Shri Tarak Goradia joins StutterTalk host Reuben Schuff from the 2014 National Conference of The Indian Stammering Association (TISA). Dr. Goradia discusses the power of constructive feedback, effective public speaking skills which go well beyond stuttering and stammering and breaking free from the clutches of stammering. Tarak shares that the power of TISA is:
TISA brings stammerers together in a nonjudgemental platform,
TISA brings about importance of acceptance in the role of effective communication, and
TISA gives people hope – together people will not get rid of stammering, but work towards getting rid of stammering’s impact on the pursuit of excellence in their lives.
TARAK GOADIA holds a Ph.D. in computer science and is an experienced Leader in SW Architecture, Process, Quality, and Data Analytics in Bengaluru Area, India. Read Shri Goradia’s article Breaking Free from the Clutches of Stammering from TISA’s newsletter.
Reuben Schuff joins Peter Reitzes to discuss how much time should you spend working on stuttering. This is the fourth episode in this series.
REUBEN SCHUFF is an aerospace engineer from Raleigh North Carolina, and is a person who stutters. He works on helicopter vibration dynamics during the days but keeps his evening and weekend devoted to several non profits. He is a co-leader of the TWST (teen’s who stutter) National Stuttering Association chapter Raleigh, NC. Reuben contributed the chapter Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend in the StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.
Susannah Parkin and Reuben Schuff join Peter Reitzes to discuss their recent public speaking achievements, stuttering and doing what you fear.
Reuben was awarded second place in the Toastmasters District Contest in North Carolina and Susannah is the 2013 recipient of the The James Soper Merrill Prize which is awarded to the graduate “who, in character and influence, has best typified the highest ideals of the College.” Susannah’s acceptance speech can be viewed here.
Reuben Schuff (center)
SUSANNAH PARKIN is a person who stutters and a recent graduate of Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. Susannah interned at the Stuttering Foundation in 2011 and is currently working as a research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital. Ms. Parkin plans to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology.
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. Reuben contributed the chapter titled Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend in the StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. Reuben has appeared numerous times on StutterTalk; his appearances are archived here.
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.
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.
Reuben Schuff joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his recently published chapter titled Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend in the new StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. Reuben is asked about fluency vs. effective communication, struggled stuttering vs. forward moving stuttering, putting himself in challenging speaking situations and much more.
Reuben Schuff is an Aerospace Engineer. Reuben founded (with Rita Thurman) a Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Reuben is also a past local chapter leader of the NSA.
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4 Oct 2014
Breaking Free from the Clutches of Stammering (Ep. 473)
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Shri Tarak Goradia joins StutterTalk host Reuben Schuff from the 2014 National Conference of The Indian Stammering Association (TISA). Dr. Goradia discusses the power of constructive feedback, effective public speaking skills which go well beyond stuttering and stammering and breaking free from the clutches of stammering. Tarak shares that the power of TISA is:
TARAK GOADIA holds a Ph.D. in computer science and is an experienced Leader in SW Architecture, Process, Quality, and Data Analytics in Bengaluru Area, India. Read Shri Goradia’s article Breaking Free from the Clutches of Stammering from TISA’s newsletter.