Catherine Montgomery: Becoming Fearless with Stuttering (Episode 50)
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Peter and Eric interview Catherine Montgomery, the Executive Director of the American Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Professional Training. Catherine Montgomery is a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders. Catherine has been a practicing speech therapist for more than 30 years and has worked with more than 3,000 people who stutter.
Ms. Montgomery talks about becoming fearless and liberated with stuttering, advertising stuttering, voluntary stuttering, clean stuttering, the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for People Who Stutter and much more. Below is a list of a few publications written by or featuring Catherine:
- Liberating Ourselves as Clinicians: The Care and the Feeding of Us and Our Clients
- The Benefits of Stuttering: Clearing Out Some Roadblocks to Recovery
- The Treatment of Stuttering: From the Hub to the Spoke (sample of book chapter)
- The Infinite Mind: Stuttering (radio program)
- Sample Letter for Appealing Insurance Coverage
- Stuttering Institute (YouTube video)
Thanks to Yo La Tengo, The Hold Steady, and The National for supplying their musical goodness to StutterTalk. We also include some fine music from Eric's bands Rocketship Park and Higgins.
Hey guys, I think this website is really good, good work lads...my name's Pete im i have a stammer(dats wat we call a stutter in Ireland). Im Irish. I have just graduated from University in Physiology and now plan on completing a degree so that I can become a Speech therapists/pathologist. I think this is a great way of spreading the awareness of stammering which is really important.