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Ana Rita S. Valente, Speech and Language Therapist, invited adjunct lecturer at Polytechnic of Leiria (School of Health Sciences), an integrated member at the Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering at the University of Aveiro (IEETA) and an invited lecturer of the Speech and Language Therapist Master at School of Health Sciences (ESSUA, University of Aveiro). She completed a PhD in Psychology in 2018 from the University of Aveiro, a Master's Degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences in 2009 from the University of Aveiro, and a Degree in Speech Therapy in 2007 from the University of Aveiro. Operates in the area of Medical and Health Sciences with an emphasis on Health Sciences. Her main research interests are Speech Disorders (mainly, stuttering and other fluency disorders) and, specifically, the development and validity of assessment instruments/tools/programs.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Valente

Citation names

  • Valente, Ana Rita S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4211-5C6A-E911
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0511-554X

Telephones

Telephone
  • 234370500 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Edifício 24, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/03/31
Concluded
Specialist Title in Speech and Language Pathology (Título de especialista)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021 - 2022
Concluded
Specialization in Statistics Applied to Health Sciences (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/01/10
Concluded
Doctoral Programme in Psychology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Development of Assessment Tools to Evaluate Adults with Fluency Disorders" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Aprovado com distinção
2013/09/01 - 2014/05/31
Concluded
European Specialization in Fluency Disorders (Diploma de especialização)
Thomas Moore University, Portugal
2009
Concluded
Master in Speech and Hearing Sciences (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Avaliação de Crianças com Disfluência" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
2007
Concluded
Degree in Speech Therapy (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/06/17 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Engenharia Eletrónica e Informática de Aveiro, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/10 - Current Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/06/17 - Current Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/07/31 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/06/14 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/02/28 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/31 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/02/28 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2017/10/31 Tutor (Polytechnic Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/02/01 - 2017/07/31 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2013/05/31 Tutor (Polytechnic Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal
2009/09/01 - 2012/09/30 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/09 - Current Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes Speechcare, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2013/01/01 - Current Researcher/Speech and Language Therapist Speechcare, Portugal
2017/07/01 - 2019/06/14 Speech and Language Pathologist Clínicas Privadas, Portugal
2012/10/06 - 2016/07/13 Speech and Language Pathologist Centro de Saúde Universitário - Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2006/09/01 - 2012/10/03 Speech and Language Pathologist Clínicas Privadas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/11/01 - 2018/12/31 Advanced Digital Stuttering Therapy Tools (Grant agreement ID: 738364)
Researcher
Concluded
2007/07/01 - 2008/12/29 Language development as a determinant factor for children's academic success
PTCRIS: 83549
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/06/17 - 2022/04/30 The aging voice: a study of segmental changes and rhythm variations on European Portuguese (VoxSenes)
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030820
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2022 - Current Stuttering Diagnostic Prototype
Researcher
Concluded
2009/07/01 - 2010/09/30 Preschool Language Assessment (Avaliação de Linguagem Pré-Escolar - ALPE)
FCG/Proc. 70964
Research Fellow
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Barros, Fábio; Valente, Ana Rita; Teixeira, António; Silva, Samuel. "Harnessing the Role of Speech Interaction in Smart Environments Towards Improved Adaptability and Health Monitoring". In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 271-286. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-32029-3_24
  2. Valente, Ana Rita S.. "Gaguez Infantil". In 2º volume de Metodologias de Intervenção em Terapia da Fala. Edições Universidade Fernando Pessoa;, 2021.
    Published
  3. Elsa Marta Soares; Valente, Ana Rita S.; Gonçalo Leal. "Avaliação e intervenção na gaguez neurogénica". In Terapia da Fala: clínica e ocupacional. Porto, Portugal: Edições Fernando Pessoa, 2021.
    Published
  4. Valente, Ana Rita; Oliveira, Catarina; Albuquerque, Luciana; Teixeira, António; Barbosa, Plínio A.. "Prosodic Changes with Age: A Longitudinal Study on a Famous European Portuguese Native Speaker". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 726-736. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-87802-3_65
  5. Fábio Barros; Ana Rita S. Valente; Luciana Albuquerque; Samuel Silva; António Teixeira; Catarina Oliveira. "Contributions to a Quantitative Unsupervised Processing and Analysis of Tongue in Ultrasound Images". In Image Analysis and Recognition. Springer, 2020.
