Dr. Brian Smart joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his life with stuttering, medical school, being a doctor who stutters, the importance of dignity, challenges and victories with stuttering, stuttering in the media and so much more.
BRIAN SMART, M.D., is a medical doctor specializing in allergy and immunology. He practices in the west suburbs of Chicago and is very active in local and national medical associations and serves as an officer at numerous levels in these organizations. Dr. Smart speaks at national meetings and has published in his field. Dr. Smart is a father of three and is an avid endurance athlete, including completing an Ironman Triathlon.
Robert “The Expert” Quesal, Ph.D., CCC-SLP joins Peter Reitzes to discuss and “piece apart” costal breathing and stuttering. This is the second episode in the costal breathing series.
Regular guest, Dr. Joe Klein, joins B Team member Joel Korte and regular co-host Eric Jackson for a “loose” discussion that twists and turns like a Schlitz and Slide. The guys talk about why it’s so hard to change our speech and how long it takes, taking advantage of good “practice” time, talking about (and not) changing, and much more. Joe points out that we, as stutterers, are resistant “to change when it’s hard, and also to change when it’s easy.”
Aonghus Heatley, a person who stutters, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss costal breathing, his life with stuttering, his experience taking a stuttering training course at the Starfish Project and much more. This is the first episode in a series on costal breathing.
Caryn Herring, Joel Korte and Roisin McManus (the Stuttertalk “B Team”) have submitted their monthly episode.
They take a more “casual” approach to the show this month, discussing everything from childhood stuttering videos to the decision to jump back into speech therapy. After reflecting on family time over the holidays, The B Team rings in 2011 with some New Year’s Stuttering Resolutions!
Phil Schneider, Ed.D. CCC-SLP joins Peter Reitzes to discuss intensive treatment programs for people who stutter. Phil discusses the significance of meeting other people who stutter, the relatively rapid, and often temporary, reduction of stuttering that often occurs at intensive programs, evaluating claims of success, returning home from an intensive program and much more.
PHIL SCHNEIDER is recognized as a master clinician and teacher, has been practicing and teaching for over 30 year and holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders at Queens College. In 2004 Phil was named the Speech Pathologist of the Year by the National Stuttering Association and is a StutterTalk Board member and advisor. Dr. Schneider wrote and directed Transcending
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26 Jan 2011
Brian Smart, M.D. – Being a Doctor Who Stutters and Medical School (255)
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Dr. Brian Smart joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his life with stuttering, medical school, being a doctor who stutters, the importance of dignity, challenges and victories with stuttering, stuttering in the media and so much more.
BRIAN SMART, M.D., is a medical doctor specializing in allergy and immunology. He practices in the west suburbs of Chicago and is very active in local and national medical associations and serves as an officer at numerous levels in these organizations. Dr. Smart speaks at national meetings and has published in his field. Dr. Smart is a father of three and is an avid endurance athlete, including completing an Ironman Triathlon.