Cluttering conference

Israël, online

München, Germany (online)

To start the year off, Rutger Wilhelm is giving an online lecture for speech therapy students from the University of Munich (Germany) and the University of Silesia (Poland). The lecture is called “Cluttering through the lens of an experienced expert” and takes place as part of an international research project amongst German and Polish students. The results will be presented in September ’23 at a congress in Katowice, Poland. Students can earn points for their studies through participation in the lectures.

Online

Liverpool, UK

In an hour session, speaker Rutger Wilhelm will give a lecture at this year’s STAMMAFest Global in Liverpool. The International Stuttering Association (ISA) has chosen this incredible venue. The title of the lecture will be: “Inspirational learnings from a cross-cultural group of people who clutter“. The name says it all; we will look at the experiences of people who clutter worldwide through a cultural lens.

Montréal, Canada

Every three years the International Fluency Association (IFA) together with the International Cluttering Association (ICA) and the International Stuttering Association (ISA) are organizing the Joint World Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering together. The JWCSC, for short, is a one-of-a-kind congress bringing together academics, researchers, speech-language pathologists, people who stutter, and people who clutter for dialogue and collaboration on current research, viewpoints, and treatments for stuttering and cluttering. Rutger Wilhelm is very proud to be giving 3 lectures during this conference, including one of the three KEY NOTE speeches, titled “The value of collaboration in advancing science in cluttering“!

Montréal, Canada

Together with speech-language therapist Manon Spruit, Rutger Wilhelm will point out the importance of getting a correct diagnosis from different perspectives. Manon Spruit encounters many clients in her practice who were first diagnosed as people who stutter, but after (re)assessment, they should be diagnosed with cluttering. For people who clutter getting the correct diagnosis changes the perception of their own speech and themselves. Rutger Wilhelm will tell you what changed in his life when he found out he cluttered. Manon Spruit will share with the audience what knowledge is important to arrive at the correct diagnosis and what this means for treatment.

Montréal, Canada

On the first day of the congress in Montréal, Rutger Wilhelm will take the audience on a journey of discovery with his one-hour presentation. With various stories, examples and anecdotes from his personal life and the lives of other cluttering speakers, he addresses questions such as: What goes on in the minds of people who clutter? What problems do cluttering speakers encounter in their daily lives? What coping strategies are there? How can they (continue to) adopt a positive attitude? How can be dealt with cluttering mentally, emotionally and in interaction with others? The overall aim is to inspire and give tips on how to deal with this intriguing fluency disorder.

Utrecht, The Netherlands

During an in-depth study session for the Dutch Association for Stuttering Therapy Rutger Wilhelm will provide an extensive 2.5-hour workshop together with speech language therapist Manon Spruit. Our experiences will be the main focus, but we will also discuss current literature, articles and websites. The participants are also expected to do an assignment by which they can earn points for the training “European Clinical Specialization in Fluency Disorders” (ECSF). In short, an important and much-needed addition to the curriculum of many speech therapy courses.

Ghent, Belgium

What a great honor it is to be presenting at the conference of Flemish speech therapists in Ghent! The VVL conference offers a broad platform for scientific research, in which various parallel sessions have been put together taking into account the different areas of impairment in speech therapy: language development disorders, dyslexia and dyscalculia, stuttering and cluttering, neurogenic communication disorders, dysphagia, voice disorders and speech and hearing disorders. During our lecture to a well-filled room of stuttering therapists, Rutger Wilhelm brings a story ‘from the heart’. Central message for speech therapists: look beyond the boundaries of your knowledge and don’t just get stuck on the diagnosis of stuttering.

Hveragerdi, Iceland

How wonderful it is to be giving no less than two (!) lectures at the ISA World Congress in Iceland, entitled “Embrace your stutter”. For an hour, Rutger Wilhelm talks about the fundamental difference between stuttering and cluttering in front of the audience, consisting of a colorful mix of researchers, therapists and people who stutter or clutter. He also discusses what you can do about it, how you can gain more insights about your speech and how people who clutter can maintain a positive mindset. Come and see!