    Accepted • 10.1109/icip.2009.5414520
  6. Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala. "Fluência". In Teleprática em Terapia da Fala: linhas orientadoras para terapeutas da fala. Lisboa: Papa-Letras, 2020.
  7. Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala. "Dicionário terminológico de Terapia da Fala". In Dicionário terminológico de Terapia da Fala. Lisboa, Portugal: Papa-Letras, 2020.
  8. Valente, A.R.S.; Jesus, L.M.T.; Roberto, M.T.; Leahy, M.M.; St Louis, K.O.. "Cross-cultural adaptation of the public opinion survey of human attributes (POSHA-S): The European portuguese (EP) translation and adaptation process as a model". 93-110. 2015.
  9. Valente, Ana. "Desenvolvimento fonético-fonológico do Português-Europeu - Contribuições para a prevenção do insucesso escolar [Phonetic-phonological development of European Portuguese: Contributions for the prevention of school failure]". Portugal: EDITORA CRV, 2013.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Elsa Marta Soares; Valente, Ana Rita S.; Cristiana Rodrigues; Filipa Gonçalves. "Translation and Adaptation of the Assessment Instrument “Kiddycat” for European Portuguese". Paper presented in ICSLD 2020 : International Conference on Speech and Language Development, Barcelona, 2020.
    Accepted
  2. Catarina Belchior; Catarina Martins; Sara Mendes; Valente, Ana Rita S.; Elsa Marta Soares. "Cross Cultural Adaptation and Content Validation of the Assessment Instrument Preschooler Awareness of Stuttering Survey". Paper presented in ICSLD 2019 : International Conference on Speech and Language Development, Barcelona, 2019.
    Published
  3. Elsa Marta Soares; Catarina Belchior; Catarina Martins; Valente, Ana Rita S.; Sara Mendes. "Translation and Adaptation of the Assesment Instrument Preschooler Awareness Of Stuttering Survey (PASS)". Paper presented in International Congress of Health and Well-being Intervention (ICHWBI 2019), Viseu, 2019.
    Published
  4. Valente, Ana Rita S.; Marisa Lousada; Ana Mendes. "New paediatric screening procedures: health promotion in primary care". Paper presented in 4th International Health Congress, Leiria, 2018.
Conference paper
  1. Silva, Samuel; Azevedo, Cátia; Valente, Ana Rita; Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Lousada, Marisa; Albuquerque, Luciana; Teixeira, António. "Aphluentia: Supporting Communication for People with Fluent Aphasia". 2023.
    10.1109/compsac57700.2023.00227
  2. Nunes, Fábio; Rocha, Ana; Valente, Ana; Silva, Samuel; Teixeira, António. "Gesture-Based Communication for People with Aphasia While in Bed". 2023.
    10.5220/0011989200003476
  3. Luciana Albuquerque; Valente, Ana Rita S.; António Teixeira; Catarina Oliveira; Daniela Figueiredo. "Acoustic Changes in Spontaneous Speech with Age". Paper presented in VIII Congreso Internacional de Fonética Experimental, 2021.
    Accepted
  4. Sá, M.; Miranda, J.; Capelas, S.; Valente, R.; Figueiredo, J.; Machado, B.; Ferreira, T.; Lousada, M.. "Development of the phonological awareness stimulation programme (PECF) - Digital version [Desenvolvimento do Programa de Estimulação da Consciência Fonológica (PECF) - versão Digital". Paper presented in 14º conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação, 2019.
    10.23919/CISTI.2019.8760963
Conference poster
  1. Fábio Daniel Barros; Samuel Silva; Luciana Albuquerque; Valente, Ana Rita S.; António Teixeira; Paula Martins; Catarina Oliveira. "Towards the use of ultrasonography to study aging effects in vowel production, online conference". Paper presented in 12th International Seminar on Speech Production, 2020.
  2. Joana Caldas; Jaqueline Carmona; Daniel Costa; Helena Germano; Brito Largo; Elsa Margarido; Maria João Morgado; et al. "ECSF Therapists and Portuguese Stuttering Association: a complementary relationship". 2018.
Journal article
  1. Soares, Elsa Marta; S. Valente, Ana Rita; Leal, Gonçalo; Guitar, Barry. "Content and construct validity of the European Portuguese A-19 Scale of Children’s Attitudes". Revista de Investigación en Logopedia 13 2 (2023): e82394. http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rlog.82394.
