Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Certified European Stuttering Specialists ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Webinar 9th September 2026: Anne-Lise Leclercq](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-9th-september-2026-anne-lise-leclercq/) - Virtual Reality and Stuttering: Challenges and Prospects This webinar discusses the potential benefits of virtual reality (VR) as a complementary tool in supporting people who stutter. It explains what VR is, its possible applications, the mechanisms underpinning it, and the studies that have examined its use with people who stutter. It will also open up - [Webinar 19th June 2026: Kirsten Howells, Jack Nicholas & Clara Burns](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-19th-june-2026-kirsten-howells-jack-nicholas-clara-burns/) - Adventures in disclosure: The Tell, The Throw and The Catch Disclosure is consciously telling or letting someone else know something about you. Disclosure of stammering is often a tricky subject. Many people find disclosure difficult and, although the rewards can sometimes be great, the reality is that disclosure often goes wrong. In this 60-minute session, we’ll - [Webinar 17th March 2026: Vivian Sisskin](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-17th-march-2026-vivian-sisskin/) - Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering (ARTS®): From Conflict & Control to Comfort & Confidence Webinar Description: Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering (ARTS®) is a stutter-affirming therapy approach that entails letting go of physical and socio-emotional struggle. “Open stuttering”, without life impact, remains. During this brief overview of ARTS, learners will be introduced to the philosophical - [Webinar 10th October 2025: Carolyn Cheasman](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-10th-october-2025-carolyn-cheasman/) - An Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Webinar Description: This introductory webinar will cover the underlying framework to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) using 2 models to illustrate this. Due to time limitations only a few aspects can be elaborated on. These will include values identification and defusion. Application to stammering therapy will be - [Webinar 9th December 2025: George Fourlas](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-9th-december-2025-george-fourlas/) - A different way of listening to the Person who Stutters: Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SBT) with Stuttering Webinar Description: Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is an approach to psychotherapy based on solution-building rather than problem-solving. It explores current resources and future hopes rather than present problems and past causes. SFBT has been widely used in the - [Webinar 19th May 2025: Naomi Rodgers](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-19th-may-2025-naomi-rodgers/) - Awareness to Action: How SLTs Can Challenge the Stigma of Stuttering Webinar Description: Stutterers have long been subjected to stigma—from dehumanizing media portrayals, to social and vocational discrimination, to expectations that they make their speech sound more fluent. Stigma is often internalized by people who stutter, which can make our work as SLTs more complex - [Webinar 5th March 2025: Evan Usler](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-5th-march-2025-evan-usler/) - Communicative Fluency - A proposal to treat 'fluency' more fluently, and what this could mean for intervention Webinar Description: Despite ambiguity in meaning and usage, “fluency” has played a central role in the understanding and treatment of stammering and other fluency disorders. The appropriateness of the term fluency in association with stammering has been questioned - [Webinar 24th October 2024: Courtney Byrd](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-24th-october-2024-courtney-byrd/) - Empowering Advocacy in Children, Teens and Adults who Stutter: How and Why Sharing is Caring Webinar description: Contrary to the widespread notion that that effective communication requires fluency, the Blank Center’s CARE (Communication, Advocacy, Resiliency, and Education) Model rests on the evidence-based understanding that when children, teens, and adults (1) learn communication is not defined - [Webinar 1st July 2024: Dr. Yvonne van Zaalen](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-1st-july-2024-dr-yvonne-van-zaalen/) - Specific Components in the Treatment of Cluttering Speaker: Dr. Yvonne van Zaalen is an educator, researcher, clinician, and in-demand speaker, whose contributions to understanding cluttering, its assessment, differential diagnosis, and treatment have made her one of the world’s leading experts in the field. Dr. Van Zaalen is a Professor of Relational Care at the Hague - [Webinar 5th September 2024: Hilda Sønsterud](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-december-3-2021-kathleen-scaler-scott/) - Cluttering: The value of including the first-person perspective in speech-language therapy and research Webinar description: In the field of cluttering, there is still limited research into what is experienced as relevant and meaningful tools in the management of cluttering. Because of a limited knowledge base, this contribution will focus on personal experiences and what people - [How it all started](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/how-it-all-started/) - The European Clinical Specialization Fluency consortium has been running one-year specialization courses since 2008 with an annual intake of around 20 students. Graduates of this course distinguish themselves by their outstanding ability, their