20 May 2012

Children and Teens Who Stutter (334)

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Rita Thurman, Reuben Schuff and a wonderful group of children and teens who stutter and their parentsjoin Peter Reitzes to discuss their Raleigh, North Carolina Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter and much more.

Rita, Reuben, and Peter speak with today’s special guests – Tanner (age 11), Tanner’s mother Michelle, Kelsey (age 12), Kelsey’s father Mike, Jamie (age 13), Jamie’s mother Loriann, Siddharth (age 17; pictured below), Wallace (age 14), Jackson (age 12) and Jackson’s mother Yvonne.

Participants are asked about teasing and bullying, to share advice they have for other children and teens who stutter, why they attend TWST meetings, if they would take a pill to cure stuttering and much more.

RITA THURMAN, MS, CCC-SLP is a Board Recognized Fluency Specialist and has been working for more than 30 years with children and adults who stutter. Rita is chapter leader of the Raleigh, NC chapter of the National Stuttering Association and co-leader (with Reuben Schuff) of the TWST Chapter.

REUBEN SCHUFF is a person who stutters and graduated in 2007 from Purdue University with a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering and works in the Aerospace and Defense industry.

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13 May 2012

Humor and Stuttering (333)

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Roisin, Joel and Caryn

Today on StutterTalk, The B Team discuss humor and stuttering and much more.

CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss humor as it relates to stuttering. Specifically, they talk about when, if ever, it is OK to laugh at stuttering.  The conversation evolves from there and the B Team discusses how others perceive stuttering and how that can affect the person who stutters. Later in the show, Caryn talks about the recent ABC series What Would You Do? which features friend of Stuttertalk Alina Davis.

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6 May 2012

It’s Okay to Stutter with Bill Murphy (332)

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Bill Murphy joins Peter Reitzes on today’s double episode of StutterTalk sharing his expertise on recent stuttering modification discussions on StutterTalk, comments posted at the StutterTalk Facebook page, the work of Joseph Sheehan and much more.

BILL MURPHY MA, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist, a board-recognized fluency specialist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Bill has worked for approximately 40 years with children and adults who stutter and is a past member of the Steering Committee of ASHA’s Special Interest Division of Fluency and Fluency Disorders.

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29 Apr 2012

Stuttering Modification: The B Team’s Take (331)

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Today on StutterTalk, The B Team discuss their experiences with stuttering modification and much more.

CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss stuttering modification in today’s episode. In the B Team’s typical fashion, the show ends up going in a variety of directions, but ultimately they discuss their experiences with using stuttering modification to manage their stuttering.

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22 Apr 2012

The Monster Isn’t Going Away with Courtney Luckman (330)

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Courtney Luckman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her experiences with stuttering, self help, and stuttering treatment.

During today’s episode, Courtney is asked about growing up stuttering, her experience at the Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP), starting a local chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA), dating, speaking to professors about stuttering, how stuttering impacts learning a second language, being a woman who stutters, working to prevent relapse and much more.

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. Courtney was recently featured in an NBC television news story about her goal of spreading stuttering awareness.

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15 Apr 2012

Stuttering Modification: Facing The Fear with Dr. Joseph Klein (329)

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Dr. Joseph Klein joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering modification treatment approaches.

JOSEPH F KLEIN, Ph.D, CCC-SLP is a person who stutters and an assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

During today’s episode, Dr. Klein is asked to review some of the evidence pertaining to stuttering modification treatment approaches, the Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP) and much more. Click here for references and suggested readings for this episode.

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