16 Oct 2014
Building Relationships in Stuttering Treatment (Ep. 478)
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Lee Caggiano and Phil Schneider join Peter Reitzes to discuss the importance of building relationships in stuttering treatment.
LEE CAGGIANO, MA, CCC-SLP is Director of the Stuttering Therapy and Resource Center of Long Island, a board certified specialist and mentor in fluency disorders, the mother of a son who stutters and co-founder and Director of FRIENDS: The Association of Young People Who Stutter. Lee serves as a consultant to many school districts and teaches the graduate level fluency courses at New York University, Queens College, and Long Island University-Post.
PHIL SCHNEIDER, Ed.D. CCC-SLP is a board certified specialist and mentor in fluency disorders, an Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders at Queens College, has been in private practice for more than 35 years, is an adviser to StutterTalk and with Uri Schneider is creator of the films Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story and Going with the Flow: A Guide to Transcending Stuttering.
22 Oct 2014
Jason Died and He Knew My Secret (Ep. 479)
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Bob Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the recent death of a person they refer to as “Jason.” Jason figured out that Peter was a stutterer “passing as fluent” during high school and would occasionally mock Mr. Reitzes’ stuttering. Dr. Quesal and Mr. Reitzes discuss issues relating to stuttering and bullying, forgiveness and acceptance and dealing with feelings of pain that may reemerge when remembering past experiences.
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, an advisor to StutterTalk and and author of the chapter The Person Who Stutters as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the book Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom, published by StutterTalk.