    10.5209/rlog.82394
  2. Soares, Elsa; Leal, Gonçalo; Belchior, Catarina; Mendes, Sara; Valente, Ana Rita. "Tradução, adaptação e validação do conteúdo do instrumento de avaliação Preschooler Awareness of Stuttering Survey para o português europeu". Revista Portuguesa de Educação 36 1 (2023): e23025. http://dx.doi.org/10.21814/rpe.25016.
    10.21814/rpe.25016
  3. Pereira, Tatiana; Ramalho, Ana Margarida; Valente, Ana Rita S.; Couto, Pedro Sá; Lousada, Marisa. "The Effects of the Pragmatic Intervention Programme in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder". Brain Sciences 12 12 (2022): 1640. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121640.
    10.3390/brainsci12121640
  4. Albuquerque, Luciana; Valente, Ana Rita; Barros, Fábio; Teixeira, António; Silva, Samuel; Martins, Paula; Oliveira, Catarina. "Exploring the Age Effects on European Portuguese Vowel Production: An Ultrasound Study". Applied Sciences 12 3 (2022): 1396. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12031396.
    10.3390/app12031396
  5. Albuquerque, L.; Valente, A. R. S.; Teixeira, A.; Oliveira, C.; Figueiredo, D.. "Age and gender effects in European Portuguese spontaneous speech". Loquens 8 1-2 (2021): e077. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/loquens.2021.077.
    10.3989/loquens.2021.077
  6. Albuquerque, Luciana; Valente, Ana Rita S.; Teixeira, António; Figueiredo, Daniela; Sa-Couto, Pedro; Oliveira, Catarina. "Association between acoustic speech features and non-severe levels of anxiety and depression symptoms across lifespan". PLOS ONE 16 4 (2021): e0248842. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248842.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0248842
  7. Lousada, M.; Sa-Couto, P.; Sutre, D.; Figueiredo, C.; Fazenda, M.; Lousada, M.J.; Valente, A.R.. "Validity and reliability of the Intelligibility in Context Scale: European Portuguese version". Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064177791&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/02699206.2019.1589579
  8. Valente, A.R.S.; Hall, A.; Alvelos, H.; Leahy, M.; Jesus, L.M.T.. "Reliability and validity evidence of the Assessment of Language Use in Social Contexts for Adults (ALUSCA)". Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 44 4 (2019): 166-177. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045259658&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/14015439.2018.1458898
  9. Valente, Ana. "Speech and language therapy service delivery: overcoming limited provision for children.". Public health (2017):
    10.1016/j.puhe.2017.06.013
  10. Valente, Ana. "A country-wide probability sample of public attitudes toward stuttering in Portugal.". Journal of fluency disorders (2017):
    10.1016/j.jfludis.2017.03.001
  11. Valente, Ana. "Validation of a Paediatric Speech and Language Screening (RALF)". Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) (2016):
    10.1159/000479928
  12. Jesus, L.M.T.; Valente, A.R.S.; Hall, A.. "Is the Portuguese version of the passage 'The North Wind and the Sun' phonetically balanced?". Journal of the International Phonetic Association 45 1 (2015): 1-11. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84927166075&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0025100314000255
  13. Valente, Ana. "Event- and interval-based measurement of stuttering: a review.". International journal of language & communication disorders (2015):
    10.1111/1460-6984.12113
  14. Valente, Ana. "Validity and reliability of the European-Portuguese preschool language assessment ALPE.". Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) (2014):
    10.1159/000365354
  15. Valente, Ana. "Phonological and articulation treatment approaches in Portuguese children with speech and language impairments: a randomized controlled intervention study.". International journal of language & communication disorders (2013):
    10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00191.x
  16. Valente, Ana. "Standardization of a phonetic-phonological test for European-Portuguese children.". Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) (2012):
    10.1159/000264712
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Valente, Ana. "Development of Assessment Tools to Evaluate Adults with Fluency Disorders". PhD, 2018.
  2. Valente, Ana. "Avaliação de Crianças com Disfluência [Assessment of Children with Disfluency)". Master, 2009.

Intellectual property

Copyright registration
  1. 2022. "RAGIP RASTREIO DE GAGUEZ EM IDADE PRÉ-ESCOLAR".
