Rita Thurman, MS, CCC-SLP, Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders
Rita Thurman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being a chapter leader of stuttering support groups for teens and adults and her more than 40 years of experience working with people who stutter.
Topics include facilitating stuttering self-help meetings, activities, balancing the needs of different participants and much more. Ms. Thurman recommends that chapter leaders who do not stutter strongly consider working with co-leaders who do stutter.
Rita Thurman, MS, CCC-SLP is a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders and has been working for more than 40 years with children and adults who stutter. Rita is chapter leader of the Raleigh, NC teen and adult chapters of the National Stuttering Association.
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22 Jan 2017
Stuttering Support for Children,Teens and Adults (Ep. 610)
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Rita Thurman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being a chapter leader of stuttering support groups for teens and adults and her more than 40 years of experience working with people who stutter.
Topics include facilitating stuttering self-help meetings, activities, balancing the needs of different participants and much more. Ms. Thurman recommends that chapter leaders who do not stutter strongly consider working with co-leaders who do stutter.
Rita Thurman, MS, CCC-SLP is a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders and has been working for more than 40 years with children and adults who stutter. Rita is chapter leader of the Raleigh, NC teen and adult chapters of the National Stuttering Association.
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