StutterTalk.com: Talking about Stuttering: Dr. Robert Quesal - Are All Speaking Strategies Equal? (Episode 226)

Dr. Robert Quesal - Are All Speaking Strategies Equal? (Episode 226)

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Robert Quesal PhD, CCC-SLP joins Peter Reitzes and Eric Jackson to discuss numerous stuttering related topics including is fluency shaping more of a liability than stuttering modification, do some speech-language pathologists "give up" on therapy too easily because they are looking at fluency as their measure of change, does the field need to move away from traditional speech tools and choosing a speech-language pathologist.

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During the episode we discuss Relapse: A Misnomer? a wonderful article by Woody Starkweather, How to Be an Educated Consumer (Phil Schneider podcast), and topics discussed during episode 224 with Joel Korte. We ask Bob about the positive influence that his mentor, Kennon Shank, has had on his life and career and discuss the study by Quesal & Shank titled Stutterers and others: A comparison of communication attitudes (abstract).

	Bob Quesal (left) is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Illinois state license in Speech-Language Pathology. Kennon Shank (right) is Bob's longtime friend and mentor.

Bob Quesal (left) is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Illinois state license in Speech-Language Pathology.

Kennon Shank (right) is Bob's longtime friend and mentor.

Dr. Quesal has appeared on these StutterTalk episodes: