Liz Blake, Speech Pathology

12/30/2025

12/30/2025

This past September, STARS hosted the first-ever Continuing Medical Education Conference entirely focused on stuttering, bringing together a wide range of healthcare professionals including physicians to learn about the neuroscience, diagnosis, and treatment of stuttering. Thanks to the support of our joint sponsor, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, we’re now making that impactful conference available to all clinicians through an informative video. Healthcare professionals can earn 5.0 hours of CME/CEU credit at no cost!

Register today at: https://stutteringresearch.org/advance-your-clinical-knowledge-on-stuttering/.

12/29/2025

To purchase the entire streaming video, visit StutteringHelp.org/Streaming

11/14/2025

Our next Lidcombe Program workshop is approaching quickly!
We’re excited for you to meet our two main speakers who will be leading the sessions on November 30, December 1, December 7, and December 8.
Rosalee and Gabrielle offer to share both their perspectives on the Lidcombe program with you all.

If you’ve been thinking about signing up: spots are nearly full.
We’d love to have you with us for this training, don’t wait too long!

10/31/2025

📣New Series!
𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒
🌟𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐩-𝐔𝐩
Dr. Van Riper is to speech therapy what Einstein is to physics. His wisdom . . . authenticity, fear reduction, resilience . . . applies in sales, leadership, and beyond.
The Van Riper Tapes (available free through the Stuttering Foundation) remind us: stuttering doesn’t hold you back in business. In fact, it can shape you into a communicator who is authentic, resilient, and impossible to forget.
Watch the tapes. Learn. Apply them to your work. And remember: you don’t need perfect speech to succeed . . . you just need your voice.

10/25/2025

10/21/2025

Oct. 22nd is International Stuttering Awareness Day. The Stuttering Foundation offers a 'Big Tent' for those seeking help. READ MORE: https://www.stutteringhelp.org/content/international-stuttering-awareness-day-oct-22

10/18/2025

🌎 “𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 — 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞!”
From every country and culture, we’re part of one global voice.
This week, we celebrate awareness -- not silence.
Because the world is stronger when every voice is heard.

10/14/2025

🎬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 -- 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐰
Six short reflections on the man who changed how we understand stuttering.
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲”
Dr. Charles Van Riper didn’t just treat stuttering ➡️ he lived it.
His goal wasn’t to make people “perfect speakers,” but to help them stutter easier, live freer, and communicate boldly.
He saw stuttering not as something to hide, but something to understand.
📼 The Van Riper Tapes are our living history -- filmed over 60 years ago, yet still powerful today.
👉 Watch them free at https://thestutteringfoundation.vhx.tv/

10/12/2025

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟔: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
Van Riper is to stuttering therapy what Einstein is to physics--foundational, revolutionary, timeless. His techniques are as useful today as when he first filmed them. The Stuttering Foundation even offers his classic tapes free online.

📲In an age of high-tech solutions, Van Riper’s wisdom still reminds us: speech is human, and stuttering can be lived with—bravely and easier.

📖“Our goal is not to get rid of stuttering, but to make it less of a problem.” —Van Riper

08/19/2025

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗟𝗣 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹-𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿? 🙌 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗱𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽.

When?
🗓️ October 3, 4, 10, and 11. 9 AM to 12:15 PM Eastern Time
🌐 Online Live Interactive Workshop
Presenters: Rosalee C. Shenker, PhD, SLP and Gissella Santayana, MHSc, SLP

The learning objectives of the workshop are:
- Identify literature and efficacy data that support the use of the Lidcombe Program with preschool children who stutter,
- Use the Lidcombe Program in clinical practice,
- Demonstrate appropriate problem-solving with other Lidcombe trained clinicians.

Learn how to deliver the Lidcombe Program to your families.
Presented by Lidcombe Program Consortium Members.
Click Here to Register! https://stuttering-montreal.com/lidcombe-program/

08/13/2025