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Succeeding and Crashing After Hollins Stuttering Treatment (Ep. 398)

stuttertalk — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:45:44 +0000

Four people who stutter, Harry Payne, Sarah Bryant, Alan Reznik, and Lance Lambert join Peter Reitzes to discuss their stuttering treatment experiences at the Hollins Communications Research Institute (HCRI). We then hear from Dr. Ronald Webster, the Founder and Director of HCRI.

Guests on today’s show discuss a wide range of experiences including success after therapy, crashing (losing their fluency and falling apart) after therapy, strengths and weaknesses of HCRI stuttering treatment, HCRI’s marketing statements and much more.

Mr. Reitzes asks Dr. Webster about the data and marketing statement on HCRI’s website which states “98% recommend HCRI to others who stutter.” Mr. Reitzes points out that as far as back as 1997, HCRI reported on their website that “98% said they would recommend it [Hollins treatment] to other stutterers.” In 1997 HCRI reported having served more than 3,900 people who stutter. HCRI currently reports having served 6,200 people. Mr. Reitzes stated that it is uncanny that for 16 consecutive years, with the addition of thousands of new clients, the 98% recommendation rate has not fluctuated.

HARRY PAYNE is a lawyer and partner in Scott, Payne, Boyle and Swart in Wilmington, NC, and served New Hanover County in the NC House of Representatives for six terms. Mr. Payne attended HCRI in the early 1970s.

SARAH BRYANT is a 28 year old person who stutters and in graduate school at Longwood University in Virginia working on her Masters Degree in Community and College Counseling. Sarah plans to graduate in December and hopes to be an academic advisor at the college level. In 2006 Sarah participated in an HCRI treatment course.

ALAN REZNIK is a 73-year old professor-emeritus of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburg where he was Director of the Petroleum Engineering. Dr. Reznik attended Hollins in 1989 just before his 50th birthday.

LANCE LAMBERT is 26 year old person who stutters in New Braunfels, Texas. Mr. Lambert served 6 years in the military and was stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado. In 2012 Lance attended the intensive treatment program at the Hollins Communications Research Institute.

Dr. Ronald Webster

DR. RONALD L. WEBSTER is a clinical psychologist and Founder and President of the Hollins Communications Research Institute.

StutterTalk in no way adopts or endorses the views expressed from the people heard in today’s episode. Rather, our purpose is to provide a forum for people to express different views and different experiences.

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Covert Stuttering with Jeff Olson (397)

stuttertalk — Sun, 12 May 2013 10:00:18 +0000

Jeff Olson

Jeff Olson joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss his life with covert stuttering, waiting for stuttering to go away, turning 40 and deciding to make changes, quitting his job to work on stuttering and much more. Jeff and Britni discuss funny stuttering experiences, “tricks” they have used to avoid stuttering and vicarious stuttering feelings.

JEFF OLSON is a person who stutters and works as a Design Engineer in Portland, Oregon. He attended his first National Stuttering Association (NSA) annual conference in 2009 and has attended several annual conferences since then. He is a member of the NSA Portland chapter.

100 Stutter Project with Cameron Francek (Episode 396)

stuttertalk — Sun, 05 May 2013 10:00:41 +0000

CAMERON FRANCEK joins CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) to discuss his 100 Stutter Project in which he advertises his stuttering to at least one person a day, for 100 days in a row.

Cameron was recently featured in the Detroit Free Press and USA Today with an article and video.

Stutter More and Beyond Fluency with Emma Alpern (395)

stuttertalk — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:13:21 +0000

Emma Alpern

Emma Alpern joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering openly, “giving up the fight against stuttering,” covert stuttering, passing as fluent, taking uncomfortable risks, stuttering less by stuttering more and much more.

EMMA ALPERN is a person who stutters and a graduate student studying American Literature at the University of Virginia. Emma went to college in New York and grew up in Philadelphia. Emma is interested in stuttering acceptance and options for stutterers beyond fluency. She blogs at stuttermore.tumblr.com.

Stuttering, Weddings, and Advertising (394)

stuttertalk — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:53:00 +0000

Roisin McManus, B Team Host, wrote a chapter in the StutterTalk book

CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) begin the show by discussing a stuttering dream Roisin had minutes before they began recording. The dream revolves around Roisin’s role speaking at an upcoming wedding, so the group discusses different ways Roisin may or may not want to advertise. Later, Joel talks about working as a Speech-Language Pathologist. The B Team wraps up the show by discussing an experience Caryn recently had at a special needs exhibition.

B Team episodes are archived here.

StutterTalk has published a number of episodes focussing on advertising, archived here.

Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice with Katherine Preston (393)

stuttertalk — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:42:11 +0000

Katherine Preston

Katherine Preston joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her new book Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice. Katherine’s wonderful new book tells her stuttering story while weaving in the thoughts and voices of leading professionals and other stutterers. During today’s episode Katherine discusses her decision to move to New York from England in pursuit of writing a memoir on stuttering, embracing stuttering and the stuttering community and interviewing more than 100 stutterers, self help leaders, leading researchers and therapists.

Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice

KATHERINE PRESTON is a freelance writer, motivational public speaker and is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of the cell phone recycling business ExchangeMyPhone. Raised in England, Preston now lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Brain Imaging Research and Stuttering with Dr. Deryk Beal (392)

stuttertalk — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:42:55 +0000

Dr. Deryk Beal, Executive Director of the Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research

Deryk Beal, PhD, R-SLP, CCC-SLP, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss brain imaging research, related research and stuttering. Dr. Beal is asked about structural and functional brain imaging research with people who stutter. Dr. Beal is asked to consider this research in relation to gender, severity, recovery, persistency, covert stuttering (passing as fluent), singing, cerebral dominance, other speech disorders (such as apraxia), treatment, relapse and much more. Deryk also discusses deep brain stimulation and direct current stimulation.

DR. DERYK BEAL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and the Executive Director of the Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR) at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Dr. Beal’s research program aims to understand the neurobiological origins of speech production, stuttering and associated disorders of speech motor control at multiple levels of organization. Deryk’s ultimate goal is to leverage this knowledge for improv cal treatment via genetic risk assessment for dysfluent speech and the development of novel pharmaceutical and neurorehabilitative interventions.

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Some References and Related Links from Today’s Episode:

Beal, D. (2011). The advancement of neuroimaging research investigating developmental stuttering. Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders. 21(3). 88-95.
Beal, D. (2013). Brain development in stuttering. Stuttering Foundation Newsletter, Winter 2013.
Chang S, Erickson KI, Ambrose NG, Hasegawa-Johnson MA, Ludlow CL. (2008). Brain anatomy differences in childhood stuttering. NeuroImage. 39(3): 1333–1344.
Chang S, Kenney MK, Loucks TMJ, Ludlow CL (2009). Brain activation abnormalities during speech and non-speech in stuttering speakers. NeuroImage. 46(1): 201–212.
De Nil LF, Beal DS, Lafaille SJ, Kroll RM, Crawley AP, Gracco VL. (2008). The effects of simulated stuttering and prolonged speech on the neural activation patterns of stuttering and nonstuttering adults. Brain and Language. 107(2): 114–123.
Kell CA, Neumann K, Von Kriegstein K, Posenenske C, Von Gudenberg AW, Euler H, Giraud A.(2009). How the brain repairs stuttering. Brain. 132(10): 2747–2760.
Watkins KE, Vargha-Khadem F, Ashburner J, Passingham RE, Connelly A, Friston KJ, Frackowiak RSJ, Mishkin M, Gadian DG. (2002). MRI analysis of an inherited speech and language disorder: Structural brain abnormalities. Brain. 125: 465–478.
Watkins, K. (2008). Mind over white matter: Differences in brains of young people who stammer. Speaking Out, Spring Edition (a publication of the British Stammering Association), 14-15.
Deryk conquering the stuttering wildness (2010). Stuttering Brain Interview with Dr. Tom Weidig.

Next Sunday: Katherine Preston

Katherine Preston, next week on StutterTalk

Next week StutterTalk is scheduled to speak with Katherine Preston, author of the beautifully written, forthcoming book Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice.

Letting Go of Fluency with Nadia Alobaid (391)

stuttertalk — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:37:18 +0000

Nadia Alobaid

Nadia Alobaid joins Peter Reitzes to discuss facing covert stuttering, letting go of fluency, seeking and facing shame, successful and unsuccessful speech therapy experiences, making choices when feeling desperate about stuttering, being a speech-langauge pathology graduate student and much more.

NADIA ALOBAID is a 27 years-old person who stutters who was born in Kuwait where she lived for 13 years before moving to Eugene, Oregon in the United States. Nadia is currently a second year speech-language pathology graduate student at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

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Online Dating and Stuttering with Sara MacIntyre (390)

stuttertalk — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:43:10 +0000

Sara MacIntyre

Return guest SARA MACINTYRE joins CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) to discuss online dating and stuttering. They discuss how best to advertise your stuttering while on a date, people’s reactions to stuttering, gender roles and stuttering, and much more.

Sara has been featured many times on StutterTalk. Her appearances are archived here. Be sure and check out Sara’s recently published chapter titled Passing as Fluent in Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.

Sara MacIntyre is a person who stutters and a graduate student studying Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her Bachelor degree in Finance from Lehigh University in 2009 and worked in Washington D.C. for an investment consulting firm prior to returning to school. Sara leads a support group for teens who stutter in Pittsburgh and is personally active with both the National Stuttering Association and FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter.

Talking About Covert Stuttering (389)

stuttertalk — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:42:36 +0000

Jennifer Campbell, PhD Candidate, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

Jennifer Campbell joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss her life with covert stuttering, finding self help for people who stutter and competing in a speaking competition. Jennifer discusses having a grandmother who is also covert stutterer and shares that they have never talked about their stuttering.

Britni and Jennifer share covert stuttering stories. Jennifer discusses having a college roommate who was also a covert stutterer, coming out of her “stuttering closet,” speaking to family members and friends about stuttering, participating in a voluntary stuttering workshop, how tiring it is to be a covert stutterer and how she hopes one day to be an overt stutterer.