in-depth knowledge and their expertise in the field of stuttering and cluttering. In order to acquire and maintain European fluency specialist recognition, - [First CESS Webinar](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/first-efs-webinar/) - On Saturday November 3rd 2018, CESS organized its first Webinar. Stuttering and cluttering specialists from 6 different EU countries attended the lecture by George Fourlas on Lexipontix, a stuttering treatment program for school-aged children. - [Dutch Association for Stuttering Therapy joins CESS](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/dutch-association-for-stuttering-therapy-joins-efs/) - The NVST (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Stottertherapie) is an association of Dutch speech and language therapists, with additional certification in the field of stuttering and cluttering. The NVST was founded in 1987 with the aim to increase the knowledge about stuttering and to improve the quality of stuttering therapy in the Netherlands.The quality of its members - [Webinar Nov 12 2019: Veerle Waelkens](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-nov-12-2019-veerle-waelkens/) - Taster Mini-KIDS: Working directly with stuttering behavior of (very) young children (2-6 years) Systematic reviews indicate that direct interventions for young children who stutter, are effective. Recent knowledge about recovery and persistence needs to be involved in our clinical reasoning considering monitoring, counseling and intervention. Indication for direct intervention is discussed during this webinar. Mini-KIDS is - [Webinar June 29 2021: Selma Saad](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-june-29-selma-saad/) - Multilingualism and stuttering Abstract: Our insight in the frequency and types of the disfluencies of bilingual children who do and do not stutter is limited, because research has primarily focused on monolinguals. Recently, many studies have been carried out including children with different language dyads to better understand the interlinguistic characteristics that can distinguish bilingual - [UK National Dysfluency CEN Members to become Certified European Stuttering Specialists](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/uk-national-dysfluency-cen-clinical-excellence-network-members-to-become-european-fluency-specialists/) - The CESS board presented CEN members a special fast-track offer to become Registered Certified European Stuttering Specialists. The CESS Board recently attended a UK NATCEN (National Clinical Excellence Network) study day to present the membership with a special fast-track offer to become Registered Certified European Stuttering Specialists. The UK NATCEN members are Speech and Language - [Webinar June 29 2020: Kevin Fower](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-june-29-kevin-fower/) - Working with school-aged children who stammer This webinar will aim to increase speech and language therapists’ knowledge and understanding of assessing and working with primary school-aged children who stammer and their families. It will outline key components of therapy such as the role of parents and the environment, confidence-building and managing emotional reactions to stammering, - [Webinar April 1 2021: Jane Harley](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-april-1-2021-jane-harley/) - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in stuttering therapy Abstract: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness-based CBT approach which aims to increase individuals’ psychological flexibility. This 60-minute webinar will be a ‘taster’, introducing participants to some of key principles of ACT as well as some experiential activities to bring these to life. There will be an - [Webinar October 29 2020: Catherine Theys](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-october-29-2020-catherine-theys/) - Neurogenic stuttering: Recent findings on prevalence, neural correlates and associated (non)speech characteristics, diagnosis and treatment. Abstract: Our knowledge of neurogenic stuttering has changed significantly in the last decade. This webinar will focus on the recent findings on prevalence, neural correlates and associated speech and non-speech characteristics of neurogenic stuttering. We will discuss the different etiologies - [Webinar December 1 2020: Patricia Zebrowski](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-december-1-2020-patricia-zebrowski/) - Stuttering Therapy: What Needs to Change and Who Decides? Abstract: Adolescents and adults who stutter (AWS) often come to therapy unclear about what, if anything, they want to change about their stuttering, and why it is important for them to do so. While speech fluency is frequently at the top of the list for AWS (and - [Webinar May 13 2020: Michael Blomgren](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-may-13-michael-blomgren/) - Stuttering Therapy: Working above and below the surface. The University of Utah Intensive Stuttering Clinic will be described. This clinic has treated approximately 160 people who stutter. The clinic is a 60 hour, two-week, intensive group treatment program that offers a combination of fluency shaping and stuttering management approaches. The presentation will address the relationship - [CESS Board Changes](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/efs-board-changes/) - There are some changes to the Certified European Stuttering Specialists Board, with Elaine Kelman as Chair, Mark Pertijs as Treasurer and Kurt Eggers as Secretary. The Board met on 29th March 2019 and made plans for more webinars for the coming year. Watch this space for news of the next webinar. - [Webinar Oct 7 2019: dr. Sabine Van