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17 Sep 2015

Trusted Stuttering Resources (Ep. 551)

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Lee Caggiano

There is so much information available on stuttering. Some of the resources are trusted and honest while others make unreliable claims which may offer misinformation, quick fixes and even cures. Today on StutterTalk, Lee Caggiano joins Peter Reitzes to discuss essential and trusted resources in the stuttering community. If you are looking for information about stuttering, a professional such as a speech-language pathologist or a support network, these organizations are a trusted place to start.

Lee Caggiano, MA CCC-SLP is a board certified specialist and mentor in fluency disorders, the parent of an adult who stutters and director of FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter.

The trusted stuttering resources discussed today include:

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10 Sep 2015

What is Stuttering? (Ep. 550)

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Nan Bernstein Ratner

Are you frustrated or confused about something people are calling “normal stuttering” or “normal developmental stuttering”? If so, then this episode is for you! Nan Bernstein Ratner tackles the question, what is stuttering?

Nan Bernstein Ratner, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CLLD is Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park. She is a Fellow and Honors recipient of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Ratner is author of numerous articles and chapters addressing language acquisition and fluency and co-author, with Oliver Bloodstein, of A Handbook on Stuttering (6th edition) – one of the most respected and cited stuttering texts of our time. Dr. Ratner is a much called upon adviser to StutterTalk.

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27 Aug 2015

Do the Thing You Fear Most (Ep. 549)

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Michael Giannangeli is asked about being a person who stutters in the business world and at elite universities, his success with avoidance reduction therapy and working with Vivian Sisskin, his concerns with fluency shaping treatment, self help, Toastmasters and much more. Mr. Giannangeli points out the benefits of embracing the role of a stutterer and doing the thing you fear most. He shared that fluency is not the goal. 

Michael Giannangeli, 25 years old, was born and raised in Washington, DC. Mr. Giannangeli spent the last three years as an Economic Consultant at Analysis Group in DC and is currently pursuing an MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management in Boston, MA. Michael played varsity basketball at Swarthmore College and remains a basketball junkie despite a recently ruptured Achilles tendon.

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31 Jul 2015

Demands and Capacities and Lidcombe: Roughly Equal Preschool Stuttering Treatments at 18 Months Post Treatment Onset (Ep. 548)

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Dr. Marie-Christine Franken

Dr. Marie-Christine Franken and Caroline de Sonneville-Koedoot discuss their eagerly awaited, just published, rigorous scientific study Direct versus Indirect Treatment for Preschool Children who Stutter: The RESTART Randomized Trial. A major finding reported in the study and on StutterTalk today is that treatment results for Lidcombe and RESTART-DCM treatment methods are very similar at 18 months post treatment onset. In response to a question formulated from this Stuttering Brain blog post, Dr. Franken shares on StutterTalk today that “At this moment I think it would be unscientific to claim that the Lidcombe Program is the best stuttering treatment.”

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Caroline de Sonneville-Koedoot

Franken, de Sonneville-Koedoot and their colleagues conducted a randomized controlled trial with an 18 month follow-up with 199 children who stutter between the ages of 3-6. All subjects had been stuttering for at least 6 months. 99 children received the Lidcombe Program treatment, a direct treatment. 100 children received the RESTART-DCM treatment, an indirect treatment. The researchers concluded that “results imply that at 18 months post treatment onset, both treatments are roughly equal in treating developmental stuttering in ways that surpass expectations of natural recovery.”

[Update – a few days after this interview, Dr. Tom Weidig at the Stuttering Brain blog published this excellent post The most important conclusions from the Franken study on early-childhood intervention.]

Dr. Marie-Christine Franken is a Specialist Fluency Therapist and the Speech-Language Research Lead at the Speech & Hearing Department of Erasmus University MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Dr. Franken and her team of researchers published a much discussed 2005 pilot study which compared Lidcombe Treatment and DCM Treatment. Dr. Franken recently appeared on StutterTalk to answer listener questions about Preschool Stuttering and Its Treatment (Ep. 487).

Caroline de Sonneville-Koedoot is a PhD student at Erasmus University, in the Department of Health Policy and Management, the Netherlands, and a speech-language pathologist. Her current research focuses on the cost-effectiveness of therapy for children who stutter.

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24 Jul 2015

Be custom. Be different. Be unique. Be you. (Ep. 547)

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Nick Weaver, COO and co-founder of Blue Delta Jeans

Nick Weaver, COO and co-founder of Blue Delta Jeans, talks about succeeding in business, using humor in communication, stuttering being just one part of who he is, how stuttering can be an advantage in business, what he learned from his parents and so much more.

Nick Weaver was recently featured in the article, Finding the Perfect Fit, published by the Stuttering Foundation and in a Stuttering Foundation video from their 2015 New York City gala. Mr. Weaver was the keynote speaker at the 2015 FRIENDS Convention. Nick is a role model, an entrepreneur, an app developer, a husband, a father, a person who stutters and much more.

“[Stuttering] has turned into my conversation piece…When you are going to a business meeting it is something to talk about other than business. My stuttering has become my business tool. That’s how I break the ice…It lets people let down their own guard a little bit. That’s why I’m good at moving people. That’s why I can negotiate contracts. Stuttering is my blessing.” –Nick Weaver

The video below features Mr. Weaver discussing Blue Delta Jeans while stuttering openly.

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21 Jul 2015

Good Stuttering Vibes at the NSA and Beyond (Ep. 546)

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B_TeamStutterTalkDKRedSmallCaryn Herring, Joel Korte and Roisin McManus of the StutterTalk B Team chat about the recent National Stuttering Association (NSA) conference that Caryn and Roisin attended. They compare and contrast this to Joel’s most recent experience at a trade show with his company, Chase Bliss Audio. The B Team wrap up by discussing the keynote speech at the NSA conference by Leana S. Wen, M.D.

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