    Registered
  2. 2020. "RALF: Tamizaje de Lenguaje Y Habla".
    Registered
  3. 2015. "Avaliação da Severidade Baseada em Eventos de Gaguez [Severity Assessment Based on Events of Stuttering (SABES)]".
    Registered
  4. 2015. "Avaliação do Uso da Linguagem em Contexto para Adultos [Assessment of Language Use in Social Context for Adults (ALUSCA)].".
  5. 2015. "RALF".
    Registered
  6. 2010. "Protocolo de Avaliação de Perturbações da Fluência da Universidade de Aveiro [Fluency Disorders Assessment Protocol of University of Aveiro]".
    Registered
  7. 2010. "Protocolo de Anamnese de Perturbações de Fluência da Universidade de Aveiro [Fluency Disorders Anamnesis Protocol of University of Aveiro]  ".
    Registered

Other

Other output
  1. Rastreio de Linguagem e Fala (Projeto não financiado) [Language and Speech Screening (Non-financial project)]. Projeto intitulado “Rastreio de Linguagem e Fala” do qual resultou um instrumento de rastreio (RALF) validado para crianças em idade pré-escolar com Português-Europeu como língua materna.. 2015. Valente, Ana; Ana Mendes; Marisa Lousada.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021 Acoustic Changes in Spontaneous Speech with Age VIII Congreso Internacional de Fonética Experimental
2018/09/01 New paediatric screening procedures: health promotion in primary care 4th International Health Congress
(Leiria, Portugal)
2017/11/09 Acceptability of a Speech & Language Screening Instrument in Primary Health Care (Poster) ASHA Convention 2017
(Los Angeles, United States)
2017/11/09 Portuguese Version of Speech Assessment & Interactive Learning System (SAILS) ASHA Convention 2017
(Los Angeles, United States)
2017/10/26 Princípios básicos do tratamento da gaguez infantil [Basic principles of the treatment of childhood stuttering] Dia da consciêncialização da gaguez 2017 [Stuttering Awareness Day 2017]
Stuttering Treatment Center (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/10/25 Gaguez Infantil – Validação de um folheto dirigido a Pediatras para um diagnóstico precoce [Childhood stuttering - Validation of a pamphlet addressed to Pediatricians for an early diagnosis] 18º Congresso Nacional de Pediatria. 25 a 27 de Outubro de 2017
(Porto, Portugal)
2017/09/20 The adherence of adults who stutter to the use of Ninispeech - a pilot study. 11th Oxford Dysfluency Conference
(Oxford, United Kingdom)
2017/06/24 Atitudes e conhecimentos da população portuguesa acerca da gaguez. II Jornadas de Perturbações de Fluência: Gaguez e Taquifemia
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2016/11/17 Construct Validity Evidence of the Assessment of Language Use in Adults (ALUSCA) 2016 ASHA Convention
(Philadelphia, United States)
2016/11/04 Rastreio Pediátrico de Linguagem e Fala em idade pré-escolar [Paediatric Speech and Language Screening in preschool age] 17º Congresso Nacional de Pediatria
(Porto, Portugal)
2016/08/21 Developing a New Stuttering Severity Assessment Tool: Severity Assessment Based on Events of Stuttering (SABES) 30th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics
(Dublin, Ireland)
2016/08/21 Validity and Reliability of the Paediatric Speech and Language Screening. 30th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics
(Dublin, Ireland)
2016/05/06 Paediatric Speech and Language Screening: an instrument for health professionals 3º Congresso Internacional de Saúde do IPLeiria
(Leiria, Portugal)
2016/03/03 “RALF: Rastreio Pediátrico de Linguagem e Fala” [RALF: Paediatric speech and language screening] 33º Encontro Nacional de Medicina Geral e Familiar
(Portugal)
2016/02/06 Instrumentos y estrategias en la evaluación de los trastornos de la fluidez del habla [Instruments and Strategies for the Evaluation of fluency disorders] I Congreso Internacional de los Transtornos de la fluidez del habla
Fundación Española de la Tartamudez (Barcelona, Spain)
2015/12/05 Taquifemia: o que é? Quais as características? Quais os subtipos? [Cluttering: what it is? What are the characteristics? What are the subtypes?"] II Jornadas de Perturbações de Fluência: Gaguez e Taquifemia
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/07/06 Assessment of Language Use in Social Contexts for Adults: Establishing content validity 8th World Congres on Fluency Disorders
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/05/29 Rastreio de Linguagem e Fala: Instrumento para detecção precoce de perturbações em idade pré-escolar [Language and Speech Screening: Instrument for early detection of preschool age disorders] Práticas Clínicas em Terapia da Fala
