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22 Jan 2017

Stuttering Support for Children,Teens and Adults (Ep. 610)

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Rita Thurman, MS, CCC-SLP, Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders

Rita Thurman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being a chapter leader of stuttering support groups for teens and adults and her more than 40 years of experience working with people who stutter.

Topics include facilitating stuttering self-help meetings, activities, balancing the needs of different participants and much more. Ms. Thurman recommends that chapter leaders who do not stutter strongly consider working with co-leaders who do stutter.

Rita Thurman, MS, CCC-SLP is a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders and has been working for more than 40 years with children and adults who stutter. Rita is chapter leader of the Raleigh, NC teen and adult chapters of the National Stuttering Association.

Links:

  • International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference
  • FRIENDS One Day Conferences in North Carolina and nationally.
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17 Jan 2017

StutterTalk Position Statement on Self-Help and Speech Therapy for People Who Stutter

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StutterStrong

Today StutterTalk published a “Position Statement on Self-Help and Speech Therapy for People Who Stutter.” Read the statement here or View PDF Version.

A lot of collaboration, stuttering love and experience went into our first position statement. We are very proud to share this with you.

We are also excited to share that StutterTalk developed an image for this project we are calling StutterStrong. The StutterStrong image is based on the Egyptian symbol for stuttering. But instead of a single speaker being blocked by walls, our StutterStrong image features two people, working together, knocking down those stuttering walls. Very special thanks to graphic designer and fellow stutterer Jordon Smith for bringing this idea to life.

Be sure and and check back on January 22 for the next StutterTalk episode.

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25 Dec 2016

The Healing Sound of Laughter with the StutterTalk B Team (Ep. 607)

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Róisín McManus, Caryn Herring and Joel Korte of the StutterTalk B Team discuss navigating stuttering with friends and family, asking a partner or spouse to order food for you, trying to separate moments of introversion from stuttering and so much more.

Caryn Herring is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist, currently pursuing her PhD at The University of Pittsburgh. Caryn is also an adjunct clinical instructor at Duquesne University, supervising graduate students and teaching the Stuttering Course. She is an active member of numerous stuttering organizations.

Róisín McManus lives in New York City and has co-led the Brooklyn chapter of the National Stuttering Association for the past 5 years. She is an occasional StutterTalk host, was the lead planner of the 20-Something’s Program for the NSA/ISA World Congress in Atlanta 2016 and doesn’t mind being referred to as a “stutterer.” She works as an emergency room nurse and recently graduated from New York University as an acute care & palliative care nurse practitioner.

Joel Korte is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and a person who stutters. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology in 2013, and earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of St. Thomas in 2007. Joel is the co-leader of the Minneapolis chapter of the teen (TWST) support group through the National Stuttering Association. Joel is the owner of the Chase Bliss Audio, a guitar effects pedal company, and is a musician. Joel lives with his wife and two boys, Chase and Griffin, in Ramsey, Minnesota.

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24 Sep 2016

FluencyBank: The Future of Research (Ep. 599)

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Nan Bernstein Ratner, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CLLD

Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner joins Peter Reitzes to discuss FluencyBank, a shared repository for existing and future data relevant to fluency and stuttering research. This initiative will track fluency development in typical children, those who stutter, late-talking children and children raised bilingually. FluencyBank seeks to illuminate the various conditions that may impact fluency, such as language impairment, language competition, planning processes, linguistic structures, and conversational pressures.

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. Email Nan at nratner@umd.edu.

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22 Aug 2016

Traveling with a Stutter (Ep. 596)

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Jane Fraser, President, Stuttering Foundation

Jane Fraser and Dr. Joe Klein join Peter Reitzes to discuss ways to manage stuttering when speaking to security and border officials at screening checkpoints.

Topics discussed on air today include advertising stuttering (telling others you stutter), stuttering on purpose, using an ID card for people who stutter (published by the Stuttering Foundation) and allowing stuttering to happen. It is suggested that people who stutter and parents may consider using the Transportation Security Administration’s specific screening lines, available at some airports, for people with disabilities. Doing so may make speaking easier in the moment and is one way to impress upon security screeners that the traveler’s stutter is not indicative of deceit but is simply the way the person speaks.

Ms. Fraser is asked about the creation of the Stuttering Foundation’s new ID card for people who stutter and about Stuttering Foundation resources for people who stutter, professionals and the public.

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Joe Klein, Ph.D, CCC-SLP

Jane Fraser is president of The Stuttering Foundation, has run the Foundation for more than 30 years and is co-author of If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents now in its 8th edition.

Joe Klein, Ph.D, CCC-SLP is a person who stutters and an assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

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21 Jul 2016

Taking the Role of a Person Who Stutters (Ep. 586)

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Marcus Peters

Marcus Peters joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the importance of taking the role of a person who stutters. Mr. Peter’s attributes this perspective and phrase to Vivian Sisskin.

Mr. Peters is asked about attending his first National Stuttering Association Conference and a workshop which challenged him to consider the terms “disordered” vs “different.” Other language discussed today includes acceptance, empowered, stuttering pride, fixed and broken, uniqueness, pathology and value. Mr. Peters advocates using language to challenge society to think differently about stuttering. When asked about the process of change, Mr. Peter’s responded, “It’s pretty remarkable how we can change and how we can grow when we start to hope and when we start to look at things from a different perspective.”

Marcus is asked about stuttering being a blessing, how being Nigerian-American and a person of color impacts his stuttering experience, his current goal of advertising stuttering and much more.

Marcus Peters is a person who stutters in Dallas, Texas, an Information Systems Analyst, and a member of the Dallas Chapter of the National Stuttering Association. Mr. Peters holds a degree in Economics from the University of Maryland and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas.

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