designed to assess the entirety of the stuttering disorder from the perspective of the individual who stutters. The OASES-A is available from Pearson Assessments.
    • Note: New versions of the OASES for School-age Children (ages 7-12) and Teens (ages 13-17) are currently in development and should be available soon. An announcement will be made on this website when these tools are published.

Craig Coleman, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD

  • Currently serving as Past-President of the Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing Association.
  • Has been working on PA Senate Bill 710 to update the PA Licensure Act for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. (Please check back frequently for updates and to see how you can support this important legislation!)
  • Recently named Topic Coordinator for Professional Issues, Business, and Management in Speech-Language Pathology for the 2010 ASHA Convention in Philadelphia, PA.

Kristin Pelczarski, MA, CCC-SLP

  • Currently working on her PhD comprehensive examinations in fluency disorders, examining the effects of phonological awareness on the development of stuttering.
  • Nearing completion of her specialty board-recognition in fluency disorders (BRS-FD)