Next generation of teachers alert to stutterers

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By Sweet Farm Tours
Community contribution / October 1, 2014

Final year student teachers at the University of Sydney have been reminded of the importance of early identification, intervention and treatment of stuttering during an education forum hosted by researchers from the University’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

Associate Professor Ann Packman from the university’s Australian Stuttering Research Centre (ASRC) said the main aim of the forum was ...

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