JENNIFER CAMPBELL is a PhD candidate in Engineering Physics at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Her research is in nano-electromechanical systems. She attended her first National Stuttering Association (NSA) conference in 2010 and it was a life-changing experience.

Stuttering: Tell Me What To Do (388)

stuttertalk — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:37:54 +0000

Dr. Phil Schneider

Phil Schneider, Ed.D. CCC-SLP, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss how to respond to speech-language pathologists and people who stutter who say “tell me what to do.” Dr. Schneider is also asked to discuss the role of people who stutter giving advice to one another. A good alternate title for this episode is “Honor the Listening.”

PHIL SCHNEIDER is a Board Recognized Fluency Specialist, an Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders at Queens College, has been in private practice for more than 35 years and is an adviser to StutterTalk. Phil wrote, with Uri Schneider, the chapter titled “Soul-utions in Therapy for People Who Stutter” in the StutterTalk book Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom available at Amazon and elsewhere in paperback and as an ebook. To find out more about the work Phil and his colleagues do, go to schneiderspeech.com.

During today’s episode Phil mentioned these fine referral lists:

Related Episode: How To Be an Educated Consumer (83) with Dr. Phil Schneider.

“Speech Tool Guy” Revisited: Joel’s Current Struggles with Stuttering (387)

stuttertalk — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:40:34 +0000

Joel Korte

CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team“) discuss Joel’s current struggles with stuttering as well as “Speech Tool Guy,” a concept he made up and introduced in episode 374. Joel loosely defines “Speech Tool Guy” as a character who is never ashamed of stuttering, using speech tools, or being fluent. Roisin shares a “healthy skepticism” of Speech Tool Guy while Joel tries to figure out the best direction for controlling his stuttering.

Joel shares that, “Every time I try really, really hard not to stutter, it’s a disaster.”

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Advertising, “Speech Tool Guy” and Hurricane Sandy (374)

Singing and Stuttering (386)

stuttertalk — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:18:55 +0000

Why Does Singing Significantly Reduce Stuttering?

Dr. E. Charles Healey

Dr. E. Charles Healey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD and Rachel Shill join Peter Reitzes to discuss singing and stuttering and why stuttering is often significantly reduced when singing.

First, Rachel Shill talks about being a songwriter who stutters and how singing has given her a “voice she can rely on.” Rachel sings two songs live on today’s episode.

Then Dr. Healey joins the conversation and is asked about a wide range of topics pertaining to singing and stuttering. Dr. Healey discusses research pertaining to singing and stuttering, treatment implications and other fluency enhancing conditions such as speaking to animals or when alone. Peter wonders if there are any similarities between fluency shaping and singing. Dr. Healey is asked about numerous comments left at the StutterTalk Facebook group in anticipation of today’s episode.

Rachel Shill

E. CHARLES HEALEY is a professor of speech-language pathology at the University of Nebraska for the past 36 years, a fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, a Board Recognized Fluency Specialist and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Fluency Disorders. Dr. Healey co-developed the well known CALMS Model of stuttering (Cognitive, Affective, Linguistic, Motor and Social). Dr. Healey published, in cooperation with his university, the CALMS Assessment for school age children who stutter.

RACHEL SHILL is a person who stutters, a 32 year old professional chef and a musician from the south west of England. Her spare time is spent writing music, helping out at her local recording studio and blogging at Thoughts From a Closed Mind.

PETER REITZES is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist.

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Mel Tillis Talks about Stuttering, Singing and National Stuttering Awareness Week (115)

Joel Sings about Stuttering and the B Team Discuss Clinical Supervisors Concerned about Stuttering (267)

Some references from today’s episode

Stuttering Foundation press release Singing and Stuttering: What We Know.

Healey, E.C., Mallard, III, A.R., & Adams, M.R. (1976). Factors contributing to the reduction of stuttering during singing. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 19, 475-480.

Packman, A., & Onslow, M. (1999). Stuttering and disfluent wind instrument playing. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 24, 293-298.

Soo-Eun, C. (2011). Using Brain Imaging to Unravel the Mysteries of Stuttering. The Dana Foundation.

Wan CY, Uber TR, Hohmann A, Schlaug G. The Therapeutic Effects of Singing in Neurological Disorders. Music Percept. 2010

Crucial Stuttering Experiences (385)

stuttertalk — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:58:12 +0000

Charles Van Riper

Reuben Schuff and Joel Korte join Peter Reitzes to discuss crucial stuttering experiences in speech therapy as proposed by Charles Van Riper.

Dr. Van Riper’s list of 15 crucial stuttering experiences is archived here at The Stuttering Homepage. Some of the items we discuss from Van Riper’s list are:

“The stutterer is responsible for his own behavior – including his stuttering.”
“Stuttering can be deliberately endured, touched, and maintained and studied.”
“Avoidance increases fear and therefore stuttering, and it must be reduced.”
“It is possible to release oneself voluntarily from tremors, fixations, and oscillations.”
“When a moment of stuttering occurs, it should be studied, and its evil effects should be erased as much as possible.”

