Vaccines Do Not Cause Stuttering (Ep. 662)

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StutterTalk, stutteringBob “The Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss a parent’s concern that vaccines cause stuttering. Bob and Peter point out that parents often blame themselves for their child’s stuttering and often attach an event, such as falling off a bike, to the onset of stuttering. They urge professionals to respond to parents with empathy while explaining that vaccines are not the cause of stuttering.

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, a speech-language pathologist, and President and Host of StutterTalk.

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    Returning Choice to the Stuttering Community (Ep. 661)

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    stutteringChris Constantino and Rob Dellinger join Reuben Schuff at the 2019 FRIENDS one day conference in Raleigh, NC to discuss taking control of the “um,” returning choice to the stuttering community, and it is always okay to talk.

    Reuben Schuff is an author and roving host for StutterTalk. By profession and passion he is an aerospace engineer, and also, a traveler, a juggler, a Toastmaster, and a person who stutters. He is a workshop presenter for the National Stuttering Association annual conference and is the co-founder of the Raleigh Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the NSA. Reuben also facilitates and presents with FRIENDS: the National Organization for Young People who Stutter. Reuben is author of the chapter Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend in the StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.

    Christopher Constantino is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist and earned his Phd in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Memphis in 2018.

    Robert Dellinger, M.S., CCC-SLP is a school-based speech-language pathologist in Raleigh, N.C., and a person who stutters. He works in an elementary school and consults with colleagues in complicated fluency disorders cases at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Rob is an active member of the National Stuttering Association chapter in Raleigh and contributes to the local Teens Who Stutter (TWST) group.

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      Breaking the Silence (Ep. 660)

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      Mollie Davis

      Mollie Davis joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss speaking up as a person who stutters under very challenging circumstances.

      Mollie Davis is an 18 year old college freshman from Maryland currently studying at Hollins University in Virginia. She is studying to be a journalist and is heavily involved in gun violence prevention activism. She also enjoys theatre, sitcoms, and courtroom dramas.

      Chaya Goldstein, M.A. CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist who stutters. She works at the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS) in New York City and teaches graduate courses in Fluency Disorders. She co-leads the National Stuttering Association Adult Manhattan chapter and coordinates the FRIENDS “Stepping Up” Mentorship program for children and teens who stutter. She’s cares deeply about stuttering advocacy, education, and empowerment and is committed to educating SLPs, educators and the public.

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        Advocating with Netflix: The Open and Honest Stuttering Edition (Ep. 659)

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        Samantha Roybler

        Samantha Roybler

        Samantha Roybler joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss open and honest stuttering, advocating with Netflix, Camp SAY and much more.

        Sam was featured in the article Sam Spoke. Netflix Listened. Watch Sam read Louder Than a Bomb Great Plains.

        Samantha Roybler is a 16-year-old high school sophomore who lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. She works part time as a server in a retirement community and is an active member on her poetry slam team at school. She first started taking interest in stuttering advocacy after attending camp SAY in 2017.

        Chaya Goldstein, M.A. CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist who stutters. She works at the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS) in New York City and teaches graduate courses in Fluency Disorders. She co-leads the National Stuttering Association Adult Manhattan chapter and coordinates the FRIENDS “Stepping Up” Mentorship program for children and teens who stutter. She’s cares deeply about stuttering advocacy, education, and empowerment and is committed to educating SLPs, educators and the public.

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          Camp SAY West Coast (Ep. 658)

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          Camp SAY West Coast

          Taro Alexander and Loryn McGill join Reuben Schuff to discuss Camp SAY West Coast. SAY is the Stuttering Association for the Young.

          Taro Alexander, SAY’s Founder & President, created and heads all SAY programs since the organization’s inception in 2001. Taro established Camp SAY in 2008, and in addition to camp, Taro has led SAY’s Confident Voices program, teaching writing, dance, acting, directing, and music to children, 8-18. Taro has directed more than 1,000 original plays with music written and performed by kids who stutter. Prior to SAY, Taro worked as a professional actor, and was a cast member of STOMP. Taro enjoys spending time with his family – his talented wife Leigh, and their three children.

