10:00

Dr. Lisa LaSalle

Co-occurrence of Developmental Stuttering and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 

Participants will: 

1. Restate the inclusion criteria for each of the two labels of Developmental stuttering (DS) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

2. Explain possible reasons why school-age boys who stutter have significantly higher odds of also having ADHD (Briley et al., 2022)

3. Discuss best practices for helping kids and adults with ADHD who stutter 

Dr. Lisa LaSalle is a professor and speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience working with people of all ages who stutter. She currently on the faculty of the Masters-SLP program at California State University-Monterey Bay, where she teaches supervises and researches. Dr. LaSalle's current interests include the dopamine hypothesis of developmental and acquired stuttering, preschool stuttering prevention, and children who stutter and present with co-occurring disorders (e.g., speech sound disorders).

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Financial Disclosures: None

Non-financial Disclosures:  Serves on a board of directors related to this topic

10:35

Dr. Yoshikazu Kikuchi

The Physiological Characteristics of Stuttering and Social Anxiety Disorder

Participants will:

1. Describe the physiological characteristics of stuttering

2.  Explain how to approach stuttering from multiple perspectives.

Yoshikazu Kikuchi, MD, PhD is a Japanese physician who stutters, with experience providing consultations to over 600 individuals who stutter, ranging from young children to adults. Board member of the World Stuttering Network.

Financial Disclosures:  Recipient of Japan's Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) for studies on stuttering. Receives royalties from a book.

Non-financial Disclosures: Serve on a board of directors or committee related to this topic or research

11:10

Dr. Gerald Maguire

Advancements in the Comprehensive Treatment of Stuttering

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Participants will:

1. Summarize the challenges in assessing the effects of stuttering over time.

2. Describe models of comprehensive treatment approaches to assist persons who stutter

Gerald A Maguire, MD is a person who stutters and is dedicating his life's work to improving the lives of those who stutter through advocacy, education, research and clinical care. Dr. Maguire has published over seventy scientific papers and numerous books/chapters and has delivered hundreds of invitated presentations throughout the world. He serves as the Chair of Research and Development for the World Stuttering Network, Medical Director of iStutter, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Professor, American University of Health Sciences, Director of Residency Training in Psychiatry at College Medical Center and Principal Investigator at Cenexel--CIT research. He has served as Chair of the National Stuttering Association and Vice Chair of the International Stuttering Association.

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Financial Disclosures: Receives research grants from Noema, Emalex, Intracellular. Advisor for Noema

Non-financial Disclosures: Serves on WSN Board of Directors

11:45

Emmanuel Addo

Academic Status and Gendered Perspectives in Vocational Advice for People Who Stutter: A Mixed-methods Study 

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Participants will:

1. Identify the role of gender and academic status in shaping vocational advice for people who stutter.

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2. Analyze how experience, stigma, and gender norms influence perceptions of career suitability for people who stutter.

Emmanuel Addo, MA SLP, is a second-year PhD student in the Community Research and Action program at Binghamton University. His research focuses on exploring the impact of stuttering across the lifespan, stuttering and higher education, clinician professional development, and how PWS navigate self-help support groups. 

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Financial Disclosures:  Receives salary from an organization/university

Non-financial Disclosures:  None

12:20

Dr. Max Gattie

Why do fewer than 1% of stutterers engage with stuttering communities?

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Participants will: 

1.  Explain sampling issues and biases in stuttering research and activism.

Dr. Max Gattie is a postdoctoral researcher in Chicago, USA. His PhD work in Manchester, UK examined sensory aspects of stuttering. He has a background in psychology, neuroscience and philosophy. He has run a support group for stuttering meeting every two weeks since 2008, and appeared on BBC Dragon's Den (UK version of Shark Tank) where I self-advertised about my own stuttering.

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Financial Disclosures: Receive salary from an organization/university

Non-financial Disclosures: Serves on the WSN Board of Directors

12:55

Dr. Greg Snyder

Expanding our Thinking to Conceptualize, Assess, and Treat Stuttering at the Cellular Level

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Participants will:

1.  Define and discuss stuttering at the central neurological level, as well as its peripheral manifestations (i.e., compensations) in multiple expressive modalities.
2.   Define and discuss the neurogenetic model of stuttering, as well as novel assessment and treatment strategies that are not based on the measurement and suppression of the peripheral manifestations of the stuttering disease, but rather address stuttering at the central neurological and cellular level.

Greg Snyder is  an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at The University of Mississippi, and director of the Laboratory of Stuttering: Science, Treatment, Advocacy, and Research (SSTAR).  The SSTAR’s mission is the creation of new alternatives for those with invisible disorders, resulting in tangible improvements in quality of life.  Greg continues to research the biomedical aspects of stuttering, as well as prosthetic treatment options for those with invisible disorders (stuttering & autism), client empowerment strategies (stuttering disclosure statements and pediatric resilience training), and treating stuttering at the cellular level via inexpensive and accessible vitamin and mineral supplementation.

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Financial Disclosures: Receives salary and Seed Grants from The University of Mississippi

Non-financial Disclosures:  Serves as an editor or peer-reviewer for relevant research

1:30

Eddie Brown

Speech motor precision via inhibitory control of sensorimotor rhythms: Phase–amplitude coupling in stuttering and fluent adults 

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Participants will: 

1.  Describe how neural markers like alpha–beta coupling can inform our understanding of speech motor control differences in people who stutter.

2.  Discuss how findings on planning and execution differences in the brain may inform individualized intervention strategies for stuttering and other motor speech disorders.

Eddie Brown, MA, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist, researcher, and educator dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of developmental stuttering. As a Ph.D. candidate in Speech and Hearing Science, his  research focuses on the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying stuttering, utilizing EEG and behavioral methods to explore speech motor control, auditory-motor integration, and stuttering variability.  Beyond research, he is passionate about advocacy, mentorship, and education within the stuttering community.

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Financial Disclosures:  none

Non-financial Disclosures:  none