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28th Annual Convention

Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte Uptown | Charlotte, NC | July 10-12, 2025
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Graduate Student Training Program

Application deadline: May 1, 2025

Application decisions will be made and communicated after the May 1 deadline. 

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Friends developed the Graduate Student Training Program (GSTP) to help graduate students in communication sciences and disorders get a better understanding of stuttering and the experience of stuttering for young people and their families. The GSTP provides students with the opportunity to closely observe the behaviors, thoughts, and emotions associated with stuttering in children, teens, young adults, and their families. 

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Students participating in the GSTP are required to attend educational meetings before, during, and after the convention, attend all three days of the convention, and volunteer during the convention by assisting an experienced speech-language pathologist in the children’s workshops. During the convention, students will have the opportunity to work with stuttering specialists, ask questions, learn from children who stutter, and gain invaluable experiences.

In addition to the priceless learning opportunity, participation in the GSTP also includes:

  • A full meal pass: Friends will provide delicious cooked-to-order daily breakfast, buffet meals for lunch, and plated meals for dinner. In addition, there will be complimentary snacks, and evening Happy Hour during all conference days. The only meal that is not included is dinner on Friday. Check out the tentative schedule for more details on meals!
  • A ticket to the Saturday night banquet with dinner, karaoke, and dancing

If you have any questions, please email Dr. Tricia Zebrowski at tricia-zebrowski@uiowa.edu.

 

The graduate students will:

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Obtain information on stuttering and receive hands on experience with children who stutter

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Observe what the young person who stutters experiences throughout the three day convention, seeing the children’s vast transformation from beginning of the convention to the end of day three

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Learn how to successfully engage children who stutter in conversation

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Attempt to help each child become as comfortable as possible talking and learning about stuttering with help of the workshop facilitator

The program’s mission is:

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To provide a valuable and unique experience for graduate students studying speech-language pathology over a three day period working with young people who stutter and their families by a) learning from experienced stuttering specialists, and b) interacting with other speech-language pathologists

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In order to get the most out of this experience, we require graduate students to attend the entire convention. This provides consistency, increasing comfort for the children who stutter while providing the graduate student with a more comprehensive experience, increasing their knowledge about stuttering.

If you are interested in this program:

Apply here by May 1st.

Application decisions will be made and communicated after the May 1 deadline. If accepted into the GSTP program, you will still need to register for the convention by clicking here. Be sure to select the ‘graduate student’ registration option.