Van Riper explained, “These are the crucial experiences which your therapy should provide for the person who stutters. Again and again you must seek to facilitate these basic experiences. These should be the goals which structure your therapy.”

An alternative title for this episode could be something Reuben said during the episode – Stuttering: A Collection of Avoidance Behaviors.

REUBEN SCHUFF is an Aerospace Engineer. He co-founded the Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina.

JOEL KORTE is an electrical engineer and attends a masters program for Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Minnesota. Joel works as a design engineer for ZVEX Effects, a highly regarded guitar effects company. Joel is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West. Joel is not only a B Team host, but he is the technical guru who records and edits all of their episodes.

PETER REITZES is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist.

Next Week: Stuttering and Singing

Next week StutterTalk plans on discussing singing and stuttering. Leave us your thoughts and questions at the StutterTalk Facebook group or send us an email. We may discuss your comments on air.

Stuttering Acceptance: An Unrequited Love? (384)

stuttertalk — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:47:15 +0000

Frank Stechel

Frank Stetchel joins Peter Reitzes to discuss aging and stuttering, culture and stuttering, acceptance of stuttering and much more. Frank also weighs in on some topics and discussions he has heard over the years on StutterTalk regarding the state of speech therapy, embracing and accepting stuttering, fluency shaping and more.

FRANK STETCHEL is a person who stutters in New Jersey, a board member at his synagogue, co-leads the Brooklyn chapter of the Jewish Stuttering Association and is retired from a professional career as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, supervisor and manager in the New York State Education Office.

Next week on StutterTalk Peter hopes to speak with Joel Korte and Reuben Schuff about crucial stuttering experiences and strategies as suggested by Charles Van Riper.

Stuttering While Learning a Foreign Language (383)

stuttertalk — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:35:24 +0000

CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the Stuttertalk “B Team“) discuss Roisin’s recent experiences learning Spanish and taking a three week trip to Guatemala. They wrap up the show by discussing Lazaro Arbos’ wonderful audition on American Idol.

Stuttering Fingerprints and the Power of Individual Experiences (382)

stuttertalk — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:22:26 +0000

Reuben Schuff with Caryn Herring

Reuben Schuff joins Peter Reitzes to discuss Lazaro Arbos, an American Idol contestant who stutters, stuttering paradoxes and the Ted Talk video Stuttering and the Art of Mountain Biking featuring Richard Holmes, a person who stutters.

REUBEN SCHUFF is an Aerospace Engineer and founded (with Rita Thurman) a Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Reuben contributed the first chapter titled “Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend” in the StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. Reuben was interviewed about his chapter on StutterTalk. Click here for all of Reuben’s StutterTalk appearances.

During this episode, when discussing stuttering paradoxes, Peter and Reuben praise the Our Time Theatre Company and Camp Our Time and the awesome services they offer to the stuttering community.

Facing Stuttering and Not Giving Up with Kelly Snow (381)

stuttertalk — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:37:24 +0000

Kelly Snow

Kelly Snow, a longtime veteran of the stuttering community, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss employment challenges, being a reporter who stutters, being the father of two children who stutter, facing stuttering during junior high school, how his faith helps him cope with stuttering, his experience being the second person ever to have a SpeechEasy device and so much more. Kelly and Peter even role play a job interview to hear how Kelly talks openly and positively about stuttering during challenging situations.

KELLY SNOW is 34-years old and a lifelong stutter. Kelly has been a sportswriter and editor and is currently the sports editor of his hometown newspaper — The Courier-Times in Roxboro, NC. During his 12-year journalism career, Kelly has received 13 state press association awards.

During today’s episode we played an edited audio excerpt from this video titled speecheasy. We also discussed these two awesome short essays written by Kelly when he was in high school which are archived at the Stuttering Homepage.

Peter mentioned this StutterTalk episode featuring Mark Babcock and this video:

Officer Ken Parson, Stuttering and Alleged Discrimination (rebroadcasts)

stuttertalk — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:18:22 +0000

This week StutterTalk rebroadcasts two episodes from July of 2011 discussing Officer Ken Parson and his concerns regarding his treatment by the Monroe, Ohio police department. This story is back in the news this week and we thought it would be a good time to feature the topic again on StutterTalk. Below are links to the original two episodes. Both episodes are included in today’s rebroadcast.

Ken Parson

The Reassignment of Officer Ken Parson: Standard Rotation or Sophisticated Discrimination? (Episode 288)

Officer Kenneth Parson and his attorney John J. Scaccia join Peter Reitzes to discuss Officer Parson’s recent reassignment from detective duty back to road patrol. This episode concerns the allegation of Monroe, Ohio police officer Kenneth Parson, who stutters, that he has been treated poorly because of his stuttering. Click here to listen to the full episode.

Officer Phil Peet

Discussing the Reassignment of Officer Ken Parson and Stuttering (Episode 289)

Police Officer Phil Peet joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and the reassignment of Officer Kenneth Parson in the Monroe, Ohio Police Department. Click here to listen to the full episode.

