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Issue
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Decem b er
2010
Warm greetings to all!
In this issue:
As we end the year 2010, and I read through
the latest ICA newsletter, several things come
to mind about ICA:
Welcome
1
International
Highlight
2
Committee
Reports
2,3
International
Representatives
4
The word about cluttering is spreading,
and consumers of all ages are helping us
to spread it
The word about cluttering is spreading
into parts of the world it hasn‟t before
Kathy Scaler Scott,
ICA Coordinator
The word about cluttering is spreading through new
publications and research projects
Thanks to the efforts of both children and adults, professionals
and the public are being educated about cluttering. People with
cluttering are being afforded more rights and understanding.
Thanks to all of those who tirelessly work to make the missions
of the ICA possible. Amazing work is being done, and the ICA
is proud to share it. Please read on to find out all that has been
accomplished.
I wish you all a healthy and happy 2011!
Warm regards, Kathy
ICA Presentation 5
At ISA World
Congress
ICA Meeting
At ASHA
6
Cluttering
Brochure
Developed
By Kids
7
„The King‟s
8
Speech‟ Raises
Awareness
International Highlight: Scotland
September 7, 2010, I presented a talk on Cluttering to the
local Dysfluency Care Group in Lothian, Scotland. This is
a group of National Health Service Speech and Language
Therapists.
Dr. R. J. Lickley, Reader
Speech Science Research Centre
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Committee Reports
International Representatives
Committee
The International Representatives Committee is pleased to
welcome the following new representatives:
Maria Parphiti
Judit Bona
Mehdi Bakhtiar
Emma Shah
Nermin Telovska
Robin Lickley
Dina Lilian
John Bosco Kambanga
Nanjaya Nathan Ceasar
Cyprus
Hungary
Iran
Kenya
Macedonia
Scotland
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
See the complete list of countries and representatives on Page 4
Isabella Reichel, Chair,
International Representatives Committee
Clinical Issues Committee
Greetings, still no internet at home, so a short update via iPhone...
Approximately 20 emails in response to website of SLTs on diagnosis or treatment of cluttering. SPA screening phonological accuracy (van Zaalen et al 2009a) is translated to English and validation research project will be continued. Translation of the therapy book on cluttering by van Zaalen and Winkelman is in pro- Yvonne van Zaalen,
gress for both German and English. More and more videos on Chair, Clinical Issues
cluttering became available on Youtube. A leaflet on cluttering for Committee
teachers is available, as is a cluttering declaration that gives students with cluttering equal rights as people with dyslexia when it comes to school
tests : more time, auditory support (tests are presented through a headphone to prevent reading errors as a result of reading too fast). Just Some news from Holland...
Research/Academic Committee
The following presentations focused on cluttering at the ASHA convention in November 2010 in Philadelphia. The names of those authors who are members of the
ICA appear in bold. We hope we have identified them all, and if not, please do let us
know! Also, please let us know of any future cluttering presentations. This helps us all
to know what new research is going on in the world of cluttering.
1. Phonological Complexity & Language Skills in Disfluent Speakers. (Technical Session) - Lisa LaSalle and Lesley Wolk
2. Disfluency, Disinhibition, & Cluttering: Food for Thought. (1 Hour Seminar) Kathleen Scaler Scott and Nicholas Barone
3. Pushing the Envelope: Assessing Cluttering Severity with Computers. (Poster Session) - Klaas Bakker and Florence Myers
4. Cluttering: Defined by the Literature & a Survey of SLPs. (Technical Session) Shelley Brundage, Robin R. Goldberg, and Adrienne Hancock
5. School Speech-Language Pathologists' Academic & Work Experiences with Cluttering. (Poster Session) - Kirby Newhouse and Cindy Spillers
6. Treating Cluttered Speech in a Child With Autism: Case Study. (Poster Session) Lynne Shields
7. Syllable Rates in Non-Cluttered & Cluttered Conversational Speech. (Poster Session) - Lawrence Raphael, Klaas Bakker, Florence Myers, and Kenneth St.
Louis.
Countries Represented in the ICA
ICA International Representatives
A complete listing of representatives can be found on our website
Argentina:
Beatriz Bian de Touzet
Jordan:
Maisa Haj-Tas
Australia:
Susan Block
Kenya:
Emma Shah
Bulgaria:
Miglena Simonska
Lithuania:
Vilma Makauskiene
Belgium:
John Van Borsel
Macedonia:
Nermin Telovska
Canada:
Carla Di Domenicantonio
Netherlands:
Manon Abbink-Spruit
China:
Steve An Xue
Nigeria:
Grace A.A.Ademola-Sokola
Cyprus:
Maria Paphiti
Norway:
Helene Kvenseth
Denmark:
Gudrun Østergaard
Poland:
Zbigniew Tarkowski
Faroe Is.:
Olavur Hojgaard
Russia :
Yulia Filatova
France:
Véronique Aumont Boucand Scotland:
Robin Lickley
Germany:
Ulrike Sick
South Africa:
Dina Lilian
Hungary:
Judit Bona
Sudan:
Sami Awad Yasin
Iceland:
Johanna Einarsdottir
Sweden:
Cecilia Lundstrom
India:
Maya Sanghi
Tanzania:
John Bosco Kambanga
Indonesia:
Muhammad Ishom
Thailand:
Sumalee Dechongkit
Iran:
Mehdi Bakhtiar
Uganda:
Nanjaya Nathan Ceasar
Ireland:
Margaret Leahy
United Kingdom: David Ward
Israel:
Ruth Ezrati-Vinacour
USA:
Japan:
Shoko Miyamoto
Isabella Reichel
ICA Invited to Present
in Buenos Aires
Since the International Cluttering Association (ICA) first emerged,
professionals all over the world have joined in collaborative efforts,
creating publications and participating in conferences in the field of cluttering. An
example of such an international initiative was the ICA seminar in 2009, at the 6 th
World Congress of the International Fluency Association (IFA) in Rio de Janeiro.