Eerdenbrugh](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/webinar-oct-7-2019-dr-sabine-van-eerdenbrugh/) - Problems and potential solutions for implementing the Lidcombe Program. During this talk, we will provide solution-based scenarios to challenges that parents may encounter during the Lidcombe Program. Knowing the challenge-prone themes, speech-language pathologists in the clinic could anticipate them by providing sufficient information to the parents. The solution-based scenarios will be helpful for speech-language pathologists - [CESS presents at the Joint World Congress, Japan 2018](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/efs-presents-at-the-joint-world-congress-japan-2018/) - Kurt Eggers, Mark Pertijs and Elaine Kelman, the Certified European Stuttering Specialists' Board, were joined by CESS member, Joeri Van Ormondt to deliver a presentation at the Joint World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan in July 2018. - [New milestone](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/new-milestone/) - A new milestone has been reached! More than 80 Certified European Stuttering Specialists from 15 different countries have been certified... what is more... over 60 speech-language therapists have enrolled to become Certified European Stuttering Specialists. - [CESS logo](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/new-efs-logo/) - The CESS logo was designed by STRAK, a creative think tank for web development and graphic design, located in Ghent. The logo embodies the high standards of CESS, the international dimension, and its innovative character. - [CESS Board Meetings](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/first-efs-board-meeting/) - The CESS Board meets on a quarterly basis, chaired by Mark Pertijs. The Board is responsible for the systems and finances of the CESS, as well as reviewing portfolios and overseeing CESS activity, such as presentations at conferences. - [CESS presents at ASHA, Philadelphia](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/efs-presents-at-asha-philadelphia-2/) - The CESS will present a poster titled 'The Certified European Stuttering Specialists Registration' on Friday, November 18th at 3.30pm (session number 8843 Poster Board 629) on the procedure for becoming EU Fluency Specialists. - [CESS presents at EU symposium Antwerp](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/efs-presents-at-eu-symposium-antwerp/) - On February 27th, CESS presented jointly with the Dutch Stuttering Federation a keynote lecture on the recognition of Certified European Stuttering Specialists and the benefits for CESS and NVST to join forces, i.e. to facilitate the education and registration of all NVST members in CESS. - [CESS presents at IALP Dublin](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/efs-presents-at-ialp-dublin/) - The CESS board, jointly with the ECSF steering committee, will present 'The European Model for Fluency Specialization' at the 30th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics in Dublin. This session will take place on Monday August 22nd at 14.30. Session number: M16.037 - [CESS website](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/efs-website/) - The goal of the CESS board was to develop a modern, qualitative and user-friendly website. CESS members have personal logins to their own pages and easy-access upload tools. The website will be further developed in the next couple of months. Please feel free to provide us with your comments on our contact page. ## Pages - [Welcome to CESS](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/) - Certified European Stuttering Specialists are speech and language therapists who distinguish themselves by their in-depth knowledge and skills in assessing, evaluating, and treating people with stuttering and cluttering (i.e., stuttering, cluttering). They are all clinicians and/or academics certified by the CESS Board after a process of review and approval of their clinical and/or academic work, - [Contact](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/contact/) - [About CESS](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/about-efs/) - CESS Mission To promote the highest standards of care, education, and research in the area of stuttering and cluttering among speech and language therapists in order to improve the quality of life for individuals who stutter and clutter. CESS Board The CESS board is elected by the ESS consortium for a term of three years - [Become Certified](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/become-certified/) - The European Stuttering Specialization consortium (ESS) has been running courses for qualified SLTs since 2008 with an annual intake of around 20 students. Members of this consortium are specialist therapists, researchers and lecturers working in the area of stuttering and cluttering, drawn from 13 universities and colleges in 9 EU countries, along with two associate - [Terms and Conditions](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/terms-and-conditions/) - GPDR document CESS regulations - [Shop](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/shop/) - [Cart](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/cart/) - [woocommerce_cart] - [Checkout](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/checkout/) - [woocommerce_checkout] - [My account](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/my-account/) - [woocommerce_my_account] - [Payments](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/payments/) - [Process](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/process/) - [Payment successful](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/payment-successful/) - Your payment was successful. 