The 9th Oxford Dysfluency Conference is one of the leading international conferences in the field of stuttering/stammering. It brings together researchers, practitioners and clinicians across a range of disciplines most notably speech and language therapy, along with psychology and linguistics. The Oxford Dysfluency Conference provides an opportunity for researchers to hear about the latest work in disorders of fluency and will enable clinicians to update their professional skills.

In 2011, the goal of the Oxford Dysfluency Conference is to lead a challenging international debate about the latest research in disorders of fluency and its clinical applications. The 2011 conference will:

Present the latest research developments and findings
Explore issues relating to the nature of stuttering and its treatment
Develop knowledge and clinical skills working with children and adults who stutter
Consider ways to integrate research into clinical practice
Support and encourage new researchers in the field
Develop collaborations with researchers working in dysfluency
Provide informal opportunities to meet and discuss ideas with leading experts in the field in a friendly environment
Advance research in the field of dysfluency
Topics List
Papers are invited on the following conference themes:

Commonalities – commonalities across therapies, disorders or perspectives
Evidence Based Practice - empirical research evidence; integrating research into clinical practice; measuring outcome; practice based evidence
Dysfluency: The wider context - concomitant disorders; covert aspects of stuttering; environmental factors; cluttering
Integrating theories and therapies - application of counseling approaches such as CBT, SFBT to stuttering; application of theories; how theory informs therapy
Neurophysiology - aetiological complexity; brain imaging; brain function; motor function; implications for interventions
Health Service Issues - coping with health service changes; value for money; telehealth; service delivery models.