The Year in Review and Predictions with Dr. Tom Weidig from the Stuttering Brain (380)

stuttertalk — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:52:34 +0000

Dr. Tom Weidig

Dr. Tom Weidig, the brain behind the Stuttering Brain blog, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the year in stuttering, his predictions made in 2011 for 2012 and his predictions for 2013.

Dr. TOM WEIDIG is an independent voice in the stuttering community whose blog, The Stuttering Brain, receives more than 100,000 visits a year. Dr. Weidig has volunteered for the British Stammering Association as a former trustee and past chair of its research committee. Tom’s scientific background is in theoretical physics and finance. Dr. Weidig has studied at the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London and was a visiting scholar at Trinity College.

For 2013, Dr. Weidig predicts that basically nothing much will happen in stuttering. Tom states that at this time he views genetic research as the only or main constructive research. Dr. Weidig states that he currently is very cautious and has little hope in pharmaceutical research and deep brain stimulation research. Tom is much more optimistic about current outreach work by self help organizations and those in the stuttering community.

Dr. Weidig discusses his predictions made at the end of 2011 for 2012:

A Dutch study (or the findings) due out soon will show no difference between Lidcombe treatment for preschoolers and a Demands and Capacities treatment approach.
More input from mainstream scientists on stuttering research relating to genes and biochemistry.
More trials on drugs but nothing much happening.
Discussions on blogs and podcasts might switch more to social media, especially Facebook.
The results from the large long-term Phase IIb trial on Pagoclone will be released. They will show that the control group (who took a placebo pill) show significant improvements. The study of this effect will force us to reconsider all outcome studies ever done and compare them to the control groups’ improvements.

Tom has been a guest on StutterTalk numerous times. His appearances are archived here.

Stuttering During the Holidays (379)

stuttertalk — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:38:48 +0000

Joel Korte of the StutterTalk “B Team”

CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss some of the challenges with stuttering around the holidays including dealing with family, parties, and inappropriate responses to stuttering. Later, they discuss how strange it can be when you encounter people from your past who are not familiar with the changes that you have made with stuttering, and it can be easy to slip back into old habits and routines.

Caryn tells an inspiring story about Sara MacIntyre who is featured in the StutterTalk book and has appeared on the podcast several times.

All B Team episodes are archived here.

Did Neanderthals Stutter? – An Update on Genetic Stuttering Research with Dr. Dennis Drayna from the NIH (378)

stuttertalk — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:05:33 +0000

Dennis Drayna, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, National Institutes of Health

Dennis Drayna, Ph.D., Senior Investigator at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at the National Institutes of Health, joins Peter Reitzes to update listeners on genetic research pertaining to stuttering.

Dr. Drayna discusses current genetic research on stuttering, gene mutations that lead stuttering and speculates as to why or how such mutations cause stuttering. Dr. Drayna is asked about stuttering severity, recovery, stuttering predisposition, gene patent law currently being heard by the Supreme Court of the United States, stuttering as a motor/speech problem, the possibility of individualized gene mutations or variants that may cause stuttering, genetic research on stuttering using mice, gene expression, the possibility of stuttering in early humans and neanderthals and much more.

Dr. Drayna appeared on StutterTalk in 2010 when his research team identified mutations in three genes as a source of stuttering in almost 9% of the volunteers studied. Listen here.

StutterTalk thanks Dr. Tom Weidig at The Stuttering Brain blog for preparing some questions for this episode. Read Dr. Weidig’s summary and comments on today’s episode here.

Check out these recent materials featuring Dr. Drayna:

The Genetics of Stuttering: Discovery of the Causes (Stuttering Foundation DVD)
In Search of Stuttering’s Genetic Code (ASHA Leader interview)
Update on genetics research in stuttering (article by Dr. Drayna from ISAD conference)

Passing as Fluent and Covert Stuttering with Sara and Britni (377)

stuttertalk — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:23:22 +0000

Sara MacIntyre

Sara MacIntyre joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss her recently published chapter titled Passing as Fluent in Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. Britni and Sara discuss their individual and shared experiences with covert stuttering.

Sara has been featured on StutterTalk several times – check out her archived inspiration.

Roisin’s Experience of Stuttering (376)

stuttertalk — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:13:52 +0000

Roisin McManus

Roisin McManus joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her recently published chapter titled Standing in the Rain in Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.

ROISIN McMANUS (with Joel Korte and Carny Herring) hosts the StutterTalk B Team. Roisin is a person who stutters, co-leader of the Brooklyn College National Stuttering Association Chapter and works as a Registered Nurse at NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan.

Working with Children Who Stutter and the Clinician’s Acceptance of Stuttering (375)

stuttertalk — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:04:23 +0000

Craig Coleman, M.A., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD

Craig Coleman, M.A., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss working with school age children who stutter and preschoolers who stutter and the clinician’s acceptance of stuttering. Craig is asked about a journal he plans to launch which will focus on case studies and about an online support group for teens and children who stutter he is working on with the National Stuttering Association. Mr. Coleman authored (with J. Scott Yaruss and Robert Quesal) a letter to the editor in which they responded to a recent editorial written by Marilyn Nippold. StutterTalk covered this topic during episodes 372 and 373 and Mr. Coleman is asked at the top of the show to weigh in on the editorial and response letters. The episode concludes with Craig being asked about why he does not regularly adopt Lidcombe and other response-contingency approaches into treatment.

