22 Jan 2017
Stuttering Support for Children,Teens and Adults (Ep. 610)
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Rita Thurman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being a chapter leader of stuttering support groups for teens and adults and her more than 40 years of experience working with people who stutter.
Topics include facilitating stuttering self-help meetings, activities, balancing the needs of different participants and much more. Ms. Thurman recommends that chapter leaders who do not stutter strongly consider working with co-leaders who do stutter.
Rita Thurman, MS, CCC-SLP is a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders and has been working for more than 40 years with children and adults who stutter. Rita is chapter leader of the Raleigh, NC teen and adult chapters of the National Stuttering Association.
Links:
- International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference
- FRIENDS One Day Conferences in North Carolina and nationally.
30 Jan 2017
Stuttering and Dating (Ep. 611)
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Rachel Hoge joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and dating and how stuttering can help forge deeper connections with others. Ms. Hoge is asked about her recent essay How My Stutter Improves My Dating in the Washington Post. Ms. Hoge discusses how her stuttering is a social filter of sorts which in an asset for dating.
Rachel Hoge is a southern writer, MFA candidate, and person who stutters. Ms. Hoge’s nonfiction works have been published with, or are forthcoming from, the Washington Post, the Rumpus, Ravishly, and others. She is currently writing a memoir about life with a speech disability.
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