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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 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 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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          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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            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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                Growing Up Stuttering in Japan (Ep. 652)

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                stuttering, stutter, StutterTalkKodai Noguchi joins Caryn Herring at the One World, Many Voices: Science and Community World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan to discuss growing up stuttering in Japan, stuttering in your own way, meeting others who stutter, and much more.

                Kodai and Caryn have a fascinating discussion about using filler words, tricks, and compensations in Japanese and English.

                Kodai Noguchi. M.S., CF-SLP is a person who stutters and a bilingual SLP candidate who speaks Japanese and English. Kodai completed his masters of science at the University of Wisconsin-Eun Claire and his research interests include the psychosocial aspects of stuttering such as self-efficacy and stigma.

                Caryn Herring is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist, currently pursuing her PhD at Michigan State University. Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization and the role of voluntary stuttering. She co-hosts the StutterTalk B-Team and serves on the board of directors for Friends – The National Association of Young People Who Stutter.

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                  The Physical Aspects of Stuttering: Genes and Brain Structure (Ep. 651)

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                  stuttering, stutter, StutterTalkDr. Shelly Jo Kraft and Dr. Keiichi Yasu join Kerianne Druker and Dr. Tom Weidig at the One World, Many Voices: Science and Community World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan to discuss the physical aspects of stuttering related to genes and brain structure. The group also discusses subgroups in stuttering research.

                  Shelly Jo Kraft is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Wayne State University. Her primary research area is the etiology of early stuttering disorders, with specific focus on the role of genetics.

                  Keiichi Yasu is a faculty member at Tsukuba University of Technology in Japan. He is working on neuroscience and behavioural aspect of stuttering.

                  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.

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                    What Is Early Intervention Really About? (Ep. 650)

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                    stuttering, stutter, StutterTalkDr. Marie-Christine Franken and Dr. Janet Beilby join Kerianne Druker and Dr. Tom Weidig at the One World, Many Voices: Science and Community World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan to discuss stuttering treatment, early intervention, research, and much more. They have a spirited discussion about the future possibility of turning on and off gene mutations related to stuttering.

                    One interesting point made was that the field knows how to make people “fluent” and the goal now is figure out the underlying mechanisms.

                    Dr. Marie-Christine Franken is a Specialist Fluency Therapist and the Speech-Language Research Lead at the Speech & Hearing Department of Erasmus University MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Dr. Franken and her team of researchers published a seminal scientific study Direct versus Indirect Treatment for Preschool Children who Stutter: The RESTART Randomized Trial.

                    Dr. Janet Beilby, Ph.D., is Senior Lecturer and Clinical Educator at Curtin University in Western Australia and has been a lecturer, researcher and clinician in the field of stuttering for over 30 years. Dr. Beilby has treated thousands of clients, trained hundreds of students and been awarded over half a million dollars in research funds investigating varying aspects of stuttering disorders.

                    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.

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