Reuben Schuff and Joel Korte join Peter Reitzes to discuss crucial stuttering experiences in speech therapy as proposed by Charles Van Riper.
Dr. Van Riper’s list of 15 crucial stuttering experiences is archived here at The Stuttering Homepage. Some of the items we discuss from Van Riper’s list are:
“The stutterer is responsible for his own behavior – including his stuttering.”
“Stuttering can be deliberately endured, touched, and maintained and studied.”
“Avoidance increases fear and therefore stuttering, and it must be reduced.”
“It is possible to release oneself voluntarily from tremors, fixations, and oscillations.”
“When a moment of stuttering occurs, it should be studied, and its evil effects should be erased as much as possible.”
Van Riper explained, “These are the crucial experiences which your therapy should provide for the person who stutters. Again and again you must seek to facilitate these basic experiences. These should be the goals which structure your therapy.”
An alternative title for this episode could be something Reuben said during the episode – Stuttering: A Collection of Avoidance Behaviors.
REUBEN SCHUFF is an Aerospace Engineer. He co-founded the Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina.
JOEL KORTE is an electrical engineer and attends a masters program for Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Minnesota. Joel works as a design engineer for ZVEX Effects, a highly regarded guitar effects company. Joel is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West. Joel is not only a B Team host, but he is the technical guru who records and edits all of their episodes.
PETER REITZES is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist.
Next Week: Stuttering and Singing
Next week StutterTalk plans on discussing singing and stuttering. Leave us your thoughts and questions at the StutterTalk Facebook group or send us an email. We may discuss your comments on air.
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CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss some of the challenges with stuttering around the holidays including dealing with family, parties, and inappropriate responses to stuttering. Later, they discuss how strange it can be when you encounter people from your past who are not familiar with the changes that you have made with stuttering, and it can be easy to slip back into old habits and routines.
Caryn tells an inspiring story about Sara MacIntyre who is featured in the StutterTalk book and has appeared on the podcast several times.
CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) go around the table and discuss the latest happenings in their life. Caryn talks about the nature of self-advertising with her job, and how it can be uncomfortable at times. Joel introduces “Speech Tool Guy,” a character/concept that he has developed to help him manage his speech. Lastly, Roisin discusses about how Hurricane Sandy has affected her job and ultimately her stuttering.
Joel is asked to discuss doing vs. not doing, caring vs. not caring and much more.
JOEL KORTE is a person who stutters, a B Team host, and attends a masters program for Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Minnesota on a part-time basis and currently works as a design engineer for ZVEX Effects.
CARYN HERRING and JOEL KORTE (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss stuttering and their recent experiences at Camp Our Time. This is the final of three episodes Caryn and Joel recorded about camp. Joel was a camp counselor during the 10 day sleep away camp and Caryn’s duties centered around her work as Our Time’s resident Speech-Language Pathologist. They discuss the absence of shame associated with stuttering at camp, the changes the kids experience at camp, and the camp’s ability to allow people to be themselves.
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10 Feb 2013
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Reuben Schuff and Joel Korte join Peter Reitzes to discuss crucial stuttering experiences in speech therapy as proposed by Charles Van Riper.
Dr. Van Riper’s list of 15 crucial stuttering experiences is archived here at The Stuttering Homepage. Some of the items we discuss from Van Riper’s list are:
Van Riper explained, “These are the crucial experiences which your therapy should provide for the person who stutters. Again and again you must seek to facilitate these basic experiences. These should be the goals which structure your therapy.”
An alternative title for this episode could be something Reuben said during the episode – Stuttering: A Collection of Avoidance Behaviors.
REUBEN SCHUFF is an Aerospace Engineer. He co-founded the Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina.
JOEL KORTE is an electrical engineer and attends a masters program for Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Minnesota. Joel works as a design engineer for ZVEX Effects, a highly regarded guitar effects company. Joel is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West. Joel is not only a B Team host, but he is the technical guru who records and edits all of their episodes.
PETER REITZES is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist.
Next Week: Stuttering and Singing
Next week StutterTalk plans on discussing singing and stuttering. Leave us your thoughts and questions at the StutterTalk Facebook group or send us an email. We may discuss your comments on air.