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Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F of Vanderbilt University joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP for an episode devoted to discussing how to best support parents through the therapeutic process and across the lifespan of a child. Ellen and Sara talk through how they build and foster strong partnerships with parents beginning from the initial contact/ evaluation process all the way through into incorporating them in therapy and building the depth of their understanding and knowledge-levels. Sara and Ellen then discuss unique situations like working with parents of children who stutter who stutter themselves, navigating fluency-demanding parent conversations, and they end by sharing some of their favorite resources to give to parents. 

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Courtney Luckman, M.A., CCC-SLP discusses practical strategies and activities for thawing the Stuttering Iceberg in therapy with clients who stutter. Courtney shares a bit about her personal journey as a person who stutters, how her experience impacts her work as an SLP, and walks us through how to utilize the Stuttering Iceberg analogy in therapy with practical suggestions to target the: affective, cognitive, and physical components of stuttering.
During today's episode, Courtney references a blog post she wrote for MedBridge, "10 Practical Strategies for Thawing the Stuttering Iceberg." Link Here

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Sharon Millard, Ph.D., CertMRCSLT, HCPC, research lead and clinical specialist at the Michael Palin Centre in London, gives listeners an overview of exciting research findings to support the efficacy and effectiveness of the Palin PCI therapy program for young children who stutter and their families. Sharon gives listeners a brief introduction to Palin PCI, then reports interesting findings from a 2018 Paper, "Palin Parent Child Interaction Therapy: The Bigger Picture," in AJSLP. Future areas of research are discussed as well as opportunities for further learning are shared.

Links discussed in episode:
Palin PCI Manual (New)
Oxford Dysfluency Conference
MPC Training Opportunities in UK

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Robert Dellinger, M.S., CCC-SLP of the Wake County Public Schools is back for our second episode in our school-based segment. Listen to Rob continue his discussion related to challenges school-based therapists face, and offer suggestions for how we can expand our viewpoint and provide more comprehensive therapy to children who stutter in the schools.
"Unless we’re experts in stuttering - and most of us aren’t - the work setting challenges of school-based practice (and the limits of our education and training) can really pressure us into relying too much on Speech Tools." We can evolve our thinking around Speech Tools. The biggest misconception is that school-age CWS can learn speech tools, and apply them all the time, and then the problem is fixed. Stuttering just doesn’t work this way. 

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Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F of Vanderbilt University joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss navigating the many uncertainties that can come about when working with young children who stutter and their families. Ellen and Sara discuss how important individualization is with all clients, but specifically with this age group. They discuss the bigger picture of communication, how to set families up for the potential for persistence, meeting our clients where they are, ways to support and encourage healthy communication attitudes, and more! This will be followed up by an episode specifically focused on supporting parents in a couple weeks. 

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Three young adults join host, Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to share their journeys with stuttering and their advice to therapists. Mary, Aileen, and Josette discuss where they were, where they are today, where they hope to be, and what has positively impacted them along the way. The three guests share advice to therapists, specific experiences with therapy that have stuck with them, and the power support has played in all of their journeys. 

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Nic Brow, M.A., CCC-SLP joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss the importance of community. Nic opens up about his personal journey as someone who stutters, his experience in Avoidance Reduction Therapy as both a client and clinician, and discusses how impactful finding the stuttering community was for him. Nic and Sara talk about different support options within the stuttering community and how important it is for therapists to understand the power of community in their work with individuals who stutter of all ages. 

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Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F of Vanderbilt University joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss the importance of taking therapy beyond the therapy room. Ellen and Sara discuss suggestions on client-driven 'outside' assignments and goal generation, the concept of scaffolding desensitization and exposure, and ideas for taking things outside of the therapy room in a variety of ways.

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Dr. Dennis Drayna joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss recent findings in genetics research specific to stuttering. Dr. Drayna begins by giving viewers an overview, then moves on to share an exciting new finding from his lab related to potential astrocyte cell involvement in stuttering.

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Voon Pang, BSc,CPSP, MNZS joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP from ASHA 2019 in Orlando, Florida where they discuss and debrief on various sessions they attended throughout the second part of the convention.