Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course participants will:

• be familiar with a screening device to decide on care pathways for children who stammer
• be familiar with an assessment protocol for children under seven who stammer

• be familiar with the structure and content of Palin Parent Child Interaction (Palin PCI) therapy
• be more knowledgeable about assessing and treating children under seven who stammer

Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering?

The Michael Palin Centre is a UK-based internationally renowned provider of stammering/stuttering therapy, research and training. The MPC offers a unique combination of pioneering specialist assessment and therapy service, extensive professional training offer and rigorous research programme.

What is MPC training?

The MPC is a world leading source of training and advice for Speech and Language Therapists and professionals across the globe. MPC courses are facilitated by specialist SLTs, based on our expert knowledge and clinical experience from our therapy and research and continually evaluated to ensure continuous improvement.

MPC research and innovation

At the heart of everything is the MPC’s innovative research programme, established over 30 years ago. Our rigorous, scientific methodology informs and drives improvements in our therapy and training.

Our research contribution has influenced stammering therapy practice and the ‘Palin approach’ is known and respected around the world. We contribute to the global academic discussion on stammering through publications and international conferences.

What have others said about this Palin PCI training course?

Palin PCI for children under 7 online training course

“Hands down the best training I have ever attended; what a beautiful fusion of research and clinical expertise.”

“I’m gained new way of looking at my caseload overall – not just the children who are stuttering – focusing on solutions and what is already working well rather than problems.”

“The content was rich with concepts and ideas and taught in a way that bridge a variety of experience levels. It offered ideas for beginners as well as expert.

“It has changed the way that I relate to clients, encourage whole family participation and focus on client strengths and their own experience. “

“I hope to adapt our pathway and service delivery to better meet clients’ needs and maximise efficiency.”

“I avoided stammering clients previously or would drag out the assessment process until I could seek advice from a specialist colleague. I now feel more confident to carry out this approach.”

Palin PCI for children under 7

This online training course provides the ideal starting point for developing your skills with children under seven who stammer. Palin PCI is an evidenced-based approach for early stammering which is widely used across the UK and internationally.

Palin Parent Child Interaction therapy is an early intervention approach that was designed for stammering and has been adapted for use with children with other speech and language needs, and other adults e.g. education staff/carers.

The transferable skills taught in this course include engaging parents in the assessment and therapy process; communicating complex and/or sensitive information to parents; using video feedback to develop parents’ confidence and skills; and addressing wider child management issues with parents such as emotional and behavioural issues. These skills are applicable across a wide range of clinical contexts and caseloads.

Who is this training course suitable for?

Qualified speech and language therapists and speech and language therapy students in their final year of training.

All therapists will be qualified to carry out Palin PCI following the two-day training, provided they are a qualified Speech and Language Therapist and they complete the full two day course.

Participants will receive a certificate following the course of 17 hours Continued Professional Development. This includes the two-day training as well as three pre course webinars.

What’s in it for participants?

⦁ Knowledge of an evidence-based theoretical framework for understanding stammering.
⦁ Increased confidence in comprehensive assessment and delivering therapy with young children who stammer and their families.
⦁ Knowledge of up-to-date relevant research, and opportunities to practice making this accessible to families.
⦁ Opportunities to learn and practice transferable therapeutic and counselling skills e.g. aspects of Solution Focused Brief Therapy, video reflection and collaborative working with families.
⦁ Real-life case discussions, video observation and opportunities to hone your clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.
⦁ A chance to reflect on how to integrate the knowledge and skills learned into your everyday practice and model of service delivery.

What’s in it for Speech and Language Therapy services/ managers?

⦁ Therapists confident to work with a client group often reserved for Specialist caseloads.
⦁ Therapists using a client-centred, evidence-based and efficient and approach to delivering therapy.
⦁ A chance for diverse teams to meet and share ideas regarding service delivery models.
⦁ Therapists trained in the use of skills widely applicable to other client groups and clinical supervision e.g. counselling skills, using video to encourage reflection.

Dates and Timings

Session 1: Monday 24th February

Session 2: Tuesday 25th February

Session 3: Monday 3rd March

Session 4: Tuesday 3rd March

Timing:

• Singapore Time 6 pm- 9.30 pm ONLINE via ZOOM
• 10 am-1.30 pm (UK Time) ONLINE via ZOOM

The Michael Palin Centre is a UK-based internationally renowned provider of stammering/stuttering therapy, research and training. The MPC offers a unique combination of pioneering specialist assessment and therapy service, extensive professional training offer and rigorous research programme.

The MPC is a world leading source of training and advice for Speech and Language Therapists and professionals across the globe. MPC courses are facilitated by specialist SLTs, based on our expert knowledge and clinical experience from our therapy and research and continually evaluated to ensure continuous improvement.

MPC research and innovation

At the heart of everything is the MPC’s innovative research programme, established over 30 years ago. Our rigorous, scientific methodology informs and drives improvements in our therapy and training.

Our research contribution has influenced stammering therapy practice and the ‘Palin approach’ is known and respected around the world. We contribute to the global academic discussion on stammering through publications and international conferences.

Palin PCI for children under 7 online training course

“Hands down the best training I have ever attended; what a beautiful fusion of research and clinical expertise.”

“I’m gained new way of looking at my caseload overall – not just the children who are stuttering – focusing on solutions and what is already working well rather than problems.”

“The content was rich with concepts and ideas and taught in a way that bridge a variety of experience levels. It offered ideas for beginners as well as expert.

“It has changed the way that I relate to clients, encourage whole family participation and focus on client strengths and their own experience. “

“I hope to adapt our pathway and service delivery to better meet clients’ needs and maximise efficiency.”

“I avoided stammering clients previously or would drag out the assessment process until I could seek advice from a specialist colleague. I now feel more confident to carry out this approach.”

This online training course provides the ideal starting point for developing your skills with children under seven who stammer. Palin PCI is an evidenced-based approach for early stammering which is widely used across the UK and internationally.

Palin Parent Child Interaction therapy is an early intervention approach that was designed for stammering and has been adapted for use with children with other speech and language needs, and other adults e.g. education staff/carers.

The transferable skills taught in this course include engaging parents in the assessment and therapy process; communicating complex and/or sensitive information to parents; using video feedback to develop parents’ confidence and skills; and addressing wider child management issues with parents such as emotional and behavioural issues. These skills are applicable across a wide range of clinical contexts and caseloads.

Qualified speech and language therapists and speech and language therapy students in their final year of training.

All therapists will be qualified to carry out Palin PCI following the two-day training, provided they are a qualified Speech and Language Therapist and they complete the full two day course.

Participants will receive a certificate following the course of 17 hours Continued Professional Development. This includes the two-day training as well as three pre course webinars.

⦁ Knowledge of an evidence-based theoretical framework for understanding stammering.
⦁ Increased confidence in comprehensive assessment and delivering therapy with young children who stammer and their families.
⦁ Knowledge of up-to-date relevant research, and opportunities to practice making this accessible to families.
⦁ Opportunities to learn and practice transferable therapeutic and counselling skills e.g. aspects of Solution Focused Brief Therapy, video reflection and collaborative working with families.
⦁ Real-life case discussions, video observation and opportunities to hone your clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.
⦁ A chance to reflect on how to integrate the knowledge and skills learned into your everyday practice and model of service delivery.

⦁ Therapists confident to work with a client group often reserved for Specialist caseloads.
⦁ Therapists using a client-centred, evidence-based and efficient and approach to delivering therapy.
⦁ A chance for diverse teams to meet and share ideas regarding service delivery models.
⦁ Therapists trained in the use of skills widely applicable to other client groups and clinical supervision e.g. counselling skills, using video to encourage reflection.

Session 1: Monday 24th February

Session 2: Tuesday 25th February

Session 3: Monday 3rd March

Session 4: Tuesday 3rd March

Timing:

• Singapore Time 6 pm- 9.30 pm ONLINE via ZOOM
• 10 am-1.30 pm (UK Time) ONLINE via ZOOM

Course Content

Sessions 1 + 2:

• A Multifactorial Model of Stammering
• A brief research update – current research into the factors contributing to stammering; risk factors for young children who stammer; interaction styles & stammering
• A screening form to decide on appropriate care pathways
• Child Assessment
• Case history taking and formulation about what contributes to the child’s stammering and what the individual child needs
• Principles of Palin PCI

Sessions 3 + 4:

• Palin PCI: Interaction Strategies; using the video in parent-child interaction therapy
• Palin PCI: Family Strategies: building confidence, turn taking, dealing with feelings.
• Skills in working collaboratively with parents including using parent packs
• Brief summary of efficacy of Palin PCI studies
• Palin PCI: Child Strategies including direct fluency therapy and managing co-existing speech and language difficulties
• Care Pathways – service delivery for children under seven who stammer in participants’ clinical settings

Victoria Cummings

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
MSc., MRCSLT, Reg. HCPC.

Victoria graduated from University College London with an MSc in Speech and Language Sciences in 2009. Prior to this she studied for a BA Honours in English Studies at Nottingham University. After qualifying, Victoria worked in South West Essex and Westminster, London in a range of community clinics, primary and secondary schools, children’s centres and nurseries before moving to the Michael Palin Centre to further develop her interest in stammering. She has worked at the Michael Palin Centre since 2013.

Victoria is part of the Centre’s training team, running workshops for speech and language therapists within across the globe. She has presented at National CEN study days, the British Stammering Association Conference and the Oxford Dysfluency Conference. She has served on the committee of the South East and London Stammering (SEALS) Clinical Excellence Network (CEN) as Membership Secretary and Chair.

Victoria has an interest in Solution Focused Brief Therapy and the use of Mindfulness-Based Approaches in therapy with people who stammer. She works with children, young people and adults.