Stuttering and Acceptance with J. Scott Yaruss (369)

J. Scott Yaruss

Dr. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his recently published chapter titled What Does it Mean to Say that a Person Accepts Stuttering in Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.

J. SCOTT YARUSS is a StutterTalk adviser, a Board Recognized Fluency Specialist, a fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, an associate professor and director of the Master’s Degree programs in Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to numerous articles, chapter and books, Dr. Yaruss has published the Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES), a comprehensive evaluation tool for children, adolescents, and adults who stutter. He has been named Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year by the National Stuttering Association.

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