Kerianne Drukerand Dr. Tom Weidig join Peter Reitzes to discuss the Research & Publication Committee of the International Fluency Association (IFA) and the upcoming Joint World Congress.
Tom and Kerriane are asked about the PhD Forum for doctoral students in stuttering research they are starting up with the IFA, presentations they are looking forward to at the World Congress, and much more. To learn more about the PhD Forum, contact phdnetwork@theIFA.org
One World, Many Voices: Science and Community is the Inaugural Joint World Congress of the International Cluttering Association
(ICA), International Fluency Association (IFA) and International Stuttering Association (ISA), with local host organizations the Japan Society of Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders and the Japanese Stuttering Genyukai Organization. This event will be held in Hiroshima, Japan, from July 13th-16th, 2018.
Kerianne Druker resides in Australia. She is a speech language pathologist and PhD student at Curtin University. Mrs. Druker is a member of the Research & Publication Committee of the International Fluency Association (IFA).
Dr. Tom Weidig resides in Luxembourg. He is co-chair of the International Fluency Association’s Research & Publication Committee and the brain behind the popular and widely read Stuttering Brain Blog.
Bob “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss public speaking and stuttering, speaking with time limits, and the practicality of speaking accommodations.
Robert Quesal, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor emeritus of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a retired Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders.
Peter Reitzes, MA CCC-SLP is a person who stutters and President and Host of StutterTalk
Róisín McManus, Caryn Herring and Joel Korte of the StutterTalk B Team discuss the ups and downs of stuttering. Listening to this episode is like being at the coffee shop or in the back seat of the car and overhearing three amazing friends bond over stuttering.
Dr. Jennifer Chesters joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her research on transcranial direct current stimulation in stuttering treatment. Chester and colleagues current study on this topic is available at no charge.
Jennifer Chesters, MA, MSc, DPhil, is a neuroscience researcher and speech and language therapist at the Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology. Dr. Chesters is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on a team led by Kate Watkins that is investigating the neural basis of stuttering using a range of brain imaging and stimulation techniques. Dr. Chesters is first author on the recently published study “Transcranial direct current stimulation over left inferior frontal cortex improves speech fluency in adults who stutter” in the BRAIN: A Journal of Neurology.
Jane Harley joins Peter Reitzes to discuss Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) For Children & Teens Who Stutter.
Ms. Harley is asked about her one day ACT workshopin Boston, March 9-10 in Boston, sponsored by the Stuttering Foundation.
Jane Harley is a registered Speech and Language Therapist and Clinical Lead at the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering, London, UK. She also holds a Masters in Psychological Counselling. Over the last 20 years she has written about the use of cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) in working with people who stutter.
Jane Fraser joins Peter Reitzes to celebrate 70 years of the Stuttering Foundation and the power of change.
Jane Fraser is president of The Stuttering Foundation, has run the Foundation for more than 35 years, and is co-author of If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents now in its 8th edition.
Jane is asked to reflect upon the Stuttering Foundation’s impressive 70 year history and amazing catalog of affordable materials. When asked to name research she finds interesting, Ms. Fraser encourages listeners to read research by the Dana Foundation on brain plasticity. Ms. Fraser is asked about seminal Foundation materials including the bookAdvice to Those Who Stutter, the Foundation’s impressive YouTube channel, the bookSelf-Therapy for the Stutterer, the filmADHD and Stuttering, the Famous People Who Stutterbrochure and poster and the Foundation’s filmStuttering: For Kids, By Kids.
StutterTalk® is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to talking openly about stuttering. StutterTalk is the first and longest running podcast on stuttering. Since 2007 we have published more than 700 podcasts which are heard in 180 countries.
27 May 2018
PhD Forum for Doctoral Students in Stuttering Research (Ep. 643)
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Kerianne Druker and Dr. Tom Weidig join Peter Reitzes to discuss the Research & Publication Committee of the International Fluency Association (IFA) and the upcoming Joint World Congress.
Tom and Kerriane are asked about the PhD Forum for doctoral students in stuttering research they are starting up with the IFA, presentations they are looking forward to at the World Congress, and much more. To learn more about the PhD Forum, contact phdnetwork@theIFA.org
One World, Many Voices: Science and Community is the Inaugural Joint World Congress of the International Cluttering Association
(ICA), International Fluency Association (IFA) and International Stuttering Association (ISA), with local host organizations the Japan Society of Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders and the Japanese Stuttering Genyukai Organization. This event will be held in Hiroshima, Japan, from July 13th-16th, 2018.
Kerianne Druker resides in Australia. She is a speech language pathologist and PhD student at Curtin University. Mrs. Druker is a member of the Research & Publication Committee of the International Fluency Association (IFA).
Dr. Tom Weidig resides in Luxembourg. He is co-chair of the International Fluency Association’s Research & Publication Committee and the brain behind the popular and widely read Stuttering Brain Blog.