Contributions throughout a twenty-three year tenure at Northwestern University
• Integrated theoretical knowledge with clinical training for graduate students, emphasizing critical thinking skills throughout the evaluation and treatment process
• Directed the Program for School-Age Children With Fluency Disorders, including weekly parent group sessions; integration of parents, siblings and significant others into the treatment process; and ongoing consultation with school personnel.
• Directed comprehensive Diagnostic Evaluation Clinics
• Guided and supervised treatment programs of children and adults with a wide variety of speech and language disorders
• Advised graduate students in developing clinical practicum programs
• Co-taught courses on Stuttering and Fluency Disorders
• Provided clinical lectures in Articulation and Phonological Disorders classes.
• Co-taught an international two-week seminar, Stuttering Therapy: Workshop for Specialists from 1986 through 2001, co-sponsored by the Stuttering Foundation and Northwestern University
• Made presentations throughout the United States and in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Brazil
• Co-authored the book Stuttering Therapy: Rationale and Procedures with colleagues Hugo H. Gregory, Ph.D., Diane G. Hill, M.A., and Carolyn Gregory, M.A.
• Provided instructional lectures to Speech-Language Pathology support personnel, Chicago Board of Education.
Ongoing Contributions
• Member and Treasurer, Board of Directors of the Specialty Board on Fluency Disorders, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• 2011-present: Faculty, Camp Shout Out, Pioneer Trails Camp, Montague, Michigan. Camp Shout Out (formerly Camp Speak Up) is a week-long residential educational experience for speech-language pathologists to develop problem-solving skills when working with school-age children with disfluency problems in a recreational camp setting.
• 2010, Co-Director Camp Speak-Up, Lake Zurich, Illinois, developed by Kristin Chmela, M.A., CCC-SLP
• Representative of the Stuttering Foundation since 1993 at the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Conference as well as at other medical and educational conferences.
• Narrator on two Stuttering Foundation educational DVDs.
