8 Jul 2018
Striving To Do Better In Therapy for Teenagers Who Stutter (Ep. 649)
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Naomi Rodgers joins Chaya Goldstein at the 2018 National Stuttering Association’s (NSA) 35th annual conference to discuss the variety of choices available to people who stutter, reframing negative stuttering experiences into positive learning experiences, stages of change, therapy readiness, and much more.
Naomi Rodgers, MA, CCC-SLP is a doctoral candidate at The University of Iowa. Ms. Rodgers is the founder and leader of the Iowa City NSA adult chapter. Naomi’s experiences as a person who stutters and speech-language pathologist have inspired her research, which focuses on the psycho-social aspects of stuttering in adolescence.
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.
14 Jul 2018
What Is Early Intervention Really About? (Ep. 650)
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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.