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Robert Quesal, Ph.d., CCC-SLP is interviwed by Peter Reitzes and Eric Jackson.  Dr. Quesal is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University and is a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders. Topics discussed include John Melendez (aka Stuttering John), avoidance behaviors, therapy when in a "bad" relationship, breathing and much more.

            
Be sure and check out  Bob Quesal Talks About Stuttering (his personal Web site), his Stuttering101 episode titled Forward Moving Speech Therapy and his online course titled Stuttering Therapy: Using Problem Solving Strategies to Facilitate Generalization and Maintenance.  Below is a partial list of articles authored by Dr. Quesal:

• Empathy Based Practice in Stuttering
• Some People Just Don't Get It
• Lessons from Our Mentors
• One Size Fits All: (or: When the Only Tool You Have is a Hammer...)
• The Role of the Client in Therapy
• A Perspective on Attitudes in Stuttering
• Stuttering and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: An Update (abstract)
• Speech Treatment and Support Group Experiences of People Who Participate in the National Stuttering Association (abstract)
• Enhancing Treatment for School-Age Children Who Stutter II: Reducing Bullying Through Role-Playing and Self-Disclosure (abstract)

                                       The Our Time Theatre Company

Be sure and get to the Our Time Theatre Company's 7th Annual Benefit Gala, Monday April 13, 2009. Our Time will be honoring Howard Bingham, who most notably was Muhammed Ali's perosnal photographer. Honorary charis are Muhammed and Lonnie Ali, Bill Cosby, Camille Cosby and Carly Simon. Click here for the details.

    

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