Speechcare (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/12/13 O meu 'filho' na escola: o papel dos educadores, dos professores e o bullying [My 'son' at school: the role of educators, teachers and bullying] I Jornadas de Perturbações da Fluência: Gaguez e Taquifemia
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/03/28 Attitudes and Knowledge of the Portuguese population about stuttering European Symposium on Fluency Disorders
(Antuérpia, Belgium)
2013/05/10 Construção e Desenvolvimento do Teste de Linguagem ALPE – Avaliação de Linguagem Pré-escolar (TL-ALPE) [Construct and Development of the Language Instrument ALPE (TL-ALPE)] VI Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2011/05/17 Characteristics of Stuttering-like Disfluencies in Portuguese School Age Children 9th Congress for People who Stutter (ISA) and 2nd Latin American Congress in Stuttering (AAT)
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2010/06/21 Psychometric characteristics of Teste Fonético-Fonológico ALPE (TFF-ALPE) SOCIA-SPL bilateral workshop
Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2010/04/11 Avaliação de crianças em idade escolar com disfluência [Assessment of school age children who stutter] I Congresso Anual de Saúde Da Universidade de Aveiro
2010/01/29 Determinação das características psicométricas do Teste Fonético-Fonológico – avaliação da linguagem pré-escolar (TFF-ALPE) [Determination of the psychometric characteristics of the Phonetic-Phonologic instrument (TFF-ALPE)] I Encontro Arca Comum
(Braga, Portugal)
2009/11/20 Teste Fonético-Fonológico – ALPE [Phonetic-Phonologic Instrument - ALPE] V Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Translation and adaptation of the "Short Behavioral Inhibition Scale (SBIS)"
Co-supervisor
Terapia da Fala (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023 - Current Development and validation of an instrument to assess parents' perception of stuttering in preschool children
Co-supervisor
Terapia da Fala (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022 - Current Translation and validation of the questionnaire "The Reaction to Speech Disfluency Scale"
Co-supervisor
Terapia da Fala (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022 - Current Development of an intervention program for school-aged children who stutter
Co-supervisor
Terapia da Fala (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021 - Current Development and validation of an Intervention Program with Preschool Children who stutter
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/04/05 - Current Construção e validação de um instrumento de avaliação da gaguez em crianças de idade pré-escolar [Development and validation of a stuttering assessment intrument for preschool age children]
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2018/02/05 - Current Tradução, adaptação e validação de conteúdo do instrumento de avaliação KiddyCAT para o Português-Europeu [Translation, adaptation and content validation of the KiddyCAT assessment tool into Portuguese-European]
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018 - Current Assessment of stuttering in preschool age children
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2021 - 2022 Afluentia: Communication Support for Aphasia Fluent
Co-supervisor
Mestrado em Engenharia de Computadores e Telemática da Universidade de Aveiro (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2021/12/20 Desenvolvimento e Validação de um Instrumento de Rastreio de Gaguez em Crianças de Idade Pré-Escolar
Supervisor
2020/01/01 - 2021/12/17 Tradução, adaptação e validação do Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes - Stuttering (child version) em crianças de idade pré-escolar
Supervisor
2020/01/01 - 2021/07/22 Tradução, adaptação e validação do Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes - Stuttering (POSHA-S/Child Version” (validação em crianças de idade escolar)
Supervisor
2018/02/03 - 2019/07/20 Tradução, adaptação e validação do instrumento de avaliação Preeschooler Awareness of Stuttering Survey (PASS) [Translation, Adaptation and validation of the assessment instrument Preeschooler Awareness of Stuttering Survey (PASS)]
Co-supervisor
2018/06/01 - 2019/07/15 Análise da eficácia de um programa de estimulação de consciência fonológica
Supervisor
