Treatment for adolescents & young adults
As of October 2022, stuttering assessment and treatment services will no longer be provided at the Montreal Fluency Centre.
Instead, these services will be offered by privately by Dr. Rosalee Shenker and Ms. Gissella Santayana. They can be reached through their website at www.stuttering-montreal.com
Comprehensive Stuttering Treatment
This treatment deals with both the behavioural aspects of stuttering, providing strategies for adolescents to control fluency, as well as support for other concerns regarding stuttering, which may include apprehension and avoidance of speaking situations.
Camperdown treatment
This program was developed by the Australian Stuttering Research Centre. At the start of treatment, adolescents are taught how to minimize stuttering through the use of a fluency technique. Initially, practice sessions are done only with the clinician and a supportive family member and speech sounds unnatural. However, with practice, both naturalness and fluency are achieved and generalised to everyday conversations. When fluency is stable, a long-term maintenance program is undertaken.