2 Sep 2013
Preschool Stuttering Treatment: Do You Wait and See When It’s Your Child? (Ep. 419)
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Ellen M. Kelly, Craig Coleman and Sheena Reilly join Peter Reitzes to discuss a current study on preschool stuttering out of Australia by Reilly and colleagues which has gathered a lot of media attention and has triggered some significant concerns in the field of speech-langauge pathology. The study, in the journal Pediatrics, is titled Natural History of Stuttering to 4 Years of Age: A Prospective Community-Based Study. The controversy or concerns have arisen, in part, because the study promotes a general policy of wait and see with preschoolers who stutter before beginning treatment. Some, including two of today’s guests, express concerns about the specific measures used in the study and the possible “over-interpretation” of the study’s findings. Guests are asked about the study itself, the response from the mainstream media and several critical press releases by the Stuttering Foundation.
Guests are asked about two Stuttering Foundation press releases linked below:
- A Blunder from Down Under: Stuttering Foundation Warns Parents Not To Be Misled By Headlines Surrounding Australian Study on Preschoolers’ Stuttering
- Our thoughts on the Australian study on preschool stuttering
and the media’s response including these stories and headlines:
- Study: Preschoolers’ stuttering not harmful (USA Today)
- Preschoolers who stutter usually turn out OK (ABC)
- My Daughter’s Stuttering Isn’t Worrying Me Anymore (The Stir)
ELLEN M. KELLY, PhD, CCC-SLP specializes in fluency disorders, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a Speech-Language Pathologist at the Bill Wilkerson Center also at Vanderbilt.
CRAIG COLEMAN, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD is an assistant professor at Marshall University and a Board-Recognized Specialist in fluency Disorders. Craig is currently serving his second term as President of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association and also serves on the Scientific and Professional Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Craig is an adjunct instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Duquesne University.
SHEENA REILLY is Director of Speech Pathology, RCH and Professor of Speech Pathology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne. Dr. Reilly holds a National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) practitioner fellowship and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. Sheena is a Fellow of the UK Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and of Speech Pathology Australia.
26 Mar 2015
Praise the Showing Up (Ep. 506)
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Vivian Sisskin joins Peter Reitzes to discuss Praise the Showing Up. Ms. Sisskin is taking up residency this week at StutterTalk for five consecutive days of episodes filled with stuttering goodness and wisdom.
Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a Clinical Professor in the department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland and a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency Disorders. Ms. Sisskin runs the Sisskin Stuttering Center in Virginia and is well known for her work in avoidance reduction therapy.