Craig Coleman is an assistant professor at Marshall University and a Board-Recognized Specialist in fluency Disorders (BRS-FD). 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). For twelve years, Craig was a pediatric speech-language pathologist at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he served as a Clinical Coordinator in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology and Co-Director of the Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania Craig is an adjunct instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Duquesne University. Craig Coleman was second author (with Scott Yaruss and Bob Quesal) in responding to the Marilyn Nippold editorial that StutterTalk has been covering.

References:

Yaruss, J.S., Coleman, C., & Hammer, D. (2006). Treating preschool children who stutter: Description and preliminary evaluation of a family-focused treatment approach. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 37, 118-136.
StutterTalk episode 372
StutterTalk episode 373

Advertising, “Speech Tool Guy” and Hurricane Sandy (374)

stuttertalk — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:19:48 +0000

Caryn Herring

CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) go around the table and discuss the latest happenings in their life. Caryn talks about the nature of self-advertising with her job, and how it can be uncomfortable at times. Joel introduces “Speech Tool Guy,” a character/concept that he has developed to help him manage his speech. Lastly, Roisin discusses about how Hurricane Sandy has affected her job and ultimately her stuttering.

Valuing the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering: A Response to Nippold (373)

stuttertalk — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:03:36 +0000

Robert “the Expert” Quesal

Robert “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to respond to Marilyn A. Nippold’s appearance last week on StutterTalk episode 372 in which she argued that focusing on overt stuttering should be the primary treatment goal for school-age children who stutter. Bob and Peter respond by discussing the importance of valuing the speaker’s experience of stuttering, valuing the common and often shared experiences of people who stutter and conducting research that comprehensively targets the needs of people who stutter. Bob shares his “car veering right analogy” to help listeners better appreciate and empathize with the speaker’s experience of stuttering.

ROBERT QUESAL, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a board recognized fluency specialist and a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Listed below are some of the articles and references mentioned during today’s episode. StutterTalk attempted to list them in the order they were mentioned on air.

Nippold, M. A. (2011). Stuttering in school-age children: A call for treatment research [From the editor]. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 42, 99-101.
Yaruss, J.S., Coleman, C.E., & Quesal, R. W. (2012). Stuttering in school-age children: A Comprehensive approach to treatment. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 536-548.
Nippold, M. A. (2012). When a school-age child stutters, Let’s focus on the primary problem. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 549-551
Andrews, C., O’Briana, S., Harrison, E., Onslow, M., Packman, A., & Menzies, R. (2012). Syllable-timed speech treatment for school-age children who stutter: A phase I trial. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 359-369
Starkweather, C.W. Fluency and stuttering. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987.
Bloodstein, O. (1988). Science in communication disorders: Letter to the Editor. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 53, 347-351.

Stuttering: Disagreements in the Field with Dr. Marilyn A. Nippold (372)

stuttertalk — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:46:47 +0000

Dr. Marilyn A. Nippold

Dr. Marilyn A. Nippold joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and research pertaining to school age children who stutter. Their conversation is based on a recent editorial by Dr. Nippold and response letters in the journal Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. Topics includes evidence based practice and types of evidence in stuttering treatment, if fluency should be the first and primary goal for all children who stutter, Lidcombe treatment for school age children, acceptance and much more.

Dr. MARILYN A. NIPPOLD, PhD, CCC-SLP is the current editor of the journal Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools and has been a professor in the Communication Disorders and Sciences department at the University of Oregon since 1982, where she has taught and conducted research in language development, language disorders, and stuttering. Dr. Nippold has published more than 90 journal articles and has received numerous awards. Just last week Dr. Nippold received an award in Teaching and Research by the Oregon State Speech-Language and Hearing Association.

PETER REITZES, MA CCC-SLP is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist. Peter has worked full time in the schools for more than a decade, in private practice, and has taught graduate level stuttering courses at three universities in New York City.

Listed below are many of the articles and links mentioned during today’s episode. StutterTalk attempted to list them in the order they were mentioned on air.

Nippold, M. A. (2011). Stuttering in school-age children: A call for treatment research [From the editor]. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 42, 99-101.
Yaruss, J.S., Coleman, C.E., & Quesal, R. W. (2012). Stuttering in school-age children: A Comprehensive approach to treatment. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 536-548.
Nippold, M. A. (2012). When a school-age child stutters, Let’s focus on the primary problem. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 549-551.
Nippold, M. A. & Packman, A. (2012). Managing stuttering beyond the preschool years. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 338-343.
Yairi, E., and Ambrose, N. (1999). Early childhood stuttering I: Persistency and recovery rates. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 1097-1112.
Yairi, E. & Ambrose, N. (2005). Early Childhood Stuttering: For Clinicians by Clinicians, ProEd, Austin, TX.
Frymark, T., Venedoktov, R. & Wang, B. (2010). Effectiveness of interventions for preschool children with fluency disorders: A comparison of direct versus indirect treatments. Downloaded from the ASHA website.
StutterTalk series on Lidcombe Treatment
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Evidence Base Practice web page and links.
Yaruss, J.S. (2003). One size does not fit all: special topics in stuttering therapy. Seminars in Speech and Language. 24, 3-6.
Yaruss, J.S. (2012). Stuttering and Acceptance with J. Scott Yaruss (369). StutterTalk Episode 369.
Herring, C. (2012). Learning from Children Who Stutter. In Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. StutterTalk Publications
Durham North Carolina Public Schools – How is a student eligible for speech and/or language services?

The Verbal Scratcher (371)

stuttertalk — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:28:51 +0000

Brent L. Smith

Brent L. Smith joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss his recently published chapter titled Stuttering as Transformative: Silent Child Turned Adult Mystic in Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. Brent and Britni discuss a wide range of topics including a nickname given to Brent (the Verbal Scratcher) by DJ Spooky.

Stuttering: The Impact of Understanding (370)

stuttertalk — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:06:32 +0000

Roisin McManus

CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) reconnect by recording their first show with all three of them for some time. Roisin starts off the show by sharing how her relationship with friends, family, and co-workers has changed after they have read her chapter in the new Stuttertalk book. Joel discusses some of the transitions in his life as well as the process of change. Caryn wraps up the show with a discussion about why some stuttering feels uncomfortable and other stuttering may not.

Stuttering and Acceptance with J. Scott Yaruss (369)

stuttertalk — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:34:10 +0000

J. Scott Yaruss

Dr. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his recently published chapter titled What Does it Mean to Say that a Person Accepts Stuttering in Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.

J. SCOTT YARUSS is a StutterTalk adviser, a Board Recognized Fluency Specialist, a fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, an associate professor and director of the Master’s Degree programs in Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to numerous articles, chapter and books, Dr. Yaruss has published the Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES), a comprehensive evaluation tool for children, adolescents, and adults who stutter. He has been named Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year by the National Stuttering Association.

References from today’s episode:

Kingsly, E.P. (1987). Welcome to Holland
Luterman, D.M. (2009). Counseling Persons with Communication Disorders and Their Families. (5th Edition). Austin, TX: PRO-ED
Mitchell, D. (2006). My stammer is a secret informant. British Stammering Association
Nippold, M. (2011). Stuttering in school-age children: A call for treatment research. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 42, 99-101.
Roe, R. (2012). StutterTalk episode 368.
Starkweather, C.W. & Givens-Ackerman, J. (1997). Stuttering: Studies in Communicative Disorders. Pro-Ed: Austin, TX: Pro-Ed

“Tell the truth. Be proud of who you are. You are not alone.” (368)

stuttertalk — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:59:02 +0000

Roger Roe

Roger Roe joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his recently published chapter titled Passing Twice: A Proud Community of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) People Who Stutter in the new StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.

Roger reads from his chapter and discusses his experiences being a gay person who stutters. Roger is asked about finding Passing Twice: An Informal Network of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons Who Stutter & Their Friends. Roger is asked how religion and faith have influenced his life and about so much more.

ROGER ROE, a person who stutters, plays oboe and English horn with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington. In addition, Roger writes and hosts children’s concerts.

Deep Brain Stimulation and Asenapine in Stuttering Treatment with Dr. Gerald Maguire (367)

stuttertalk — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:00:07 +0000

Dr. Gerald Maguire

Gerald Maguire, MD, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his current research and journal articles on deep brain stimulation and Asenapine in stuttering treatment.

Dr. GERALD A. MAGUIRE is a person who stutters, the director of the Kirkup Center for the Medical Treatment of Stuttering at the University of California, Irvine and has researched the medical treatment of stuttering for more than 15 years. Dr. Maguire is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and is author of Without Hesitation: Speaking to the Silence and the Science of Stuttering.

During today’s episode Jerry and Peter discuss these studies:

To contact Dr. Maguire, email: gerald.maguire@uci.edu.

StutterTalk would like to thank Dr. Luc De Nil, a StutterTalk adviser from the University of Toronto, for helping us prepare this interview with Dr. Maguire.

Dr. Maguire’s StutterTalk appearances are archived here. Dr. Maguire discussed Asenapine in 2010 on StutterTalk here. Embedded below is an interesting video on deep brain stimulation from the Mayo Clinic.

Stuttering Skit on Saturday Night Live (366)

stuttertalk — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:28:33 +0000

Robert “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the stuttering “Drill Sergeant” skit (below) that recently aired on Saturday Night Live. The skit featured Seth MacFarlane who played a drill instructor who stutters.

We discuss the positive and negative reactions by the stuttering community and this press release on the skit published by the Stuttering Foundation.

Most of Bob’s StutterTalk appearances are archived here.

