Sarah graduated from the University of Reading in 1997 and since then has worked as a Speech and Language Therapist in the NHS and has specialised in the treatment of stuttering. Sarah joined UCS in 2008 to begin working on a longitudinal study into early childhood dysfluency. This current research project is being funded until 2013 by the Dominic Barker Trust. The aims of the research are to identify the risk factors associated with the persistence of stuttering in childhood.