2018/02/02 - 2019/07/15 Análise da eficácia de um programa de estimulação de consciência fonológica [Analysis of the effectiveness of a phonological awareness stimulation program]
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/24 Tiroidectomia versus paralisia/parésia da prega vocal [Thyroidectomy versus vocal fold paralysis / paresis]
Supervisor
2017/02/01 - 2017/07/19 O papel dos pais na estimulação da linguagem de crianças com perturbações de linguagem e de fala [The role of parents in the stimulation of the language of children with language and speech disorders]
Supervisor
2015/02/01 - 2016/07/23 Aquisição fonético-fonológica do Português-Europeu em crianças dos 18 meses aos 6 anos e 12 meses [Phonetic-phonological acquisition of European-Portuguese in children aged 18 months to 6 years and 12 months]
Co-supervisor
2014/02/01 - 2015/07/20 Aquisição Fonético-Fonológica do Português-Europeu dos 18 aos 36 meses [Phonetic-Phonological Acquisition of Portuguese-European from 18 to 36 months]
Co-supervisor
2014/02/01 - 2015/07/20 Aquisição Fonético-fonológica do Português-Europeu em crianças dos 18 aos 36 meses [Phonetic-Phonological Acquisition of Portuguese-European from 18 to 36 months]
Co-supervisor
2014/05/01 - 2015/05/29 Aquisição Fonético-Fonológica do Português europeu dos 18 aos 36 meses
Co-supervisor

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2022/04/29 - Current Member of the organizing committee of the 2nd Meeting in Applied Linguistics, at the University of Aveiro; (2022/04/29)
2021/04/17 - Current Member of the organizing committee of the 3rd Meeting in Applied Linguistics, at the University of Aveiro; (2021/04/17)
2021/03/26 - Current Member of the organizing committee of the 1st Meeting in Applied Linguistics, at the University of Aveiro (2021/03/26 - 2021/03/26)
2019/10/22 - Current Organization of the free webinar “Stuttering is more than stuttering: Documenting and improving what people think and do about stuttering” with the fluency department of the Portuguese Society of Speech Therapists and taught by Ken St. Louis; (2019/10/22) Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala, Portugal
2019/06/19 - Current Organization of the free webinar “Paths of stuttering, Therapy, Self-advocacy and empowerment” with the fluency department of the Portuguese Society of Speech Therapists and taught by José Carlos Domingues; (2019/06/19) Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala, Portugal
2019/02/26 - Current Organization of the webinar “Stuttering: Intervention in Adolescence” with the fluency department of the Portuguese Society of Speech Therapists and taught by Mónica Rocha; (2019/02/26) Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala, Portugal
2018/10/25 - Current Organization of the webinar “Fluency Disorder with onset in childhood and therapeutic intervention” with the fluency department of the Portuguese Society of Speech Therapists and taught by Anelise Junqueira Bohnen;, (2018/10/25)
Workshop
Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala, Portugal
2014/12/13 - Current I Jornadas de Perturbações de Fluência: Gaguez e Fluência [I Fluency Disorders: Stuttering and Cluttering] (2014/12/13 - 2014/12/13)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
2019/06/13 - 2019/06/14 Member of the organizing committee of the event “Health and Education: Current Challenges”, organized by the Speech Therapy course at the Higher School of Health at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (2019/06/13)
2018/04/07 - 2018/04/07 Organization of the cycle of workshops “Clinical cases in fluency” together with the fluency department of the Portuguese Society of Speech Therapists (2018/04/07 - 2018/04/07)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
2017/06/24 - 2017/06/24 III Jornadas de Perturbação de Fluência: Gaguez e Taquifémia [III Fluency disorders : stuttering and cluttering] (2017/06/24 - 2017/06/24)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
2015/12/05 - 2015/12/05 II Jornadas de Perturbações de Fluência: Gaguez e Taquifemia [II Fluency Disorders: Stuttering and Cluttering] (2015/12/05 - 2015/12/05)
Symposium (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/04/13 - Current Discussion of clinical cases with Scott Yaruss, in a total of 2 hours;
Meeting
iStutter, Portugal
2016/04/30 - Current Avaliação e Intervenção nas Perturbações dos Sons da Fala [Assessment and Intervention in speech sound disorders]. Developed by Dr. Marisa Lousada.
