Peter Reitzes

11 Jun 2021

Stuttering Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right (Ep. 707)

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Dr. Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss expectations placed on famous people and celebrities who stutter such as President Biden. Dr. Constantino notes that President Biden allows children who stutter to think about being president. 

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3 Apr 2021

My Beautiful Stutter with Taro Alexander of SAY (Ep. 706)

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Taro Alexander joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the wonderful documentary film My Beautiful Stutter which follows five kids who stutter, ages 9 to 18, from all over the United States and all walks of life who meet at SAY, an interactive arts-based program.

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Taro Alexander – founder of the Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY) – is asked about a wide range of topics from the film including positive stuttering affirmations, embracing stuttering, the fairly common experience of being a person who stutters who is not viewed as a person who stutters, dating and thriving with stuttering, the physical frustration of stuttering, and so much more.  

StutterTalk is so proud to have interviewed Taro many times. Click here to hear the full Taro Alexander StutterTalk archive. 

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31 Jan 2021

What is New and Exciting in Stuttering (Ep. 703)

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Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner joins Peter Reitzes to discuss what is new and exciting in stuttering and updates to A Handbook of Stuttering, which is soon entering its 7th edition.

Dr. Bernstein Ratner is asked about updates she and Dr. Shelly Brundage have made to the handbook regarding stuttering treatment, predictors of recovery, brain imaging research, genetics, evidence based practice, and so much more. Nan and Peter also discuss the fluencybank, Lidcombe’s impact on the field, and assessment challenges.

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Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner is a Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park and a Fellow and Honors recipient of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Bernstein Ratner is co-author of the seminal publication, A Handbook on Stuttering, which will soon be published in its 7th edition. Nan has co-authored A Handbook on Stuttering with the late Oliver Bloodstein and with new co-author Shelly Brundage.

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21 Dec 2020

What Exactly is Working in Preschool Stuttering Treatment? (Ep. 701)

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Dr. Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss an important 2020 study on verbal contingencies in Lidcombe treatment and the related question, “What exactly is working in preschool stuttering treatment?”

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24 Oct 2020

How to Talk about Joe Biden’s Stuttering (Ep. 695)

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Barry Yeoman and Christopher Constantino join Peter Reitzes to discuss how to talk about Joe Biden’s stuttering. Topics include how to respond to well intentioned but ableist descriptions of Joe Biden’s stuttering, Barry Yeoman’s recent column in the Nation titled Our Stutter: Joe Biden, Brayden Harrington—and Me, policing stuttering voices, and much more. 

Barry Yeoman is a journalist with more than four decades of experience who specializes in in-depth reporting that puts a human face on complex issues. 

Chris Constantino is a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor at Florida State University. Chris co-edited the highly acclaimed book Stammering Pride & Prejudice.  

Peter Reitzes is a speech-language pathologist and President of StutterTalk.

Barry, Chris, and Peter are all people who stutter. 

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11 Apr 2020

The Growth of Stuttering Support in Israel During COVID-19 (Ep. 685)

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Hanan Hurwitz joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the growth and success of stuttering support in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Hurwitz is asked about Israel’s first support group meeting for children who stutter, a current series of online stuttering lectures, and serving in the military while stuttering. 

Hanan Hurwitz is an electronics engineer and independent Quality Management consultant, and presently the Executive Director of the Israeli Stuttering Association, AMBI.

Hanan is a PWS who started on his Journey of understanding stuttering in 2010, when he attended the National Stuttering Association annual conference.

Hear Hanan’s previous StutterTalk appearances here. 

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