The Fifth Croatia Stuttering Symposium: Part III. Mental health and early stuttering

Mark Onslow; Robyn Lowe; Suzana Jelčić Jakšić; Marie-Christine Franken; Anna Hearne; Irma Uijterlinde; Kurt Eggers

doi:10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106000

The Fifth Croatia Stuttering Symposium: Part III. Mental health and early stuttering

J Fluency Disord. 2023 Sep:77:106000. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106000. Epub 2023 Aug 2.

Authors

Mark Onslow¹, Robyn Lowe², Suzana Jelčić Jakšić³, Marie-Christine Franken⁴, Anna Hearne², Irma Uijterlinde⁵, Kurt Eggers⁶

Affiliations

¹ University of Technology Sydney, Australian Stuttering Research Centre, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: Mark.Onslow@uts.edu.au.
² University of Technology Sydney, Australian Stuttering Research Centre, NSW, Australia.
³ University of Rijeka, Croatia.
⁴ Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Netherlands.
⁵ Stottercentrum Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁶ Ghent University, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Belgium; Thomas More University College, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Belgium; Turku University, Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, Finland.

PMID: 37586168
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106000

Abstract

Purpose: The Fifth Croatia Stuttering Symposium of 2022 continued the Fourth Croatia Stuttering Symposium 2019 theme of the connection between research and clinical practice. At the 2022 Symposium, there were 145 delegates from 21 countries. This paper documents the contents of the third of three Symposium modules.

Methods: The module topic was mental health and early stuttering, and that pre-schoolers who stutter are at risk of developing mental health issues. A clinical situation was considered where a parent of a 3-year-old child asked a clinician what the early signs of mental health issues might be for a child who stutters.

Results: A distinguished scholar presented a 5-minute video interpretation of research about this topic. Three master clinicians then each presented a 2-minute video demonstration of how that research might be applied in a clinical situation. Following that, the convenors moderated a discussion between the distinguished scholar, master clinicians, and delegates regarding the research and how it applies to clinical practice.

Keywords: Issues; Stuttering; Symposium; Treatment.

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Croatia
Humans
Mental Health
Parents
Stuttering* / diagnosis
Stuttering* / psychology
Stuttering* / therapy