StutterTalk

Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his speaking experiences as a person who stutters who is a member of the Secular Franciscan Order of the Catholic church.

Topics include speaking and stuttering when leading prayers and during confession and grace. Constantino and Reitzes consider issues related to spontaneity of speech, stuttering and “controlling” stuttering.

Christopher Constantino, CCC-SLP, is a person who stutters, a StutterTalk host, and a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis. Chris is an ASHA certified, Tennessee licensed, speech-language pathologist at Shelby County Schools in Memphis, TN. His research has sought to understand and contextualize the experiences of passing as fluent for people who covertly stutter. Currently he is studying the subjective experience of stuttering, he is interested in defining and measuring the degree to which communication feels spontaneous, regardless of fluency. Chris’s StutterTalk episodes are known for finding common ground between disability rights and speech-language pathology.

Naomi Hertsberg Rodgers joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering at the Passover Seder and reclaiming our stuttering space.

Naomi Hertsberg Rodgers is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa, a speech-language pathologist and person who stutters. Mrs. Naomi Hertsberg Rodgers leads the Iowa City chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA). Her research focuses on the cognitive and emotional factors related to stuttering and stuttering intervention among children and adolescents.

StutterTalk would like to hear from you about stuttering during Easter, Passover and other holidays. Send us an email at [email protected] to tell us your story.

Links:

* Moses and Stuttering with Dr. Phil Schneider (StutterTalk episode 434)

* Stuttering Foundation’s Workshops for Professionals

Phil Schneider joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the promises and predictions that professionals, such as speech-language pathologists, sometimes make to people who stutter and their families.

Phil Schneider, Ed.D. CCC-SLP is a Board Certified Specialist and Mentor in Fluency and Fluency Disorders and has been working in private practice for 45 years with children and adults who stutter. Dr. Schneider is an Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders at Queens College and, with Uri Schneider, is creator of the films Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story and Going with the Flow: A Guide to Transcending Stuttering.

Róisín McManus and Caryn Herring of the StutterTalk B Team discuss stuttering and life transitions, facing stuttering at work, the right to exist as stutterers, becoming okay with other people’s discomfort about stuttering, the physical exhaustion of stuttering, stuttering as an asset in the workplace and 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 of the StutterTalk B Team was not able to participate in this episode. We look forward to his return!

Scott Yaruss joins Peter Reitzes to discuss if articulation and phonology treatment can cause or exacerbate stuttering. At the end of the episode, Dr. Yaruss is asked briefly to discuss the related topic of bilingualism and stuttering.

J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-F, F-ASHA is an Associate Professor in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh and will soon start as Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University. Dr. Yaruss has published more than 150 research papers, chapters, booklets, or articles and given more than 450 academic and training presentations at local, national, and international conferences. He is co-author of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES) and the forthcoming Early Childhood Stuttering Therapy: A Practical Guide. View Dr. Yaruss’ full curriculum vitae here.

Links:

* Byrd, C., Bedore, L., & Ramos, D. (2015). The disfluent speech of bilingual Spanish-English children: Considerations for differential diagnosis of stuttering. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services, in Schools, 46, 30-43.

* Comas, R. (1974). Tartamudez o espasmofemia funcional. Relato y aportes conceptuales. Revista Cubana de Pediatria, 46, 595-605.

* Conture, E.G., Louko, L.J., & Edwards, M.L. (1993). Simultaneously treating stuttering and disordered phonology in children: Experimental treatment, preliminary findings. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2, 72-81

* Logan, K.J. & LaSalle, L.R. (2003). Developing intervention programs for children with stuttering and concomitant impairments. Seminars in Speech and Language, 24(1), 13-19.

* Packman, A., Onslow, M., Reilly, S., Attanasio, J., & Shenker, R. (2009). Letter: Stuttering and bilingualism. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 94, 248.

* Evidence Based Practice (ASHA link)

Jane Fraser and Emily Anderson join Peter Reitzes to discuss finding love when you stutter. Ms. Anderson shares her experience as a young woman who stutters who is challenging herself to face stuttering professionally and personally. Ms. Fraser, President of the Stuttering Foundation, draws upon her decades of experience to discuss productive ways to face stuttering.

Emily Anderson is an Environmental Outreach Coordinator for a conservation nonprofit organization and also works as a server at a steakhouse, a job she has held for almost ten years. She is the author of the article Seeing the Gift in My Stutter on Good and Bad Days recently published in the Mighty.

Jane Fraser is president of The Stuttering Foundation, has run the Foundation for more than 35 years, and is co-author of If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents now in its 8th edition.

Stuttering Foundation inks discussed on this episode:

* Advice to Those Who Stutter 

* Self-Therapy for the Stutterer

* Therapy Referral Lists

Rachel Hoge joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and dating and how stuttering can help forge deeper connections with others. Ms. Hoge is asked about her recent essay How My Stutter Improves My Dating in the Washington Post. Ms. Hoge discusses how her stuttering is a social filter of sorts which in an asset for dating.

Rachel Hoge is a southern writer, MFA candidate, and person who stutters. Ms. Hoge’s nonfiction works have been published with, or are forthcoming from, the Washington Post, the Rumpus, Ravishly, and others. She is currently writing a memoir about life with a speech disability.

Links:

* Black Swan Green by David Mitchell

* Changing How You View Stammering and Stuttering with David Mitchell (Ep. 300)

* Day 1 with David Mitchell and Harry Dhillon (Ep. 402)

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.

 

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.

Róisín McManus joins Peter Reitzes to discuss starting and running a stuttering support group chapter.

Topics include the power of people who stutter supporting one another, chapter ground rules, welcoming words, various support group activities, differences between chapters, interacting with the national office and much more.

Róisín McManus lives in New York City and has co-led the Brooklyn chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) for the past 5 years. Ms. McManus is the Adult Program Co-Chair of the NSA. She 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.” Ms. McManus works as an emergency room nurse and recently graduated from New York University as an acute care & palliative care nurse practitioner.

Links:

* The National Stuttering Association

* Brooklyn Chapter of the National Stuttering Association

* Brooklyn Chapter Guide for SLPs and Students

* FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter

* Chapter Leader Area from the National Stuttering Association

* 101 Things To Do

* Support Group Activities

* Self-Help Workbook for People Who Stutter by Michael Sugarman

* Peer Counseling and Self-Help Group Facilitation by Michael Sugarman

* Living with Stuttering and Anxiety: Coping Strategies to Assist People who Stutter by Michael Sugarman