2 Sep 2013
Preschool Stuttering Treatment: Do You Wait and See When It’s Your Child? (Ep. 419)
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Ellen M. Kelly, Craig Coleman and Sheena Reilly join Peter Reitzes to discuss a current study on preschool stuttering out of Australia by Reilly and colleagues which has gathered a lot of media attention and has triggered some significant concerns in the field of speech-langauge pathology. The study, in the journal Pediatrics, is titled Natural History of Stuttering to 4 Years of Age: A Prospective Community-Based Study. The controversy or concerns have arisen, in part, because the study promotes a general policy of wait and see with preschoolers who stutter before beginning treatment. Some, including two of today’s guests, express concerns about the specific measures used in the study and the possible “over-interpretation” of the study’s findings. Guests are asked about the study itself, the response from the mainstream media and several critical press releases by the Stuttering Foundation.
Guests are asked about two Stuttering Foundation press releases linked below:
- A Blunder from Down Under: Stuttering Foundation Warns Parents Not To Be Misled By Headlines Surrounding Australian Study on Preschoolers’ Stuttering
- Our thoughts on the Australian study on preschool stuttering
and the media’s response including these stories and headlines:
- Study: Preschoolers’ stuttering not harmful (USA Today)
- Preschoolers who stutter usually turn out OK (ABC)
- My Daughter’s Stuttering Isn’t Worrying Me Anymore (The Stir)
ELLEN M. KELLY, PhD, CCC-SLP specializes in fluency disorders, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a Speech-Language Pathologist at the Bill Wilkerson Center also at Vanderbilt.
CRAIG COLEMAN, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD is an assistant professor at Marshall University and a Board-Recognized Specialist in fluency Disorders. 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). Craig is an adjunct instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Duquesne University.
SHEENA REILLY is Director of Speech Pathology, RCH and Professor of Speech Pathology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne. Dr. Reilly holds a National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) practitioner fellowship and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. Sheena is a Fellow of the UK Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and of Speech Pathology Australia.
16 Sep 2013
Knowing What to Do and Not Doing It (Ep. 421)
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Jeff Olson joins Peter Reitzes to discuss knowing what to do to face stuttering but not wanting to do it. During the second half of today’s episode, Caryn Herring and Joel Korte of the StutterTalk B Team tackle the same topic. Related issues discussed today include looking for the “One” answer, letting stuttering happen, making stuttering happen, facing covert stuttering, a weight loss analogy, choosing not to use speaking strategies and much more.
JEFF OLSON is a person who stutters and works as a Design Engineer in Portland, Oregon. He attended his first National Stuttering Association (NSA) annual conference in 2009 and has attended several annual conferences since then. He is a member of the NSA Portland chapter.
PETER REITZES, MA CCC-SLP is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist and President and Host of StutterTalk.
CARYN HERRING, MS CCC-SLP is a “B Team” co-host, a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist. Caryn works at Our Time, an organization dedicated to helping kids who stutter, and at The Stuttering Therapy and Resource Center of Long Island, as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Caryn has led National Stuttering Association local chapters in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York. See full bio here.
JOEL KORTE, MA CFY-SLP is an electrical engineer, speech-language pathologist, and a person who stutters. Joel is the co-leader of the Minneapolis chapters of both the adult and teen (TWST) support groups through the National Stuttering Association. Joel is the owner of the Chase Bliss Audio, a guitar effects pedal company, and is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West. He also works as a speech-language pathologist, providing therapy primarily for people who stutter in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota. See full bio here.