Episode 4 Global Perspectives on Stuttering Care

This episode features Gonçalo Leal, SLP, co-founder and Clinical Director of the Speechcare & iStutter Center. Gonçalo is an internationally recognized speech and language pathologist, educator, and mentor who works to advance the understanding and treatment of fluency disorders through clinical practice, research, and global collaboration.

In this episode, Gonçalo discusses:

• His journey into the field of fluency disorders and what first inspired his work with people who stutter
• How global clinical experience and cultural perspectives shape approaches to stuttering treatment
• What he hopes clinicians, researchers, and the public better understand about the lived experience of stuttering