Neil Rodrigues joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the “long haul” of facing stuttering and some possible limits or concerns regarding stuttering acceptance.
Mr. Rodrigues is asked about the interconnection he sees between stuttering, identify and acceptance. Mr. Rodriques describes grappling with stuttering by years of hard work which include speech therapy with a number of helpful professionals, participation in the National Stuttering Association and Toastmastersand facing stuttering in college and graduate school. Neil is asked about Scott Yaruss’ thoughtful chapter on stuttering acceptance from the StutterTalk book.
Neil Rodrigues is a Ph.D. graduate student at Purdue University in the area of laser diagnostics for combustion and liquid atomization. Mr. Rodrigues attends his local National Stuttering Association (NSA) and Toastmasters chapters. He has co-lead the NSA Chapter in Rochester, NY.
George Springer, a 24 year old rookie outfielder with the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being a professional athlete who stutters. Mr. Springer explains the importance of embracing and accepting stuttering.
When asked if he had any advice for children who stutter, Mr. Springer responded, “I was that kid that didn’t want to speak in class and tried to avoid certain situations. But then, once I just accepted it [stuttering], it actually changed my outlook on pretty much everything and made me a lot happier with myself…Embrace it and don’t let it prevent you from doing the things that you want to do in life.”
Frank Stetchel joins Peter Reitzes to discuss aging and stuttering, culture and stuttering, acceptance of stuttering and much more. Frank also weighs in on some topics and discussions he has heard over the years on StutterTalk regarding the state of speech therapy, embracing and accepting stuttering, fluency shaping and more.
FRANK STETCHEL is a person who stutters in New Jersey, a board member at his synagogue, co-leads the Brooklyn chapter of the Jewish Stuttering Association and is retired from a professional career as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, supervisor and manager in the New York State Education Office.
Next week on StutterTalk Peter hopes to speak with Joel Korte and Reuben Schuff about crucial stuttering experiences and strategies as suggested by Charles Van Riper.
Reuben Schuff joins Peter Reitzes to discuss Lazaro Arbos, an American Idol contestant who stutters, stuttering paradoxes and the Ted Talk video Stuttering and the Art of Mountain Biking featuring Richard Holmes, a person who stutters.
REUBEN SCHUFF is an Aerospace Engineer and founded (with Rita Thurman) a Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Reuben contributed the first chapter titled “Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend” in the StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. Reuben was interviewed about his chapter on StutterTalk. Click here for all of Reuben’s StutterTalk appearances.
During this episode, when discussing stuttering paradoxes, Peter and Reuben praise the Our Time Theatre Company and Camp Our Time and the awesome services they offer to the stuttering community.
Craig Coleman, M.A., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss working with school age children who stutter and preschoolers who stutter and the clinician’s acceptance of stuttering. Craig is asked about a journal he plans to launch which will focus on case studies and about an online support group for teens and children who stutter he is working on with the National Stuttering Association. Mr. Coleman authored (with J. Scott Yaruss and Robert Quesal) a letter to the editor in which they responded to a recent editorial written by Marilyn Nippold. StutterTalk covered this topic during episodes 372 and 373 and Mr. Coleman is asked at the top of the show to weigh in on the editorial and response letters. The episode concludes with Craig being asked about why he does not regularly adopt Lidcombe and other response-contingency approaches into treatment.
Craig Coleman is an assistant professor at Marshall University and a Board-Recognized Specialist in fluency Disorders (BRS-FD). Craig is currently serving his second term as President of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association and also serves on the Scientific and Professional Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). For twelve years, Craig was a pediatric speech-language pathologist at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he served as a Clinical Coordinator in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology and Co-Director of the Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania Craig is an adjunct instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Duquesne University. Craig Coleman was second author (with Scott Yaruss and Bob Quesal) in responding to the Marilyn Nippold editorial that StutterTalk has been covering.
References:
Yaruss, J.S., Coleman, C., & Hammer, D. (2006). Treating preschool children who stutter: Description and preliminary evaluation of a family-focused treatment approach. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 37, 118-136.
Dr. Marilyn A. Nippold joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and research pertaining to school age children who stutter. Their conversation is based on a recent editorial by Dr. Nippold and response letters in the journal Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. Topics includes evidence based practice and types of evidence in stuttering treatment, if fluency should be the first and primary goal for all children who stutter, Lidcombe treatment for school age children, acceptanceand much more.
Dr. MARILYN A. NIPPOLD, PhD, CCC-SLP is the current editor of the journal Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools and has been a professor in the Communication Disorders and Sciences department at the University of Oregon since 1982, where she has taught and conducted research in language development, language disorders, and stuttering. Dr. Nippold has published more than 90 journal articles and has received numerous awards. Just last week Dr. Nippold received an award in Teaching and Research by the Oregon State Speech-Language and Hearing Association.
PETER REITZES, MA CCC-SLP is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist. Peter has worked full time in the schools for more than a decade, in private practice, and has taught graduate level stuttering courses at three universities in New York City.
Listed below are many of the articles and links mentioned during today’s episode. StutterTalk attempted to list them in the order they were mentioned on air.
Yaruss, J.S., Coleman, C.E., & Quesal, R. W. (2012). Stuttering in school-age children: A Comprehensive approach to treatment. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 536-548.
Frymark, T., Venedoktov, R. & Wang, B. (2010). Effectiveness of interventions for preschool children with fluency disorders: A comparison of direct versus indirect treatments. Downloaded from the ASHA website.
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4 Sep 2016
The Long Haul of Facing Stuttering and Possible Limits of Acceptance (Ep. 597)
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Neil Rodrigues joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the “long haul” of facing stuttering and some possible limits or concerns regarding stuttering acceptance.
Mr. Rodrigues is asked about the interconnection he sees between stuttering, identify and acceptance. Mr. Rodriques describes grappling with stuttering by years of hard work which include speech therapy with a number of helpful professionals, participation in the National Stuttering Association and Toastmasters and facing stuttering in college and graduate school. Neil is asked about Scott Yaruss’ thoughtful chapter on stuttering acceptance from the StutterTalk book.
Neil Rodrigues is a Ph.D. graduate student at Purdue University in the area of laser diagnostics for combustion and liquid atomization. Mr. Rodrigues attends his local National Stuttering Association (NSA) and Toastmasters chapters. He has co-lead the NSA Chapter in Rochester, NY.