Workshop
Avaliação e Intervenção nas Perturbações dos Sons da Fala [Assessment and Intervention in speech sound disorders]
2019/05/04 - 2019/05/05 Training with Scott Yaruss, “Childhood Stuttering - Treatment Strategies for Preschool and School-aged Children”. Lisbon, with a workload of 14 hours;
Workshop
Childhood Stuttering - Treatment Strategies for Preschool and School-aged Children
iStutter, Portugal
2019/01/25 - 2019/01/25 Simpósio Internacional sobre Perturbações Específicas da Aprendizagem, Évora [International Symposium of Learning Specific Disorders]
Symposium
Simpósio Internacional sobre Perturbações Específicas da Aprendizagem, Évora [International Symposium of Learning Specific Disorders]
2019/01/24 - 2019/01/24 Seminário de Outono/Inverno da REDÉTICA, Leiria [Seminar of Autumn/Winter REDÉTICA]
Seminar
Seminário de Outono/Inverno da REDÉTICA, Leiria
2018/07/14 - 2018/07/16 International Conference on Stuttering, Roma
Conference
International Conference on Stuttering, Roma
2018/05/10 - 2018/05/10 VIII Congresso Nacional de Terapeutas da Fala, Estoril [VIII National Congress of Speech and Language Therapapists]
Congress
VIII Congresso Nacional de Terapeutas da Fala, Estoril [VIII National Congress of Speech and Language Therapapists]
2017/11/09 - 2017/11/11 ASHA Convention, Los Angeles
Congress
ASHA Convention, Los Angeles
2017/09/20 - 2017/09/23 Oxford Dysfluency conference, St. Catherine’s College
Conference
Oxford Dysfluency conference, St. Catherine’s College
2016/12/16 - 2016/12/17 Aprendizagem e Perturbações da Leitura e da Escrita [Learning and Reading and Writing Disorders]
Workshop
Aprendizagem e Perturbações da Leitura e da Escrita [Learning and Reading and Writing Disorders]
2016/10/08 - 2016/10/09 Perturbações dos sons da fala em crianças. Prática baseada na evidência [Disorders of speech sounds in children. Evidence-based practice]. Developed by Dr. Caroline Bohen
Workshop
Speechcare, Portugal
2015/07/06 - 2015/07/08 Practical methods for managing anxiety in adults who stutter. Developed by Dr. Ross Menzies
Congress
8 th World Congress on Fluency Disorders
2015/07/06 - 2015/07/08 8th World Congress on Fluency disorders organized by the International Fluency Association
Congress
2015/03/26 - 2015/03/27 Personal construct therapy & clinical intervision” developed by Trudy Stewart, Margaret Leahy, Anne Breda and Veerle Waelkens
Workshop
European Clinical Specialization on Fluency Disorders
2014/05/09 - 2014/05/09 Clinical implications of neuroscience in the assessment and treatment of stuttering, developed by Anelise Bohnen
Workshop
Speechcare, Portugal
2014/03/28 - 2014/03/29 European Symposium on Fluency Disorders
Symposium
Thomas Moore University, Portugal
2014/03/27 - 2014/03/27 Mini-KIDS, ministered by Veerle Waelkens and Peter Schneider
Workshop
2014/01/15 - 2014/01/15 Stuttering - New perspectives for evaluation and treatment, ministered by Barry Guitar
Workshop
Speechcare, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/11/24 Characterization of the linguistic profile of preschool-aged children and school at educational risk: A exploratory study in the North Region
(Thesis) Arguer
Sandra Isabel Costa Miranda (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/06/26 School-age Portuguese children who stutter: socio - cognitive performance and the impact of stuttering in their quality of life
(Thesis) Main arguer
Mónica Rocha (PhD)
2019/12/03 The influence of music in the development of phonetics, phonology and phonological awareness in 3-year-olds with typical development and 3-to-6-year-olds with speech or language disorder
(Thesis) Arguer
Maria Manuel Vidal (PhD)
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/02/05 Families and professionals' perceptions towards the provided support for children with communication disorders in preschool settings in the northern west bank of Palestine
(Thesis) Arguer
Hala Marwan Mousa Jarrar (PhD)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018/10/01 - Current Member of the fluency department of the Portuguese Society of Speech Therapists Member of the Fluency Department
2018/01/02 - Current Speech and Language Portuguese Society Member of the Fluecy Department

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2020/11/20 - Current Member of the editorial committee of "Revista Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala"
Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/12 - Current Il Trattamento logopedico della balbuzie: dai principi di teoria alla buona pratica clinica iStutter, Portugal
2020/10 - Current Stuttering and Central Auditory Processing, Instituto CRIAP, Portugal
