Virtual Learning by The Stuttering Foundation is an online series of free, interactive workshops with a variety of offerings for speech-language pathologists, parents, and individuals who stutter.

The series includes monthly offerings ranging from clinical training opportunities, to parent education, to a platform for people who stutter of all ages to share their stories. Sessions are moderated by many of the world’s leading clinicians, researchers, and self-help advocates — bringing learning and collaboration to you.

Working with Parents of Children Who Stutter Within a CBT Framework

Speaker: Ali Berquez, MSc, PG Dip. CT (Oxford), BRIEF Cert. SFBT, CPCAB Cert. Counselling Supervision, MRCSLT, RegHCPC

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Time: 11:00am-12:30pm ET [4:00pm-5:30pm BST]

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Description: Ali Berquez will briefly describe the principles and practice of Cognitive Behavior Therapy. She will introduce participants to the Family Maintenance Model (Biggart, Cook & Fry, 2007) as a way of conceptualizing the bidirectional interaction between children who stutter and their parents. She will give an overview of the key themes that come up for parents using this model and explore ways to support children and parents to manage their emotions and behavioral responses. Video examples will be shared. 

Learning Objectives:

Participants will:

1. Understand the core components of CBT including a formulation.
2. Be able to describe the Family Maintenance Model and how to explore children’s and parents’ cognitive cycles.
3. Understand how to explore the impact of one cycle on the other and options for management.

Details:

• Target Audience: Speech-Language Pathologists, graduate students
• There is no fee for this event.
  *This course is not eligible for CEUs at this time.
  Please register if available for the live event only. A recording may be available at a later date on our streaming site for a small fee.

Bio: Ali Berquez is Clinical Lead at the Michael Palin Centre and holds specific responsibilities for Safeguarding and Clinical Supervision. She works clinically with clients of all ages who stammer and/ or clutter. Ali is a qualified practitioner in Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Solution Focused Brief Therapy and integrates these methods into her clinical work with children, young people, parents and adults.  Ali is an experienced trainer who regularly delivers courses in the UK and internationally including the Stuttering Foundation’s annual Eastern workshop in Boston. She is involved in writing, contributing to research projects, offering individual and group clinical supervision and delivering Clinical Supervision training. Ali is part of the Scientific Committee for the Oxford Stuttering and Cluttering Research Conference; has been a registered European Stuttering Specialist since 2017; and was Chair of the UK National Stammering Clinical Excellence Network from July 2022-25. Ali co-authored a book about Solution Focused Brief Therapy with children and young people who stammer and their parents in 2024. 

Disclosures:

Non-financial: None

Financial: Receiving an honorarium from SF for today’s presentation