Stammering is Okay with Dr. Satyendra Srivastava (365)

stuttertalk — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:43:39 +0000

Satyendra Srivastava

Dr. Satyendra Srivastava, a medical doctor and stammerer in India, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his new self help manual for people who stammer (stutter) which will be available from The Indian Stammering Association (blog and website). Dr. Strivastava, known to his friends as Sachin, writes in his new manual:

“You are changed, not by what you know, but by what you do.”

Sachin and Peter discuss the power of doing, acceptance, highlights of the manual, gender issues for people who stammer in India and a few differences of opinion. During today’s episode, Sachin discussed an article titled Towards a Notion of Transfluency by Cristóbal Loriente.

Dr. Satyendra Srivastava was born in 1959 in India and worked as a General Practitioner in hospitals until 1993. Sachin founded The Indian Stammering Association (TISA), a self-help association, in 2007 and has conducted free workshops for people who stutter based on communication skills, acceptance and self help ideas. Dr. Srivastava has conducted training in Health Management and worked as Program Manager with a large Non Governmental Agency in Garhwal. Sachin has conducted social research, documentation, program evaluation and facilitated workshops on health, gender issues, disability and more.

Caring vs. Not Caring and Doing vs. Not Doing (364)

stuttertalk — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:16:53 +0000

Joel Korte at the NSA

Joel Korte joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his recently published chapter titled Current Struggles: The Paradoxes of Stuttering in the new StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.

Joel is asked to discuss doing vs. not doing, caring vs. not caring and much more.

JOEL KORTE is a person who stutters, a B Team host, and attends a masters program for Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Minnesota on a part-time basis and currently works as a design engineer for ZVEX Effects.

Camp Our Time Wrap Up with Caryn and Joel (363)

stuttertalk — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:20:23 +0000

CARYN HERRING and JOEL KORTE (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss stuttering and their recent experiences at Camp Our Time. This is the final of three episodes Caryn and Joel recorded about camp. Joel was a camp counselor during the 10 day sleep away camp and Caryn’s duties centered around her work as Our Time’s resident Speech-Language Pathologist. They discuss the absence of shame associated with stuttering at camp, the changes the kids experience at camp, and the camp’s ability to allow people to be themselves.

Breaking up with Fluency (362)

stuttertalk — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:55:16 +0000

Reuben Schuff with B Team host Caryn Herring

Reuben Schuff joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his recently published chapter titled Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend in the new StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. Reuben is asked about fluency vs. effective communication, struggled stuttering vs. forward moving stuttering, putting himself in challenging speaking situations and much more.

Reuben Schuff is an Aerospace Engineer. Reuben founded (with Rita Thurman) a Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Reuben is also a past local chapter leader of the NSA.

Speaking with a Stutter Seems Normal (361)

stuttertalk — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:46:45 +0000

Matt Maxion

Matt Maxion joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss his life with covert stuttering, attending the National Stuttering Association’s convention for the first time and much more.

MATT MAXION, A California native and aspiring writer, is a senior at San Francisco State University studying journalism. He was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and has started stuttering at age five. He is now the online managing editor for SF State’s news publication, Golden Gate Xpress.

Matt wrote an article for his school newspaper titled “An SF State student’s solution to stuttering” that was discussed during this interview.

Enjoying Every Moment at Camp Our Time (360)

stuttertalk — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:23:00 +0000

Caryn Herring and Joel Korte are at Camp Our Time and discuss stuttering, the camper and so much more.

CARYN HERRING and JOEL KORTE (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss enjoying every moment at Camp Our Time. Join the conversation at the StutterTalk Facebook group.

The Awesomeness of Camp Our Time (359)

stuttertalk — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:23:53 +0000

Caryn Herring and Joel Korte are at Camp Our Time and are joined by Dylan Reid and Danny Litwack to discuss stuttering fun, the camp and much more.

CARYN HERRING and JOEL KORTE (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss the awesomeness of Camp Our Time and are later joined by DYLAN REID, DANNY LITWACK and others. This episode offers a “behind the scenes” peak at Camp Our Time and StutterTalk while the staff eagerly awaits the arrival of the children and teens.This is the first episode of hopefully several that Joel and Caryn are recording from Camp Our Time. Join the conversation at the StutterTalk Facebook page or Send a voice message.

Good Stuttering with Britni and Miranda (358)

stuttertalk — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:24:33 +0000

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.

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

stuttertalk — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:25:43 +0000

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.

Join the conversation at the StutterTalk Facebook group.

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

stuttertalk — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:53:49 +0000

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.

True Stuttering at FRIENDS Stuttering Convention (355)

stuttertalk — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:02:10 +0000

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.”

FRIENDS is Family and a Stuttering Convention Update (354)

stuttertalk — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:49:33 +0000

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.

Safe at the FRIENDS Stuttering Convention (353)

stuttertalk — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:42:04 +0000

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.

Bravery at the FRIENDS Stuttering Convention (352)

stuttertalk — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:17:21 +0000

Danny 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

Shooting Tragedy Touches Stuttering Community (351)

stuttertalk — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:56:06 +0000

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.

Gaining Confidence with the Stuttering Foundation (350)

stuttertalk — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:54:26 +0000

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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