2018/04/07 - Current Fluency Clinical cases
2022/01 - 2022/02 Evaluación y tratamiento de la tartamudez iStutter, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/02 Evaluación y tratamiento de la tartamudez iStutter, Portugal
2019/04/13 - 2019/04/14 Assessment and intervention in children and adults who stutter Psilexis, Portugal
2016/09/17 - 2016/09/18 Avaliação: testes e questionários [Assessment: assessment tools and questionnaires] on the course "Continuous intervention training in fluency disorders" (Curso médio) Instituto EPAP, Portugal
2016/07/02 - 2016/07/03 Avaliação: testes e questionários [Assessment: assessment tools and questionnaires] in the course "Continuous intervention training in fluency disorders" (Curso médio) Instituto EPAP, Portugal
2016/03/12 - 2016/03/13 Avaliação: testes e questionários [Assessment: assessment tools and questionnaires] from the course "Continuous intervention training in fluency disorders" Instituto EPAP, Portugal
2011/05/04 - 2011/05/04 Collaboration in a class in the curricular unit "Deep Questions on Communication Problems, Language and Speech" of the Master in Special Education in Universidade Aberta (Outros) Universidade Aberta, Portugal

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/06/21 - 2019/06/22 Member of the expert panel for the validation of the programme "Intervention Program in Pragmatic Skills - School Age" (for the Master in Speech Pathology, Universidty of Aveiro)
2018/05/02 - 2019/05/13 Revision of the paper journal "Effects of Narrative Intervention Programme for Preschool Children" (Journal: Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
2019/04/02 - 2019/04/04 Member of the expert panel for the validation of the programme "Intervention Program in Pragmatic Skills - Preschool Age" (for the Master in Speech Pathology, Universidty of Aveiro)
2018/05/22 - 2018/05/22 Member of the expert panel for the validation of the instrument "Subjective Screening of Stuttering Severity, Locus of Control and Avoidance" (for the curricular unit "Applied Investigation III" of the 4th year of the Undergraduate in Speech Therapy)
2018/03/11 - 2018/03/13 Member of the expert panel for the validation of the record sheet "Speech Intelligibility Assessment of Preschool Children" (for the curricular unit "Applied Investigation III" of the 4th year of the Undergraduate in Speech Therapy)
2017/05/03 - 2017/05/03 Member of the expert panel for the validation of the instrument "Scale of Children's Attitude - A-19" (for the curricular unit "Applied Investigation III" of the 4th year of the Undergraduate in Speech Therapy of the School of Health Sciences in the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria)
2017/04/04 - 2017/04/04 Member of the expert panel for the validation of a phonological awareness programme for the European Portuguese (for the curricular unit "Professional Practice III of the 4th year of the Undergraduate in Speech Therapy of the School of Health, University of Aveiro)
2016/06/03 - 2016/06/20 Revision of the journal paper "Effectiveness of the Language Intervention Programme for Preschool Children" (Journal: Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica)
2016/01/03 - 2016/01/13 Revision of the journal paper "The Communication Attitude Test for Adults who Stutter (BigCat): A test-retest reliability investigation among adults who do and do not stutter" (Journal: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders)
2015/05/03 - 2015/05/04 Member of the expert panel for the validation of a therapeutic intervention programme that stimulate semantic and morphosyntatic development (for the Master in Speech Therapy, University of Aveiro)
2013/05/06 - 2013/05/07 Member of the expert panel for the validation of the assessment tool "Paediatric Automatic Phonological Analysis Tools" (for the Master in Speech and Hearing Sciences)
2013/05/05 - 2013/05/06 Member of the expert panel for the validation of visual stimuli materials to be used with children with phonological disorders (for the Master in Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Aveiro)
Distinctions

Award

2019 1st poster prize "Speech Therapists' Ethical and Deontological Code and the fundamental bioethical principles
Rede Nacional de Comissões de Ética, Portugal
2005 Merit Scholarship by the University of Aveiro for exceptional academic achievement 2004/2005  
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Other distinction

2016 2nd place in the Poliempreende competition with the business idea project entitled "MACO-Materials for communication"