Nathan Maxfield, PhD, CCC-SLP, an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, presented a five-hour workshop to more than 75 speech-language pathologists at Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital in St. Petersburg last week.
The workshop addressed current issues in supporting school-age children who stutter. Topics included the importance of comprehensive management and how to conduct thorough assessments of school-age children who stutter.
Maxfield also discussed evidence-based treatments, including speech-focused, cognitive-focused, and communication-focused approaches. He addressed ongoing debates about speech-focused treatment for stuttering and explored related clinical implications. He also reviewed key topics in counseling parents of school-age children who stutter, as well as recommendations for assessing and treating bilingual children in this population.
This was Maxfield鈥檚 second workshop at Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital鈥攖he only stand-alone children鈥檚 hospital in the Johns Hopkins Health System. His first workshop, conducted in May 2024, focused on supporting preschool-age children who stutter.
Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital also serves as an externship site for 猫咪视频apps in USF鈥檚 residential Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program and employs many graduates from the 猫咪视频app鈥檚 SLP program.