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ARTS® in Action

Speakers: Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-F; Ben Goldstein, M.A., CCC-SLP; Jay Dedman; Aidan Marshall-Cort

February 16, 2023: 7-8:30pm ET

Description: Vivian Sisskin and Ben Goldstein, from the Sisskin Stuttering Center, will lead a practical discussion with participants, Jay Dedman and Aidan Marshall-Cort, about their ARTS® journey. Vivian and Ben provide 4 “action steps” through which they guide stutterers to achieve outcomes of efficient, comfortable, and confident communication through Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering (ARTS®).

• Target Audience: SLPs, Graduate Students, Adults/Teens who Stutter, Parents
• There is no fee for this event, *This session is not eligible for CEUs. Please register for the LIVE EVENT ONLY. A recording may be available at a later date on our streaming site for a small fee.

Vivian Sisskin is a Clinical Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland, an ASHA Fellow, and a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency Disorders. She served as Coordinator for ASHA’s SIG 4 (Fluency Disorders), Chair of ASHA’s Council for Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, and received ASHA’s Media Champion Award. Sisskin served as Vice-Chair of the American Board on Fluency and Fluency Disorders and is a faculty member for the Stuttering Foundation’s Mid-Atlantic Workshop. She was named SLP of the Year by the NSA. She owns the Sisskin Stuttering Center in the Washington DC area. www.sisskin.com, www.sisskinstutteringcenter.com, www.openstutter.com

Ben Goldstein is a speech-language pathologist and stuttering consultant for Prince George’s County Public Schools in MD and an associate clinician at the Sisskin Stuttering Center in the D.C. area. He is an adjunct professor at Gallaudet University, teaching the graduate level stuttering course. Ben has presented on Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering (ARTS®) at national conferences, speech pathology graduate school programs, and to school-based SLPs.

Feb 16, 2023 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)