However, a dearth of communication between professionals and consumers in this
area leaves many people with cluttering (PWC) unaware of their disorder, and leaves
many professionals with limited opportunities to learn from the experiences of PWC.
Clinicians and researchers in the field of cluttering from around the world recently
made a decision to bring awareness, education, research and best practices about cluttering to the attention of people who stutter, at a seminar now being coordinated by
Dr. Isabella Reichel, the Chair of the International Committee of the ICA, to be presented at the forthcoming 9th Congress of the International Stuttering Association in
Buenos Aires, Argentina (May 2011). This idea is particularly important since, according to many experts, most of the PWC also stutter.
Bringing education and clinical services to people with fluency disorders is especially
challenging in developing countries where a shortage of health care professionals who
are aware of cluttering results in a lack of a health care structure that ensure assessment and treatment of this communication disorder. Therefore, the ICA seminar will
feature the participation of many presenters and consumers from the non-western
countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America, along with presenters
and consumers from Europe and the United States highlighting a true global collaboration in exploring cluttering among professionals and consumers alike. The seminar‟s title is „The Rise of Global Collaboration in Exploring Cluttering,‟ and it will highlight the following five main themes:
1.
Awareness and understanding of cluttering around the world
2.
Professional preparation models in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East,
South America, and North America
3.
Exploring conceptual and theoretical aspects of cluttering
4.
Self-help groups around the world
5.
Multinational approaches to evaluating and treating cluttering
Co-presenters will include: Isabella Reichel, Kathy Scaler Scott, Yvonne Van Zaleen,
Bian de Touzet , Florence Myers, Busto Marolt, L., Diaz, C.L., Makauskiene, V., Bona,
J., Yasin, S. A., Haj-Tas, M. A., Ademola-Sokoya, G., Shah, E., Mwenda, S., Lajos, P.,
Bakhtiar, M., Barrett, H., Nanjaya, N., Kambanga, J. B.. Igbobi, Y., and Lilian, D..
Philadelphia City Hall
ICA Meeting at ASHA in Philadelphia
On November 17th, 2010, in conjunction with the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) annual convention, several dedicated people met to discuss
the direction and progress of the International Cluttering Association. A wide variety
of topics were covered, including the adoption of bylaws, establishing policies for
election of future officers, establishment of dues, the success of the 2010 online conference on cluttering, and potential collaboration for research on cluttering. Minutes
of the meeting will be posted soon on the ICA website and all of the issues discussed
at ASHA will be brought to the entire ICA membership for further discussion and
vote. 20 people were in attendance:
Charley Adams
Lynne Shields
Emily Garnett
Jennifer Guth
Sally McKee
Mary Irene Burtis
Judy Kuster
Nina Reeves
Kathy Scaler Scott
Rosanna Partley
Kay Monkhouse
Michael Susca
Vivian Sisskin
Nori Kawai
Ken St. Louis
Florence Myers
Klaas Bakker
Deb Rhein
Isabella Reichel
Larry Raphael
ICA Coordinator Kathy Scaler Scott poses by her research poster with her fellow researcher,
John Tetnowski, during the 2010 ASHA Convention.
Cluttering Brochure
Developed
By Kids
Mackenzie
Nina Reeves states, “This flyer was a creation of necessity. Two of
the students I work with needed information on cluttering to give to
family, friends and teachers. So, we made the creation of the flyer into a project which included research, creating outlines and adding
personal quotes. We hope that the information provided will be of
use to others as we seek to educate others about cluttering.”
Mackenzie writes, "I emailed the flyer to my email contact list and
Nina Reeves asked them to forward it to their contact lists. I was trying to start a
chain reaction to get the facts out about cluttering. I also gave it out
to all of my teachers by laying it on their desks at school. One friend, in particular,
asked me many questions about cluttering. She wasn't sure it was „real,‟ but I told her
it was. I helped her understand that it isn't that hard to live with; cluttering is just a
minor annoyance to me, at times." Below is a preview of the brochure. Please see
the ICA website to download the full brochure… Great job, Mackenzie!
International Cluttering Association
http://associations.missouristate.edu/ica/
‘The King’s Speech’
Raises Awareness
King George VI of Britain was thrust into the spotlight
when his brother abdicated the throne, when the world
was on the brink of war. His stuttering posed a significant challenge, especially with the dawn of live radio
broadcasting. With the release of „The King‟s Speech‟,
we have a significant shift in awareness worldwide about
stuttering and fluency disorders. Not only does the film present a genuine account of
stuttering and its impact, it demonstrates that with courage, effort and good therapy,
stuttering can be overcome. This terrific screenplay and blockbuster cast have received several Golden Globe nominations, and should receive Oscar nominations as
well. The ICA is thrilled with the well-deserved accolades and acclaim for „The King‟s
Speech‟, and hope that this film will soon be available for a worldwide audience.
Please let us know the good works you and others are doing in your country—
email reports to: Charley Adams, ICA Newsletter Editor at charley@sc.edu