Study Events

On 14th December 2000 the Dominic Barker Trust hosted its first study afternoon entitled: Alternative methods for working with people who stammer. Alison Nicholas (specialist speech and language therapist at the Michael Palin Centre) presented an introduction to Brief Therapy and Christine Hyde presented the development of stammering from a transactional analysis perspective.

A second study afternoon took place on 17th May 2002 at Suffolk College. Dr Trudy Stewart (Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, St James's Hospital, Leeds) hosted an interactive workshop entitled: Diagnosis of Normal Non-Fluency and Early Stammering.

The third DBT training event for Speech and Language Therapists was held on 20th September 2002. Gail Smith, East Leeds Primary Care Trust, presented an interactive study day and workshop on Psychodrama. This is a psychotherapeutic technique suitable for use with clients over the age of ten who stammer or have voice difficulties, and enables them to make changes to their feelings, thoughts and behaviours. The twelve delegates found it an extremely entertaining and educational day.