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• What is Speech Diary?
• What is the Camperdown Project?
• How do I use Speech Diary?

What is Speech Diary?

Speech Diary is a website built for helping those who experience a speech impediment. It provides several tools that enable a person to track their speech, identify areas of improvement or strength, and to share results to their support network.

While Speech Diary can be used by anyone who wants to improve their speaking, it is recommended to be used while undertaking the Camperdown Program with a professional speech therapist. This website is also used for the maintenance of speech results after therapy. It will allow users to identify when their speech is worsening and to maintain good habits of practice.

Data driven insights and decision are important aspects of Speech Diary. This means that by engaging with the tools available a user can objectively see their progress and challenge any subjective self-perceptions that may get in the way.

What is the Camperdown Project?

The program is a treatment for adults and adolescents over the age of 12 who stutter. It aims to help clients control stuttering and maintain results in the long run.

Clients doing the program learn to:

• Set speech goals and evaluate results
• Use practice activities in response to everyday challenges
• Evaluate anxiety when speaking and avoiding situations that may require speaking
• Identify variables that affect their stuttering
• Plan to maintain speech results in the long term.

For more information see www.uts.edu.au/asrc/resources/camperdown-program or contact your local speech therapist.

How do I use Speech Diary?

Speech Diary can be used at the different stages of the Camperdown Program:

Stage	Camperdown Program	Speech Diary
1	Clients learn how to use the fluency technique and speech measures	Exposes the user to using speech measures and tracking their speech.
2	Clients develop natural-sounding and stutter free speech with the Clinician.	Users can use speech diary to keep and reflect on a practice schedule.
3	Strategies are developed for controlling stuttering in everyday life situations.	Users continue logging speech patterns to evaluate and develop strategies.
4	Clients learn the skills to maintain low stuttering levels and deal with increases in stuttering.	Users can track their performance and be alerted to increased stuttering or challenging situations. Prompting users to engage in or develop maintenance strategies.