Conversation Training Therapy: Let’s Talk It Through

Conversation Training Therapy: Let’s Talk It Through

We are excited to announce our next online study day on Thursday 2nd July 2026.

Please join us for a full-day online event with Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, a Professor at Carlow University in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology, College of Health and Wellness, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Further details below.)

As part of our commitment to members to provide high quality study events at a manageable cost, the London Voice CEN has subsidised the ticket prices for this event.

Details:

Date: 2nd July 2026

Time: 9:45am–4:00pm

Online Platform: Zoom

Tickets: £30

Student tickets: £10*

* Please note student tickets are limited in numbers. Student ticket holders will be asked to show proof of SLT student status on the day.

Please note that this is open to registered RCSLT members only. You will be required to enter your RCSLT membership number when purchasing your ticket. 

This event will not be recorded.

For queries please email londonvoicecen@outlook.com

Programme:

Log on: 9.45am

10:00am–1:00pm (including experiential learning and Q/A and one 15-minute break):

• The Genesis of CTT and Theoretical Framework
• Negative Practice – Sensory Discrimination in Speech
• Break
• Clear Speech, eBTGs

1:00pm–2:00pm: Lunch

2:00pm–4:00pm (including experiential learning and Q/A and one 15-minute break)

• Prosody, Projection, Pauses, and Pacing
• Meta therapy and CTT

Conversation Training Therapy (CTT) was developed over a decade ago, by Drs. Gartner-Schmidt and Gillespie, as a novel approach to voice therapy. It removes the therapeutic hierarchy common in most voice therapy programs. CTT flips the traditional voice therapy model on its head by focusing on sensory discrimination in real conversation, not drills or hierarchy, as the driving force for change. Increasing sensory discrimination of voice & speech production while talking is the main goal of CTT. In this workshop, participants will learn the theoretical rationale underlying CTT, its component parts, observe therapy in action, and engage in experiential learning (doing CTT!).

Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA-Fellow, is a Professor at Carlow University in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology, College of Health and Wellness, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Before her position with Carlow University, she was the co-director of the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center and director of the Speech-Language Pathology-Voice Division at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for 20 years. Dr. Gartner-Schmidt’s 30-year clinical and research focus specializes in assessing and treating patients with voice and upper airway disorders. Dr. Gartner-Schmidt is a master clinician and clinical researcher. She has been a co-investigator and consultant on many NIH studies, has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers, multiple book chapters, and online courses (MedBridge®), and has presented over 500 lectures nationally and internationally. She is also a TEDx Speaker ®.