The Meaningful Digital Experiences Research Lab (MDXR LAB) is dedicated to exploring digital technologies as tools for speech and language therapy. By leveraging 21st-century innovations, MDXR LAB aims to create impactful interventions, particularly focusing on social media's potential for people who stutter (PWS). Research has shown that PWS benefit from using social media platforms to share experiences and connect with others, fostering a sense of camaraderie and empowerment. Instagram, with a significant user base, features accounts like @juststutter, where stuttering-related content is shared and discussed. This presentation will delve into how platforms like Instagram can serve as therapeutic tools, highlighting findings from MDXR LAB's current research that focuses on interactions in and around online spaces, and the reasons why some PWS would define the digital experience as meaningful. Additionally, specific examples will be shared that could be used to start and expand important conversations about stuttering and communication.
- Attendees will learn how numerous digital experiences, especially Instagram, can effectively support people who stutter by fostering connections and sharing experiences.
- Attendees will summarize current research that focuses on people who stutter and their use of social media, including how these interactions are sometimes defined as meaningful.
- Attendees will demonstrate different ways to incorporate digital experiences into therapy to support and empower people who stutter.
À propos des présentateurs/présentatrices
Erik Raj
Dr. Erik X. Raj holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey where he is the director of the Meaningful Digital Experiences Research Lab.
Grace Leslie
Biography: Grace Leslie is a second year graduate student in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey (United States). She works closely with Dr. Raj and is activity involved in numerous initiatives within the Meaningful Digital Experiences Research Lab.
Kaitlyn Sainato
Kaitlyn Sainato is a second year graduate student in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey (United States). She works closely with Dr. Raj and is activity involved in numerous initiatives within the Meaningful Digital Experiences Research Lab.
Kamryn Nevard
Kamryn Nevard is a second year graduate student in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey (United States). She works closely with Dr. Raj and is activity involved in numerous initiatives within the Meaningful Digital Experiences Research Lab.
Sarah Lemonie
Sarah Lemonie is a second year graduate student in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey (United States). She works closely with Dr. Raj and is activity involved in numerous initiatives within the Meaningful Digital Experiences Research Lab.