StutterTalk receives many messages from listeners asking, “I stutter, what should I do?” While we can’t tell others what they should do, we can share what we have done to manage and face our stuttering.
Joseph Donaher, Ph.D joins Peter Reitzes to discuss ADHD and stuttering.
StutterTalk is excited to announce that this StutterTalk episode or course will be available for 0.10 CEUs for approximately six months, free of charge, through the National Stuttering Association. For complete details regarding the continuing education units being offered by the National Stuttering Association, go to the National Stuttering Association’s CEU page.
Take the CEU Test Here (expired June 15, 2014)
Show/Course Notes:
Title: ADHD and Stuttering
Objectives: At the conclusion of the program, the learner shall be able to:
Identify various ways in which Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can effect a child’s ability to communicate effectively.
Discuss the literature base regarding stuttering, disfluency and ADHD.
Describe intervention strategies based on specific speech patterns commonly demonstrated by children with ADHD.
Dr. Donaher was asked to analyze and discuss the disfluencies heard in this video featuring a 12 year old child with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Presenter Bio — Joseph Donaher, Ph.D., is the Academic and Research Program Director of the Center for Childhood Communication at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Donaher is an Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at The University of Pennsylvania. He is a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders (Board Certified Specialist-Fluency, or BCS-F) and the editor of Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders. Dr. Donaher is the chair of the Research and Publications Committee of The International Fluency Association. His clinical and research interests focus on the assessment and treatment of school-age children who stutter.More
Sergeant Craig Curry joins Peter Reitzes to discuss Christianity, faith and stuttering, working in law enforcement as a person who stutters and his experience with the medical treatment of stuttering. This is the fourth episode in StutterTalk’s series on faith and stuttering.
CRAIG CURRY has stuttered all his life. Mr. Curry has been employed for a California Sheriff’s Office of about 400 employees for 17 years now and has promoted to a Correctional Deputy Sergeant in the jail that houses approximately 700 inmates. Mr. Curry was raised in a church and has been a Christian all my life. He has been to married his high school sweetheart for 27 and has a 21 year old daughter in college.
Phil Schneider, Ed.D. CCC-SLP, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss Moses and stuttering and Judaism and stuttering.
PHIL SCHNEIDER is a Board Recognized Fluency Specialist, an Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders at Queens College, has been in private practice for more than 35 years, is an adviser to StutterTalk and with Uri Schneider is creator of the films Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story and Going with the Flow: A Guide to Transcending Stuttering which may be viewed here.
CARYN HERRING and ROISIN MCMANUS (of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss stuttering and the holidays. They talk about how they are able to enjoy the holidays more now that they have discussed stuttering openly with their family members. Roisin talks about how she sent a letter to her extended family members a few years ago explaining what she wanted them to know about stuttering. They finish up the conversation by discussing Roisin’s experience with meditation to cope with the stresses associated with stuttering.
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25 Jan 2014
I Stutter, What Should I Do? (Ep. 438)
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StutterTalk receives many messages from listeners asking, “I stutter, what should I do?” While we can’t tell others what they should do, we can share what we have done to manage and face our stuttering.
In today’s episode, CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS and JOEL KORTE of the StutterTalk B Team discuss what they have done and do to face stuttering. They discuss the individuality of stuttering, self-help and spending time with others who stutter. The B Team discuss how helpful they have found the Stuttering Foundation books to be and refer to the book Self-Therapy for the Stutterer as “gold.” The B Team also give big “plugs” to the National Stuttering Association (their local chapters and annual conference) and Stutter Social.
Check back in the coming weeks for one or more episodes on this topic.