Good Stuttering with Britni and Miranda (358)

29 Jul 2012

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Miranda Smith joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss stuttering, working as a waitress who stutters, her active involvement with National Stuttering Association and much more.

MIRANDA SMITH is a sophomore studying Computer Information Technology at Northern Kentucky University. She keeps herself busy between going to school full time, working as a waitress, coaching two cheerleading teams, and being a licensed Zumba instructor. Miranda joined the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in 2010 at the Cleveland conference. From there, she helped to begin the Cincinnati Chapter of the NSA and then the Youth Cincinnati Chapter of the NSA. She has been involved in Youth Days and is the teen host for the NSA Family Radio show. She also currently holds the position for the Teen Advisory Council Chairperson on the Board of Directors for the NSA.

Miranda believes that stuttering makes her a unique, strong person and doesn’t let stuttering hold her back from anything she wants to do. She says “do the unthinkable because nothing is impossible” and she strives to show others that they can’t miss out on their life because of a little bump in the road called stuttering.

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Gage Hankins Survivor of Aurora Shooting Speaks from Stuttering Convention (357)

22 Jul 2012

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Gage Hankins with Meghan Walton

Gage Hankins, survivor of Aurora shooting, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the tragedy in Colorado, the 2012 annual convention of FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter and how he has greatly benefited from being part of the stuttering self help community.

When 18-year-old GAGE HANKINS was shot in the arm during the Aurora massacre, he refused medical attention until more seriously injured victims could be treated first. Gage was in Colorado to attend the annual convention of FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter. This morning he talked with StutterTalk. It’s a potent 20 minutes, well worth your listen.

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Stuttering Excitement and Changing Perspectives with Father and Son (356)

22 Jul 2012

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Del Siegmund and his son Grant join Caryn Herring and Joel Korte to discuss stuttering and the 2012  annual convention of FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter in Denver, Colorado.
CARYN HERRING and JOEL KORTE (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) speak with DEL SIEGMUND and his son GRANT. This is Del and Grant’s second FRIENDS convention. They talk about how they got involved in the FRIENDS conference, how their perspectives have changed at FRIENDS, the family support atmosphere, what it’s like to be a kid that stutters and much more.

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True Stuttering at FRIENDS Stuttering Convention (355)

22 Jul 2012

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Tim Flynn, M.S., CCC-SLP, joins Caryn Herring and Joel Korte to discuss stuttering and the 2012  annual convention of FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter in Denver, Colorado.

CARYN HERRING and JOEL KORTE (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) speak with TIM FLYNN who works as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the public school system in Maryland. He was also a participant in the MTV “True Life” episode on stuttering along side Caryn. In today’s episode, they talk about their perspectives on this years conference as well as Tim and Caryn’s experiences during the filming of MTV “True Life: I Stutter.”

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FRIENDS is Family and a Stuttering Convention Update (354)

21 Jul 2012

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Ms. Kisha Fowlkes, a parent attending the FRIENDS stuttering convention with her 10-year-old son Kyle, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering, convention highlights and to update listeners on how conference participants are coping with the shooting tragedy in Colorado.

Ms. Fowlkes is attending the 15 annual convention of FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter. Ms. Fowlkes explains that she is attending the convention to help her son who stutters transition from elementary to middle school in a productive way and to learn more about stuttering.

This year’s convention is being held in Denver, Colorado. A gunman shot and killed 12 people in a nearby Aurora, Colorado movie theater. One of the people wounded, but not killed, is Gage Hankins who is attending the convention. Ms. Fowlkes updates listeners about how convention participants are coping with this tragedy.

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Safe at the FRIENDS Stuttering Convention (353)

21 Jul 2012

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Jeremiah, Joel, Sara and Caryn

Sara MacIntyre and Jeremiah Kitchen join Caryn Herring and Joel Korte to discuss stuttering and the 2012  annual convention of FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter in Denver, Colorado.

