School of Human Communication Sciences
Dr Susan Block
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 03 9479 1801
Fax: 03 9479 1874
Email: s.block@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications
- BAppSci(SpPath)
- MAppSci
- Doctor of Philosophy, Uni of Sydney
- Fellow of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia
I gained my initial speech pathology qualification through
the former Australian College of Speech Therapists and consequently converted
this at the former Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences in Melbourne.
I have successfully completed my PhD studies through
the Australian Stuttering Research Centre at the University of Sydney.
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Areas of Interest
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Stuttering:
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Treatment of children and adults
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Treatment outcome evaluation
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Prediction of treatment outcome
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Intensive treatment of stuttering
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The role of anxiety in stuttering
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Alternative service delivery options
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Alternative treatment strategies
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Student education
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Teaching, Clinics and Supervision
- HCS40PDP Pass Degree Project
- HCS32STU Stuttering
- Intensive Fluency Clinic
- Professional Practice and Clinical Problem-solving
- Components of the Master of Speech Pathology problem-based learning
course
- Co-ordination of the Intensive Fluency Clinic
- Academic supervision of students at the Honours and Masters level
- Supervision of undergraduate speech pathology students in the La Trobe
Fluency Clinic
- Supervision of undergraduate speech pathology students in external
clinical placements
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Research
- Prognostic indicators for stuttering treatment outcome in adults
- Cognitive behaviour therapy and adult stuttering treatment
- The use of the Edinburgh Masker in the treatment of stuttering
- The use of EMG bio-feedback
- Client perceptions of treatment outcome
- Primary school teachers' knowledge of and attitudes toward stuttering
- Outcome of intensive treatment for adults
Speech rates of children and adults
- Bilingualism and stuttering
- Anxiety and stuttering
- Discrimination in the workplace
- Intensive treatment outcome for adolescents
- Outcome of a student-delivered Camperdown Program for adults who
stutter
- The Impact of Stuttering on adolescents
- Member: Royal Children's Hospital, La Trobe University, Murdoch Institute,
Melbourne University: Stuttering Consortium
- Research projects: Chromosome Study, Family Study, EMB Investigation,
Neuroimaging
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