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Professional Development

Need practical professional development?
Nina can help!

Nina Reeves has dedicated her professional career to providing practical professional development for her colleagues who work with those who stutter. Her experience as a school-based therapist as well as a private practitioner brings a unique perspective to her trainings.

Nina has presented over 500 seminars and workshops for SLPs at local, state, national and international levels.

This is just a sampling of the topics Nina can cover during professional development seminars. Contact Nina for more information or to schedule professional development.

Stuttering Therapy in a "Neu" Era: What it means for SLPs
The neurodiversity movement has elevated the narrative of reflecting on our practices in many areas of communication differences. What does it mean for SLPs who work with those who stutter? How do we include cultural responsive practices in the stuttering therapy environment? This presentation outlines the paradigm shifts as well as provides practical applications of what we keep- and what we don't-from our past practices, and how this all shapes our assessment and intervention procedures. 

Assessment and Treatment of School-Age Stuttering
and
Assessment and Treatment of Early Childhood Stuttering
  • Review current knowledge about stuttering and its effects on children who stutter
  • Enhance assessment practices for children who stutter
  • Increase expertise in developing treatment plans and writing measurable goals
  • Expand ability to educate and collaborate with parents and teachers
  • Refine skills in providing appropriate and effective intervention
Collaborating with Parents, Teachers, and Others
  • Assess and address the needs of significant others in the environment of the child who stutters
  • Develop practical, time-saving strategies for involving parents, teachers and others in stuttering intervention
  • Expand resources to educate and collaborate with parents and teachers
Counseling Children who Stutter and Their Parents
  • Learn how to assess the cognitive and affective factors that impact children who stutter
  • Increase confidence in educating and supporting parents of children who stutter
  • Outline several common counseling practices that improve therapy outcomes
  • Develop therapy activities to address the cognitive and affective factors that impact children who stutter

Stuttering and Co-Existing Disorders
  • Stuttering therapy can feel daunting, even in the best of circumstances. To add to the challenges, many children who stutter present with co-existing issues. Nina outlines concepts to consider and activities to implement for children who stutter who present with other concerns.
Other Fluency Disorders
  • Contact Nina for professional development seminars on the topics of cluttering and atypical disfluencies.

Testimonials 

I’ve had the opportunity to sit in a couple of your presentations over the years, and I first wanted to say thank you for providing me with more valuable information on stuttering than anyone I know! You are my inspiration and driving force behind my fluency therapy and my students’ speech notebooks over many years. Because of you, I’m no longer “scared” of stuttering therapy and instead it has become one of my very favorites. Thank you!

Great presentation! Extremely knowledgeable on topic, presented in a very organized fashion; talented speaker. Very practical activities presented were wonderful. Very thorough! -Kilgore TX Preschool presentation.

    Upcoming Seminars

    Upcoming Professional Development
    Virtual 

    Upcoming Professional Development
    In-Person 
    Las Vegas, NV 
    2 Day Summer Conference 
    Stuttering as Verbal Diversity™:
    What Does this Mean for SLP Roles?
    May 30 and 31, 2024. 

    Kilgore, TX 
    July, 2024
    Topic: Full Day School-Age Stuttering Therapy

    NorthEast ISD 
    November 4, 2024
    San Antonio, TX 

    Current online with REPLAYS AVAILABLE

    Bilinguistics 
    October 11, 2024
    Replays available for Bilinguistcs SLPs

    School-Age Stuttering: IEPs Done Right 

    1. School-Age Stuttering Therapy: What SLPs Need to Know Before They Start
    2. School-Age Stuttering Therapy: I am SO CONFUSED about the strategies!
    3. Stuttering Therapy: What do I say to caregivers and teachers? 
    4. Stuttering Therapy: A View from Both Sides of the Table: Co-presented with Dr. Lee Reeves - stuttering community advocate
    Replays Available 

    Replays available
    School-Age Stuttering: Activities for Success

    Co-presentation with J.Scott Yaruss 
    Enhancing SLP Confidence in Working with Stuttering 
    Replays available

    Replays available
    The One About Stuttering
    Episode 77: Stuttering with Nina Reeves 

    Replays Available
    Podcourse: How to Navigate Bullying with Students who Stutter

    Replays available
    Podcourse: School-Age Stuttering Therapy: Essentials for SLPs

    YouTube Channel/STR Website
    Various 1-hour co-presentations with Nina Reeves and Scott Yaruss 
    Filmed during the pandemic, but information is timeless and applicable today! 
    Topics For: Parents, SLPs and others
    Includes information for Telepractice
    No formal CEs available for these YouTubes

    Recent Past Sessions 
    CV available upon request

    Friday, March 1, 2024 
    Uplift Education: Dallas 
    Stuttering as Verbal Diversity: Impact on Strategies and Collaboration 

    Texas Speech and Hearing Association 
    Friday, Feb 23, 2024 
    Stuttering as Verbal Diversity: Navigating SLP Roles 
    Co-Presented with Dr. Lee Reeves, DVM 
    Join us at our booth during TSHA - Stuttering Therapy Resources! 

    Houston Stuttering Fun Day 
    Deer Park, TX 
    February 3, 2024 
    Co-presenting caregiver session with Lee Reeves, DVM 

    Region 4 Educational Service Center 
    January 5, 2024 
    Full Day 
    School-Age Stuttering Therapy: Making the Shifts That Matter

    ASHA Annual Conference: Boston, MA
    November, 2023
    1 Master Class
    2 Accepted Sessions 
    Visit us at our BOOTH for Stuttering Therapy Resources, Inc 

    Region 10 Educational Service Center
    Online Statewide Virtual Session 
    Dallas, TX 
    SESSION 1 
    September 29, 2023 
    9-12 
    SESSION 2
    Elevating Assessment for Stuttering: A Tale of Two Eras
    October 13, 2023
    9-12 

    OSSPEAC
    October 16, 2023 
    Elyria, OH
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