Cognitive Based Treatment For Stuttering: Practical Strategies That Work Presented By The Hearing and Speech Agency and The Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association

The Hearing and Speech Agency and The Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association are proud to partner to present this excellent continuing education activity.  As a clinician, are you interested in helping your students implement their strategies everywhere?  The integration of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Speech Language Pathology allows for greater outcomes.  Anxiety and the fear of stuttering is often the obstacle keeping persons who stutters from generalizing greater fluency and confidence into real-world situations.  This course, rich with video examples and experiential exercises, will provide participants with novel and practical therapy ideas they can utilize immediately.

Speaker:  Tim Mackesey,  CCC-SLP, BCS-F has a full-time private practice in Atlanta, Georgia dedicated to stuttering. He is a Board-Certified Specialist in Fluency Disorders and a Specialist Mentor per ASHA.  He has taught the graduate-level Fluency Disorders course at Georgia State University.  Tim is a Master Practitioner of NLP and Neurosemantics who integrates leading-edge Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into stuttering therapy.   Disclosures:  Mr. Mackesey receives an honorarium for this presentation.  Mr. Mackeyse is the founder of a 501c3 non-profit organization called Raise Your Voice, Inc.  He has no relevant non-financial disclosures.