Fluency Disorders Program
Our clinic offers comprehensive assessment and treatment for persons with fluency disorders such as stuttering or cluttering.
Young children under six years of age can receive individual family-centered therapy. This therapy focuses on facilitating the child’s increased speech fluency while involving the family as partners in the therapy process.
School-age children can receive individual treatment sessions that focus on the following:
- Overall Communication Needs (Skills)
- ABC’s of Stuttering
o Affective (Emotional) Needs
o Behavioral (Speech) Needs
o Cognitive (Problem Solving and Goal Setting) Needs - Environmental Needs (Home, School, Social, Other Activities)
A one-of-a-kind Fluency Camp for school-age children is held each summer at the clinic. Please see more information below.
Adolescents and adults can receive individual treatment sessions designed to meet their individual needs. Special emphasis is placed on assisting persons who stutter to approach stuttering with a broader perspective about themselves and the experience of stuttering. Therapy components consist of learning about stuttering, changing attitudes about stuttering, modifying speech and stuttering patterns, problem-solving and self-assessment. The eventual goal of therapy is to empower the person who stutters to reduce or eliminate communication barriers that impact their quality of life.
2024 Cairns Family Stuttering Camp
Dates: Six Fridays, June 14 – July 19
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $150.00 (fee waived for children who attend two testing sessions, one before and one after camp. More information about location and dates will follow).
Location: WSU Old Town. 213 N. Mead St. Wichita, KS 67202
What is Fluency Camp?
Fluency camp is an alternative therapy model for school-age children who stutter.
It may supplement therapy programs provided to children during the school year.
Who Should Attend?
Children who stutter and will be in 4th, 5th, 6th, or 7th grades in Fall 2024. Children
entering the 3rd grade will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Registration is
limited to ten (10) children. Age appropriate childen will be accepted on first come,
first served basis.
What Will Campers Learn?
Students will complete a stuttering workbook. Activities will include:
- Problem solving and setting goals
- Learning stuttering facts and the role of thoughts and emotions
- Identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and beliefs
- Using good communication skills
- Developing strategies to address fear
- Using strategies to address teasing and increasing self-advocacy
- Changing moments of stuttering and/or smoothing speech
- Interviewing adults who stutter
- Role-playing/making videos for campers, Speech-Language-Pathologists and parents
This year will be the 23rd year of camp at our clinic! This annual program is led by Brian Ray, ASHA certified speech-language pathologist, who specializes in working with children and adolescents with stuttering and other disorders of fluency.
For more information or questions, contact:
Brian Ray, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF
Clinical Professor, Camp Director
316-978-3289 or brian.ray@wichita.edu
To register, click link below and scan QR code to access and fill out the form.
(If you do not have smartphone access, you may contact Brian Ray for alternative registration
options).