CARYN HERRING and JOEL KORTE (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) talk with Sara MacIntyre and Jeremiah Kitchen at the 2012 FRIENDS convention in Denver. They start by reflecting on the tragedythat happened in the early hours of the day and further talk about how the atmosphere at FRIENDS has been affected by the event. They discuss a cool voluntary stuttering workshop, word switching, the intimate experience of a FRIENDS conference, and various conference workshops.

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Bravery at the FRIENDS Stuttering Convention (352)

21 Jul 2012

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Danny and MeghanDanny Murphy and Meghan Walton join Peter Reitzes to discuss  a terrible tragedy which has touched the stuttering community and a brave response.

DANNY MURPHY and MEGHAN WALTON are both attending their 15 consecutive conferences of FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter. This year’s conference is being held in Denver, Colorado. A gunman shot and killed 12 people in a nearby Aurora, Colorado movie theater. One of the people wounded, but not killed, is Gage Hankins, 18 of Ohio, who is attending the FRIENDS convention.

Meghan was sitting next to Gage in the theater and provides a firsthand account of the event. Danny discusses how the tragedy has affected him and others attending the conference. Meghan explains how after being shot, Gage asked the paramedics to help others before

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Shooting Tragedy Touches Stuttering Community (351)

20 Jul 2012

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Mitch Trichon

Mitchell Trichon, Ph.D. joins Peter Reitzes to discuss  a terrible tragedy which has touched the stuttering community.

Dr. Trichon is attending the 15th Annual convention of FRIENDS: The National
Association of Young People Who Stutter going on now in Denver, Colorado. A
gunman shot and killed 12 people in a nearby Aurora, Colorado movie theater.

One of the people wounded, but not killed, was Gage Hankins, 18 of Ohio, who was attending the FRIENDS convention. Today on the podcast Mitch takes a few minutes away from the workshops to discuss this tragedy and the feeling at the conference.

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Gaining Confidence with the Stuttering Foundation (350)

17 Jul 2012

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back row: workshop participants
front: Vivian Sisskin, Dr. Lisa Scott, Jane Fraser, Dr. Joseph Donaher

Stuttering Foundation presenters Dr. Joseph Donaher and Vivian Sisskin and workshop participants join Peter Reitzes to discuss the Foundation’s weeklong workshop for speech-language pathologists, Treating Children and Adolescents Who Stutter, held this past week in Philadelphia.

Presenters Donaher and Sisskin are joined by workshop participants Beth Brant, Gail Dunn and Amanda Wells. Participants discuss the confidence, knowledge and skills they gained. Participants also discuss their great appreciation for the Foundation’s focus on current research and evidence and their problem solving approach to individualized speech therapy.

JOSEPH DONAHER, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, coordinates the Stuttering Program at the Center for Childhood Communication at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders and is the presenter in the Stuttering Foundation’s new film titled ADHD & Children Who Stutter.

VIVIAN SISSKIN, M.S., CCC-SLP, is an instructor and clinical supervisor in the department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland and a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders.

Speech-language pathologists interested in attending a Stuttering Foundation workshop, click here. People who stutter looking for a speech-language pathologist, check out the Foundation’s referral list.

If you have attended a Stuttering Foundation workshop and want to stay in touch with other participants, check out this SFAWorkshopAlumni Yahoo group administered by past StutterTalk guest Voon Pang.

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Stuttering: The World’s Greatest Social Filter (349)

13 Jul 2012

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Jay Jones Doyle joins Roisn McManus to discuss stuttering, his career and much more for this first installment of Roisin’s Going After It series – a StutterTalk series about ambition, success and stuttering.

JAY JONES DOYLE, hailing from Montreal, Canada, is currently working as an intern at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. He is a recent recipient of a Masters of Science in Business Administration from the John Molson School of Business, where he was the President of the Business Graduate Students’ Association. He appeared on StutterTalk episode 136.

Roisin can be contacted at roisin@stuttertalk.com and can be heard on StutterTalk B Team episodes.

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