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Selma SAAD MEROUWE

Coordinateur des études et stages - 4ème année

Chargé de formation pratique - M2R, Doctorat en cours

Institut supérieur d'orthophonie (ISO)
Centre de diagnostics, de soins et de recherche en orthophonie (CDRO)

(+961) 1 421 000 ext 6741 salma.saad@usj.edu.lb

Selma Saad Merouwe a obtenu son diplôme en orthophonie en 2006 de l'université Saint-Joseph et son master de recherche en orthophonie en 2012. Elle a obtenu son diplôme de spécialisation dans le domaine des troubles de la fluence en 2018 (European Clinical Specialization Fluency disorders). Actuellement, elle est doctorante à l’Université de Turku et à l’Université Saint-Joseph (USJ). Elle est coordinatrice de cours et de stages, chargée de cours et de formation pratique à l’Institut Supérieur d’Orthophonie de l’USJ, et directrice de mémoires. Sa pratique clinique et ses recherches portent sur les troubles de la fluence et du langage oral dans des contextes de plurilinguisme.   


• European Stuttering Specialization
• Master recherche en orthophonie
• Master recherche
• Diplôme d'orthophonie
• Diplôme d'orthophonie

Troubles de la fluence S5

Fluency disorders S6
Clinical decision-making in fluency disorders/Prises de décisions cliniques dans le cadre des troubles de la fluence M2
Clinical approach to SLT S7-S8
Research methods 1: Introduction to research in speech-language pathology
Research methods 2: Scientific reading and critical appraisal

Médecine et Santé

Bégaiement et bilinguisme


Adaptation des outils d'évaluation du bégaiement au contexte Libanais

Etats des lieux des pratiques d'évaluation et d'intervention orthophonique dans le cadre du bégaiement

Saad Merouwe, S., Bertram, R., & Eggers, K. (in press). Speech disfluencies in bilingual Lebanese children who do and do not stutter. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Krawczyk, A., & Saad Merouwe, S. (2023). Stuttering and bilingualism in children and adults: Current research and future developments. In H. Sønsterud & K. Węsierska, Dialogue without barriers: A comprehensive approach to dealing with stuttering, 359-388, Agere Aude. 

Saad Merouwe, S., Bertram, R., Richa, S., & Eggers, K. (2023b). Identification of Stuttering in Bilingual Lebanese Children Across Two Presentation Modes. Journal of Fluency Disorders. 76. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.105970

Saad Merouwe, S., Bertram, R., Richa, S., & Eggers, K. (2023a). Stuttering Severity Judgments by Speech-Language Pathologists of Bilingual Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1159/000528520

Saad Merouwe, S., Bertram, R., Richa, S., & Eggers, K. (2022). Bilinguisme et bégaiement : Revue de la littérature et implications sur le diagnostic clinique. Glossa132, 67-91.

Del Gado, F., Özdemir, S., Saad Merouwe, S., & Węsierska, K. (2022). Multicultural Commonalities in Stuttering and intervention. In K. Eggers & M. M. Leahy (Eds.), Clinical Cases in Dysfluency. 104-113. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003179016-11

Saad, S., & Henry, G. (2020). Epreuve de Répétiton de phrases: Litmus-SR-Liban. In R. Zebib, P. Prévost, L. Tuller & G. Henry (Eds.), Plurilinguisme et Troubles spécifiques du langage au Liban, Presses universitaires de l’Université Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth

Saad Merouwe, S. (2020). Tailoring the treatment to the needs of the person who stutters – based on a clinical case study, in Zaburzenia plynnosci mowy 2, Katowice.

Saad Merouwe, S. & Abou Melhem, M. (2018). State of stuttering intervention practices in Lebanon, in Zaburzenia plynnosci mowy, Katowice


Oral presentation: "Speech disfluencies in bilingual speakers: Diagnostical entanglements", WSCO conference, Texas, 2024

Oral presentation: “Identification of Stuttering in bilingual Lebanese children across two presentation modes”, JWCSC, Canada, 2022

Keynote speech on “Stuttering and bilingualism”, Symposium on stuttering, Ghent university, Belgium, 2022

Webinar "Speech disfluencies in bilingual speakers", European Fluency Specialists, 29 June 2021

Présentation orale “Les dysfluences verbales des personnes bilingues”, séminaire Octogone-Lordat, Université de Toulouse, Mars 2021

Webinar “Speech disfluencies in bilingual speakers”, International days conference, Thomas More, Belgium, March 2021

Keynote speaker “How should we interact with adults who stutter? Cross cultural findings on stuttering adults preferences for support and assistance”, ECSF symposium, Belgium, February 2020

Seminar “Tailoring the therapy to the needs of the person who stutters” & poster presentation, Fluency disorders, Theory and practice, Katowice, Poland, September 2018


- World Stuttering and Cluttering organization conference, Texas, 2024 - Webinar “Mitigating Fluency conformity through evidence-based CARE”, Courtney Byrd, 2024 - Webinar “It’s not about me: Developing a counseling mindset for working with persons who stutter”, Anthony DiLollo, 2023 - Webinar “Assessing preschoolers for stuttering”, Ellen Kelly, 2023 - Webinar “Humor and creativity”, Joseph Agius, 2023 - 8th European symposium on Fluency Disorders, Belgium, 2023 - Webinar “Cluttering: Expanding your evaluation and treatment horizons”, K. S. Scott, 2023 - Webinar “Cluttering my story”, Rutger Wilhelm, 2022 - Webinar “Stammering and autism”, Gemma Clarke, 2022 - Webinar “Building confidence and resilience in children who stutter”, Sarah Caughter, 2022 - Webinar “Demands and capacities model-based treatment for preschool stuttering children”, M-C Franken, 2022 - Joint Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering, Canada, 2022 - Webinar “Fluency Plus: Managing fluency disorders in individuals with concomitant diagnoses”, K. S. Scott, 2021 - Webinar “Acceptance and commitment therapy”, Jane Harley, 2021 - Oxford Dysfluency conference (online), 2021 - Webinar “Emotional regulation in children who stutter”, Kurt Eggers, 2020 - Webinar “Stuttering therapy: what needs to change and who decides”, Patricia Zebrowski, 2020 - Webinar “Neurogenic stuttering”, Catherine Theys, 2020 - Webinar “Evaluating a young child who stutters chances of persisting: what do we know and what can we do?” Cara Singer, 2020 - Webinar “Working with school-aged children who stammer”, Kevin Fower, 2020 - Webinar “Stuttering therapy: Working above and beyond the surface”, Michael Blomgren, 2020 - 7th European Symposium on Fluency Disorders, Belgium, 2020 - Workshop “Résolution des conflits et médiation”, USJ, 2020 - Conference “4ème université d’automne”, USJ, 2019 - Workshop on statistics with Raymond Bou Nader, USJ, 2019 - Staff exchange ERASMUS at Thomas More university, Belgium, 2019 - Workshop “Individualizing therapy with fluency disorders: Stuttering and cluttering, K. O. St. Louis, Lebanon, 2019 - Conference “Stuttering adults: what we think, feel, or do and what they want”, K. O. St. Louis, Lebanon, 2019 - Workshop “Pragmatique et discours”, Didier Roch, USJ, 2018 - Conference “Executive functioning in children who stutter, Kurt Eggers, USJ, 2018 - International Conference on Logopedics – “Fluency Disorders: Theory and Practice”, Poland, 2018 - International Fluency Association congress, Japan, 2018 - 3rd International Conference on Stuttering, Italy, 2018 - Two-week internship at the Michael Palin Center, the United Kingdom, 2018 - 6th European Symposium on Fluency Disorders, Belgium, 2018 - Workshop “A constructivist Framework for Counseling with Persons Who Stutter” with Anthony DiLollo, Belgium, 2018 - Workshop “Childes” with Eleonore Morin, USJ, 2018 - International Conference on Logopedics "Fluency Disorders: Theory and Practice", Poland, 2016 - Workshop “Working with school aged children who stutter” with Jane Harley, Poland, 2016 - Workshop “Cluttering” with Florence Myers, Poland, 2016 - Visuo-conference with David Shapiro, Lebanon, 2015 - Two-day workshop on cluttering with Yvonne Van Zaalen, Lebanon, 2015 - International Fluency Association congress, Portugal, 2015 - Workshop “Demands and capacities model” with Elaine Kelman, Portugal, 2015 - Workshop “Working with adults who stutter” with Walt Manning, Portugal, 2015 - Intensive week training on stuttering (level 2) – Villers/mer-France, 2014 - Internship with children with autism in a psychiatric hospital, Tours-France, 2012 - One-week internship at Anne-Marie Simon’s private clinic, France, 2011 - Workshop “Solution focused brief therapy” with Willie Botteril, Lebanon, 2011 - Workshop “Self-esteem techniques” with Mireille Gayraud-Andell, Lebanon, 2011 - Seminar about autism with Pascale Dansart and Catherine Barthelemy, Lebanon, 2010 - Intensive week training about stuttering (level 1), Villers/mer-France, 2009 - Two-week internship in a geriatric hospital, France, 2009 - One-week workshop on stuttering with Anne-Marie Simon, Lebanon, 2009 - Two-day workshop on aphasia with Philippe Van Eeckhout, Lebanon, 2008