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Sarita Koushik's TEDx talk |
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Sunday, 05 February 2012 09:07 |
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Sarita Koushik is a Canadian speech-language pathologist and person who stutters who has recently completed her doctorate from the University of Newcastle, Australia. She gave a public talk a couple months ago about the Lidcombe method, a treatment for children who stutter. You may be familiar with the TED talks (Technology, Entertainment and Design) an international series of ongoing informative seminars on a wide variety of topics. TEDx is an offshoot of these talks that operates more at the local level and are independently organized. Sarita's talk is brief but informative and well done.
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Children's fluency camp in Toronto |
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 17:58 |
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An indoor camp for children who stutter will be taking place in March at Closing the Gap Healthcare Group. Led by Registered Speech-Language Pathologists, children will interact with other children, be administered individually tailored speech therapy that will be integrated with play, craft and musical activities.
The dates are March 12-16, 9am -12pm OR 1-4pm. To reserve a spot for your child contact Zubeen Dharshi at 416-226-6141 ext. 2121.
For more information download the flyer. |
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National Stuttering Association (U.S.) Conference is announced |
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 06:30 |
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Here is some news that might warm up your cold Canadian winter: The National Stuttering Association has officially announced their 35th anniversary conference, taking place in St. Petersburg, Florida, over the 4th of July weekend. That should be a great party! Everybody loves these conferences. This is a great opportunity to meet other people who stutter, socialize and learn from each other and attend entertaining and informative events.
For more information, check out their website. |
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