KiddyCat: Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children who Stutter

About The Authors

Martine Vanryckeghem, PhD received her Master’s Degree (1991) and PhD (1994) from Southern Illinois University after having worked for 12 years as a speech pathologist at a clinical center in Belgium. Dr. Vanryckeghem, who is a professor at the University of Central Florida, is clinically certified as a speech-language pathologist, is an ASHA fellow, and a Board Certified Fluency Specialist. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and has given workshops, internationally, with respect to the assessment and treatment of children and adults whose fluency is problematic. For her international endeavors, Dr. Vanryckeghem received ASHA’s Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution in International Achievement. From 1990 until 2000, she was the managing editor of the Journal of Fluency Disorders and is currently an editorial consultant for several professional journals. Dr. Vanryckeghem is on the Scientific Board of different internationally-based organizations and serves as a consultant to faculty and students of various university-based clinical programs. She was inducted in the Scroll and Quill Society at the University of Central Florida.

Gene J. Brutten, PhD, received his PhD from the University of Illinois, and was clinically certified in speech pathology and audiology by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He was a fellow of the association and was awarded its Certificate of Recognition and Certificate of Appreciation. Professor Brutten was a founding member of the International Fluency Association and served as the editor-in-chief of its Journal of Fluency Disorders from 1989 to 2000. In 1971 and again in 1978, he received a Fulbright-Hays award to the Department of Foniatrie at the University of Utrecht Academic Hospital, the Netherlands, where he conducted clinically-based research. He co-authored the seminal book “Modification of Stuttering,” has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, 20 book chapters, and has given over 200 professional presentations in three continents on differential assessment and behavior therapy. Dr. Brutten was an emeritus professor in the Southern Illinois University Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, where he served as department chair, and in its Department of Psychology. In 2002, Dr. Brutten received the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and in 2009, he was similarly honored by the International Fluency Association. Dr. Brutten passed away in March 2013.