          Loryn McGill, M.S. CCC-SLP, was one of the Camp SAY West Coast 2018 Leadership coordinators and is a speech-language pathologist and founder of her private practice OC Fluency Center. Additionally she is faculty at Chapman University as well as part of a multidisciplinary team at UC Riverside working on stuttering. She presents and organizes one-day conferences for FRIENDS, speaks at national and international workshops on stuttering, is a NSA family chapter co-leader, and educates school districts on stuttering intervention. When she is not chasing around her toddler, she can be found snowboarding and sailing.

          Reuben Schuff is an author and roving host for StutterTalk. By profession and passion he is an aerospace engineer, and also, a traveler, a juggler, a Toastmaster, and a person who stutters. He is a workshop presenter for the National Stuttering Association annual conference and is the co-founder of the Raleigh Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the NSA. Reuben also facilitates and presents with FRIENDS: the National Organization for Young People who Stutter. Reuben is author of the chapter Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend in the StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.

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            The Magic Sauce (Ep. 657)

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            Phil Schneider, Ed.D. CCC-SLP

            Dr. Phil Schneider joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and The Magic Sauce – a therapist’s guide to stuttering treatment.

            Phil Schneider, Ed.D. CCC-SLP is the founding partner, with Uri Schneider, of Schneider Speech Pathology.

            Recognized as a master clinician and teacher, he has been practicing and teaching for over 45 years. He holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders at Queens College, CUNY. Phil’s first documentary, Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story, is considered by many to be the single best film on stuttering. View all of Phil’s films here.

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              High Stress Stuttering Edition (Ep. 656)

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              Bob “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss high stress speaking and stuttering situations and much more.

              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, a speech-language pathologist, and President and Host of StutterTalk.

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                When I Stutter (Ep. 655)

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                When I Stutter, StutterTalk, stutteringJohn Gomez joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss his film When I Stutter.

                John Gomez works as a Speech Pathologist for the Los Angeles Unified School District. He is a professor at California State University Los Angeles where he teaches the graduate course in stuttering. John is also a documentary filmmaker. His feature film, WHEN I STUTTER, has been in over 10 film festivals worldwide and has won 7 awards.

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                  PhD Students Having an Impact on the World of Stuttering (Ep. 654)

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                  stuttering, StutterTalk, stutterKatherine Winters, Seth Tichenor, and Heather Salvo join Kerianne Druker at the One World, Many Voices: Science and Community World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan to discuss their research and the impact that doctoral students are having in the stuttering and research communities. 

                  Katherine (Katie) Winters, MA, CCC-SLP, is a doctoral student at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include the treatment of fluency disorders in populations of concomitant diagnoses, interdisciplinary education related to fluency disorders, and cognitive or affected components of stuttering.

                  Seth Tichenor is a PhD candidate at Michigan State University. He is a person who stutters and a Speech-Language Pathologist. Tichenor’s research interests include better understanding the moment of stuttering, the experience of stuttering behaviors, and how behaviors manifest in the speech of those who stutter.

                  Heather Salvo is a Ph.D. student in the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Department at Kent State University. Her primary interest of research is focussing on the impact of emotions on people who stutter.

                  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).

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                    Stuttering and Mocking: How Should Employers Respond? (Ep. 653)

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                    John Steggles

                    John Steggles join Dr. Tom Weidig at the One World, Many Voices: Science and Community World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan to discuss stuttering blogs and social media, if an employee should be fired for mocking a person who stutters, and how employers should train employees related to understanding and respecting differences.

                    John Steggles has been involved in the stuttering self-help movement for over 35 years. He helped form the Australian Speak Easy Association (ASEA) in 1981 and is a past President of that association as well as a former Director of the Australian Stuttering Foundation with Profs. He is well known in the international self-help movement and writes a blog on stuttering under his writing name of Stuttering Jack and helps keep people who stutter informed about stuttering related issues through his Facebook profile. John conducts voluntary stuttering treatment intensives and is currently assisting the Vietnamese Stuttering Association with treatment and administrative matters in establishing their association.

                    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.

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