22 Jan 2012

Stuttering: It Gets Better (317)

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Jordon Smith

Jordon Smith, StutterTalk’s volunteer graphic designer, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his life with stuttering.

Jordon Smith is 31 years old, is a person who stutters, and lives and works in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Jordon has a degree from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and has been working as a graphic designer for over 6 years. Jordan has designed the StutterTalk logo and the StutterTalk B Team logo. Jordon discusses his childhood, speech therapy over the years, using the SpeechEasy device and much more.

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15 Jan 2012

Self-Advertising with the B Team (316)

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The StutterTalk B Team discuss self-advertising and stuttering.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the “Stuttertalk “B Team”) do an “old school” B Team episode and get caught up on each others’ lives.  Joel talks about going to a trade show for work next week where he will be talking (and stuttering) for a lengthy amount of time. Roisin talks about some uncertainties regarding going back to graduate school which evolves into a conversation about self advertising, and Caryn discusses the latest happenings with her job. Lastly, they talk about their New Year’s resolutions.

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8 Jan 2012

Stuttering: Tips from the Pros (the Freezing Edition; 315)

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Bob Quesal

Robert Quesal joins Peter Reitzes for this Tips from the Pros edition on freezing and stuttering.

Tips from the Pros is not speech therapy, is not instruction and is not coaching. General comments about stuttering may not apply to any particular person who stutters. If you are looking for a professional to help you work on stuttering, two well respected referral lists are:

ROBERT W. QUESAL, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a board recognized fluency specialist and a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Bob is also a much valued member of the StutterTalk advisory Council.

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2 Jan 2012

Fluency Shaping and Stuttering with the B Team (314)

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The StutterTalk B Team bring in the New Year by discussing stuttering and fluency shaping.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the “Stuttertalk “B Team”) do a spin-off of episode 309 and give their take on Fluency Shaping therapy. They discuss their experiences receiving fluency shaping therapy and what they believe was helpful and not helpful about this type of therapy.  In addition, Joel analyzes the type of speech typically associated with this type of therapy, and if that can truly be considered “fluency.” Lastly, they discuss the reality of trying to use a speaking strategy all of the time.

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25 Dec 2011

Predictions for 2012 with the Stuttering Brain (311)

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Tom Weidig

Dr. Tom Weidig, the brain behind the Stuttering Brain blog, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his five stuttering predictions for 2012.  Dr. Weidig predicts that:
1. A Dutch study (or the findings) due out soon will show no difference between Lidcombe treatment for preschoolers and a Demands and Capacities treatment approach.

2. More input from mainstream scientists on stuttering research relating to genes and biochemistry.

3. More trials on drugs but nothing much happening.

4. Discussions on blogs and podcasts might switch more to social media, especially Facebook.

5. The results from the large long-term Phase IIb trial on Pagoclone will be released. They will show that the control group (who took a placebo pill) show significant improvements. The study of this effect will force us to reconsider all outcome studies ever done and compare them to the control groups’ improvements.

Dr. Weidig also reviews the predictions he made at the very end of 2010 for 2011.

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18 Dec 2011

Stuttering: Tips from the Pros (Parents Edition; 313)

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Phil Schneider, Ed.D. CCC-SLP joins Peter Reitzes to discuss tips for parents to build confidence in children who stutter.

PHIL SCHNEIDER is a Board Recognized Fluency Specialist, an Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders at Queens College and has been in private practice for more than 35 years.

Today Dr. Schneider discusses two principles for building confidence and self esteem in children who stutter.  The two principles are:

  • Principle # 1 – Good Listening = Good Loving – How can we be great listeners, and
  • Principle # 2 – Honor the essence of the child’s message

Tips from the Pros is not speech therapy and is not counseling or coaching. General comments about stuttering may not apply to any particular person who stutters or family member. If you are looking for a professional to help you work on stuttering, two well respected referral lists are:

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