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Bravery at the FRIENDS Stuttering Convention (352)

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Danny and MeghanDanny Murphy and Meghan Walton join Peter Reitzes to discuss  a terrible tragedy which has touched the stuttering community and a brave response.

DANNY MURPHY and MEGHAN WALTON are both attending their 15 consecutive conferences of FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter. This year’s conference is being held in Denver, Colorado. A gunman shot and killed 12 people in a nearby Aurora, Colorado movie theater. One of the people wounded, but not killed, is Gage Hankins, 18 of Ohio, who is attending the FRIENDS convention.

Meghan was sitting next to Gage in the theater and provides a firsthand account of the event. Danny discusses how the tragedy has affected him and others attending the conference. Meghan explains how after being shot, Gage asked the paramedics to help others before

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    Shooting Tragedy Touches Stuttering Community (351)

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    Mitch Trichon

    Mitchell Trichon, Ph.D. joins Peter Reitzes to discuss  a terrible tragedy which has touched the stuttering community.

    Dr. Trichon is attending the 15th Annual convention of FRIENDS: The National
    Association of Young People Who Stutter going on now in Denver, Colorado. A
    gunman shot and killed 12 people in a nearby Aurora, Colorado movie theater.

    One of the people wounded, but not killed, was Gage Hankins, 18 of Ohio, who was attending the FRIENDS convention. Today on the podcast Mitch takes a few minutes away from the workshops to discuss this tragedy and the feeling at the conference.

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      Gaining Confidence with the Stuttering Foundation (350)

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      back row: workshop participants
      front: Vivian Sisskin, Dr. Lisa Scott, Jane Fraser, Dr. Joseph Donaher

      Stuttering Foundation presenters Dr. Joseph Donaher and Vivian Sisskin and workshop participants join Peter Reitzes to discuss the Foundation’s weeklong workshop for speech-language pathologists, Treating Children and Adolescents Who Stutter, held this past week in Philadelphia.

      Presenters Donaher and Sisskin are joined by workshop participants Beth Brant, Gail Dunn and Amanda Wells. Participants discuss the confidence, knowledge and skills they gained. Participants also discuss their great appreciation for the Foundation’s focus on current research and evidence and their problem solving approach to individualized speech therapy.

      JOSEPH DONAHER, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, coordinates the Stuttering Program at the Center for Childhood Communication at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders and is the presenter in the Stuttering Foundation’s new film titled ADHD & Children Who Stutter.

      VIVIAN SISSKIN, M.S., CCC-SLP, is an instructor and clinical supervisor in the department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland and a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders.

      Speech-language pathologists interested in attending a Stuttering Foundation workshop, click here. People who stutter looking for a speech-language pathologist, check out the Foundation’s referral list.

      If you have attended a Stuttering Foundation workshop and want to stay in touch with other participants, check out this SFAWorkshopAlumni Yahoo group administered by past StutterTalk guest Voon Pang.

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        Stuttering: The World’s Greatest Social Filter (349)

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        Jay Jones Doyle joins Roisn McManus to discuss stuttering, his career and much more for this first installment of Roisin’s Going After It series – a StutterTalk series about ambition, success and stuttering.

        JAY JONES DOYLE, hailing from Montreal, Canada, is currently working as an intern at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. He is a recent recipient of a Masters of Science in Business Administration from the John Molson School of Business, where he was the President of the Business Graduate Students’ Association. He appeared on StutterTalk episode 136.

        Roisin can be contacted at roisin@stuttertalk.com and can be heard on StutterTalk B Team episodes.

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          Self Conscious About Being Fluent with Britni Bicknaver (348)

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          Britni Bicknaver

          Britni Bicknaver joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the 29th Annual Conference of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in St. Petersburg, Florida.

          BRITNI BICKNAVER is 29 years old, a person who stutters and an artist and
          bartender who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Britni is a new member of the Cincinnati chapter of the National Stuttering Association.

          During this episode Britni discusses the excitement and overwhelming experience of meeting hundreds of people who stutter for the first time. Britni also discusses some special conference moments and attending the conference with her 16-year-old cousin.

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            Stuttering is the Norm and Fluent Speaking Just Seems Wrong with Courtney Luckman (347)

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            Courtney Luckman (right) and Samantha Dupraw

            Courtney Luckman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the 29th Annual Conference of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in St. Petersburg, Florida.

            COURTNEY LUCKMAN is a person who stutters, a student at the University of Virginian and recently started a local chapter of the National Stuttering Association, a self help organization, in Charlottesville, VA.

            During this episode Courtney discusses advertising stuttering, conference workshops, spending time socially with NSA members, how the NSA annual conference surpassed her expectations and much more.

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              Fearless Stuttering at the NSA with Samantha Gennuso (346)

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              Sara MacIntyre, Samantha Gennuso and Roisin McManus

              Samantha Gennuso joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the 29th Annual Conference of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in St. Petersburg, Florida.

              SAMANTHA GENNUSO is a person who stutters and works for Mog, an online music streaming service and advertiser.

              During today’s episode Samantha discusses her fearless stuttering workshop, spending ten consecutive years attending the NSA’s annual conference, stuttering freely and openly and much more.

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                Stuttering Courage at the NSA with Sara MacIntyre (345)

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                Sara MacIntyre

                Sara MacIntyre joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the 29th Annual Conference of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in St. Petersburg, Florida.

                SARA MACINTYRE is a person who stutters and is currently getting her Master’s Degree in speech-language pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. During today’s episode, Sara discusses an open mic event at the NSA in which a gentleman shared he had been passing as fluent for about 50 years. Sara discussed spending time with stuttering friends, workshops she is facilitating at the upcoming FRIENDS conference and much more.

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                  Discussing the National Stuttering Association (NSA) Conference with Cathy Olish (344)

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                  Cathy Olish with Mike Bauer

                  Cathy Olish joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the 29th Annual Conference of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in St. Petersburg, Florida

                  Cathy discusses the five workshops she is facilitating (two first timer workshops, speed talking, covert stuttering panel and a children’s workshop) and much more.

                  CATHY OLISH works for Ford Motor Company in Human Resources, is on the Board of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) as Special Projects and Volunteer Coordinator, is the Board Secretary and manages the Covert-S (covert stuttering) Yahoo group.

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                    Where Stuttering is Normal (343)

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                    Reuben Schuff and Caryn Herring

                    Reuben Schuff joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the 29th Annual Conference of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in St. Petersburg, Florida.

                    REUBEN SCHUFF discusses the first day of the NSA conference, three workshops he is presenting with others (advertising, careers panel and avoidance reduction) and much more.

                    Reuben Schuff is an Aerospace Engineer. Reuben founded (with Rita Thurman) a Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Reuben is also a past local chapter leader of the NSA.

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