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PROCEDURAL INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUALS APPLYING FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE FRED GINGELL MEMORIAL STUTTERING TREATMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM:
The Provincial Voice Care Resource Program administers a program supporting intensive treatment for British Columbian adults who stutter. This program was initiated in 1995 by the British Columbia Ministry of Health, and is in memoriam to the late Fred Gingell, former MLA, Delta-South. The program commences in April and will reimburse a minimum of 15 participants annually for tuition expenses incurred to attend an approved intensive stuttering treatment program, upon successful completion of the program.
Residents of British Columbia who have been diagnosed by a speech-language pathologist as having a stuttering problem, who are aged nineteen or older, and who complete an approved intensive stuttering treatment program will be eligible for the reimbursement program. Each individual is eligible for one-time funding only.
The following is a list of procedures to assist you in planning for your evaluation and treatment as well as reimbursement of tuition expenses. If you need more information or have questions about the procedures, please contact Dr. Rammage.
- Contact Dr. Rammage regarding availability of funds, and to determine the eligibility of the intensive stuttering treatment program of your choice. The intensive stuttering treatment program must be able to provide: 1) a description of their clinical strategies; 2) a description of the measurements used to assess fluency; 3) criteria for evaluating success of clinical progress; and 4) treatment effect size.
- Make application to the approved stuttering treatment program, according to their standard application and assessment procedures. If you are required to pay tuition in advance of the program, you will be reimbursed by the Fred Gingell program upon submission of your receipt and completion of the program evaluation form, which is distributed during the last day of your treatment. PLEASE KEEP YOUR RECEIPT(S). Currently approved programs are:
- Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR)
3rd floor, Aberhart Centre Two
8220 -114th St.
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2P4
Phone: (780) 492-2619, Fax: (780) 492-8457
- Columbia Speech and Language Services, Inc.
#1316-750 West Broadway
Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 1J3
Phone: (604) 875-9100, Fax: (604) 875-9130

 

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