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Your details will be available on our Find a specialist page. Since this is an ongoing process, you can continue to upload your clinical/academic work, continued professional development, and discussion group work to the central system. When the annual payment - [Pending Payment (Candidate)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/snippet/pending-payment-candidate/) - Dear candidate, We have received your initial application for registration. Your request is now being processed and we will get back to you within the next couple of weeks. If you are not an ECSF graduate, please pay 50 EUR following which your portfolio will be reviewed via the following Mollie link: [mollie_url] - [In Progress (Candidate)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/snippet/in-progress-candidate/) - Dear candidate, Your application has been successful and you can now start the specialization process. You can upload your clinical/academic work, continued professional development, and discussion group work to the central system. Once you have reached a sufficient number of hours, you can submit your logbook for review for certification. This should always be done - [Under Review (Candidate)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/snippet/under-review-candidate/) - Thank you for submitting your logbook. - [Under Review (Certified)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/snippet/under-review-certified/) - Thank you for submitting your logbook for renewal. - [Feedback (Candidate)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/snippet/feedback-candidate/) - Dear candidate, We have now reviewed your logbook. Some issues were identified and you will receive an email with further information. Please review these issues and resubmit your logbook for review. Be sure to have a look at Appendix B and Appendix C when adding hours to your logbook. - [Profile Management](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/snippet/profile-management/) - Please note that your information will be visible on the ‘Find a Specialist’ page. Any additional information you wish to share can be provided through the ‘Biography’ field below. Please provide your password when saving new information. - [Feedback (Certified)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/snippet/feedback-certified/) - Dear European Fluency Specialist, We have now reviewed your logbook for renewal. Some issues were identified and you will receive an email with further information. Please review these issues and resubmit your logbook for review. ## Email Templates - [Receipt (user)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/receipt-user/) - I N V O I C E to: [user_email] [first_name][last_name] [user_address] [user_postalcode][user_city] [user_country] Dear [first_name] [last_name] Thank you for paying your annual Certified European Stuttering Specialists subscription of [payment_total] euro (no VAT), with ID: [payment_id] [payment_created] [payment_description] Status: [payment_status] We look forward to our ongoing collaboration as Certified European Stuttering Specialists. Best - [Annual payment information (user)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/annual-payment-information-user/) - Dear [first_name] [last_name], We would like to invite you to pay your annual CESS fee payment of 60 EUR before 1st October via the following url: [mollie_url] If you have already paid this calendar year, please disregard this email. We look forward to our ongoing collaboration as Certified European Stuttering Specialists. Best wishes The CESS - [Receipt annual payment (user)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/receipt-annual-payment-user/) - Payment receipt Dear [first_name] [last_name] Thank you for paying your annual Certified European Stuttering Specialists subscription of €60 (no VAT). We look forward to our ongoing collaboration as Certified European Stuttering Specialists. Best wishes, The CESS Board Stichting Certified European Stuttering Specialists Uilenstede 475 1183 AG Amstelveen The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce/KVK: 65487478 - [Initial payment information (user)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/initial-payment-information-user/) - Dear [first_name] [last_name] We have received your request for certification. You will now be forwarded to Mollie to pay a subscription of 60 EUR in order for the review to start. We look forward to our future collaboration as Certified European Stuttering Specialists. Best wishes The CESS Board - [Certified (user)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/certified-user/) - Congratulations! Dear [first_name] [last_name] The CESS board is happy to announce that you are now registered as a Certified European Stuttering Specialist. Your details will be available on our Find a Specialist page. We look forward to our ongoing collaboration as Certified European Stuttering Specialists. If this is your first registration, you will receive a certificate and the - [Follow-up (user)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/follow-up-user/) - Dear [first_name] [last_name], We would like to thank you for being part of this network. We would also like to remind those of you who want to submit their logbooks for the first time (to become certified) or those of you whose three-year certification period is about to end and wish to renew, that your - [Logbook submit (admin)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/logbook-submit-admin/) - Dear board-members, [first_name] [last_name] submitted their logbook The users email-address is: [user_email] You can view the submitted logbook here: [user_profile] All