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Are you considering your next research project? Are you in the process of applying for a research grant?
If so, we urge you to take a look at the Top 10 Research Priorities in Developmental Childhood Stammering before you start drafting your project proposal.
In 2024, we published the Top 10 JLA Research Priorities into Developmental Childhood Stammering that resulted from the first ever JLA Priority Setting Partnership in the field. The research priorities have been identified through a robust and systematic process involving the stammering community – parents/carers, young people and clinicians.
These ten priorities speak to the questions that people with lived experience of stammering would like research to address. As yet, these research priorities have not been robustly answered, and yet addressing them would have a meaningful impact on those who stammer.
I’m a researcher, why are the priorities relevant to me?
Research has the potential to have a real-world impact. The PSP process has ensured that the priorities of those who stand the most to gain are at the centre of the research agenda. Here are a couple of ways you could incorporate the Research Priorities into your own work:
We are committed to facilitating more research into childhood stammering and making sure that young people have a say in research. One way that we do this is by sharing opportunities for the young people and families we work with to participate in current research studies.
We welcome applications from researchers who would like us to share opportunities to participate in their research projects. If you would like to share your study with the ASC community, get in touch.
In honour of our founder, Travers Reid, we recognise the contribution of research to the lives of children and young people who stammer through our Travers Reid Award. Life President of Action for Stammering Children, Travers was passionate and instrumental in ensuring children and families could access specialist support for stammering. Travers had a keen interest in research into stammering and was a great advocate of evidence-based practice. Sadly, Travers passed away in 2019 but we continue to honour the contribution he made to the lives of children who stammer through presentation of this award at the Oxford Dysfluency Conference.
Any student who has completed a research project within three years of the awarding year and is presenting at the conference, is eligible to apply. The winner will be awarded £300.
You can find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about stammering by taking a look at our Support Hub Knowledge Articles
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