the best, CESS - [Logbook submission (user)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/renewal-user/) - Dear [first_name] [last_name], We would like to thank you for being part of this network. We would also like to remind those of you who want to submit their logbooks for the first time (to become certified) or those of you whose three-year certification period is about to end and wish to renew, that your - [Pending registration approval](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/pending-registration-approval/) - Registration approved Dear [first_name] [last_name] You have now been successfully registered and can start the specialization process. Please upload your clinical/academic work, continued professional development, and discussion group work to the central system. Once you have reached a sufficient number of hours, you can submit your logbook for review for certification. This should always be - [Registration notification (user)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/registration-notification-user/) - Welcome [first_name]! 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Your request is now being reviewed and we will get back to you in the next few weeks. We look forward to our future collaboration as Certified European Stuttering Specialists. Best wishes The CESS Board - [E-mail change (old address)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/e-mail-change-old-address/) - Email changed Dear [last_name][first_name] You have successfully changed your email address in the CESS system. From now on this email account will no longer be used and all correspondence will be sent to [user_email]. If you did not change your email, please contact info@certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu We look forward to our ongoing collaboration as Certified European Stuttering - [E-mail change (new address)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/e-mail-change-new-address/) - Email changed Dear [first_name] [last_name] You have successfully changed your email address in the CESS system. From now on this email account will be used for all correspondence. We look forward to our ongoing collaboration as Certified European Stuttering Specialists. Best wishes The CESS Board - [Password change](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/password-change/) - Dear [last_name][first_name] You have successfully changed your password for the CESS system. We look forward to our ongoing collaboration as Certified European Stuttering Specialists. Best wishes The CESS Board - [Registration notification (admin)](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/template/registration-notification-admin/) - A person has sent in the initial application for registration; please review if eligibility criteria have been met, and for non-ECSF registrants, that payment is fullfilled. User details: [user_email] [first_name] [last_name] [user_registered] [user_address] [user_city] [user_postalcode] [user_country] [user_phone] ## Ambassadors - [International Fluency Association](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/ambassador/international-fluency-association/) - This European Fluency consortium is now doing what it has done best since 2008, generated informed leadership and clinical service to those with fluency disorders such as stuttering. Students from more than 20 countries have graduated and this new follow-up trajectory for becoming a European Fluency Specialist, and requirements to maintain specialty recognition are further - [British Stammering Association](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/ambassador/british-stammering-association/) - The British Stammering Association has always been of the view that while many pre-school children who stammer can be supported by a generalist Speech and Language Therapist (as long as these have access to a specialist in stammering for support and advice), any person who stammers from school-age upwards requires specialist intervention to support them - [Erasmus University Medical Center](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/ambassador/marie-christine-franken/) - Stuttering can seriously impact the development of a child and parents can be extremely worried by it. Research has shown that severe stuttering negatively impacts the quality of life of adults who stutter . To provide the best therapy possible to those who stutter, clinicians treating stuttering need to have a solid, up-to-date foundation of - [Clinical Excellence Network](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/ambassador/clinical-excellence-network/) - The National Clinical Excellence Network (CEN) in Disorders of Fluency in the UK welcomes this exciting initiative to develop Certified European Stuttering Specialists (CESS) to work with those who stutter or clutter. The CEN seeks to support speech and language therapists across the UK in the ongoing development of their skills in working with children - [The Stuttering Foundation](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/ambassador/the-stuttering-foundation/) - The Stuttering Foundation is delighted to endorse this important initiative to develop a European Fluency Specialist status for therapists working in our field. Throughout its almost 70-year history, the Stuttering Foundation has sought to provide training and resources to equip professionals to provide improved services. It is critically important that there be more therapists with ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/category/uncategorized/) - [News](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/category/news/) ## Filters - [Document](https://certifiedeuropeanstutteringspecialists.eu/filter/document/)