Stuttering
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2011-03-22/stuttering
Guest Host:
Bruce Depuyt
Until recently, popular culture generally defined people who stutter as clumsy, unintelligent, or worse. But with the success of "The King's Speech," the image of stutters may be turning around. We explore what's known about the causes of stuttering, and , treatment, and social perceptions around stuttering.
Guests
Vivian Sisskin
Speech Language Pathologist, and Instructor, Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland.
Tommie Robinson
Speech Language Pathologist and Former President of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Tracey Wallace
Lifelong Stutterer and Audiologist for DC Public Schools
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Hello. Thank you for discussing this topic today. I wanted to ask the experts about fluency strategies. Which strategies do you feel are most effective for school-aged children?
Thanks,
Nikki
Yes, the King's Speech has helped make stuttering easier to talk about and has helped more people realize the daily frustrations involved when one stutters. My uncles who stuttered found help through The Stuttering Foundation of America years ago. They have such great resources for those who stutter, parents, teachers, and employers at www.stutteringhelp.org that your readers need to know they are there to help just like they were over 60 years ago.
Just listened to this episode. So glad to see a good time period on this program devoted to dispel myths and have honest dialogue with professionals and a person who stutters. I know of Tracey (seen her at NSA conferences) but never really heard much of her story. It was good to hear her start off the dialogue, because we always need to hear from the professionals in the field plus the experts, those of us who live with stuttering every day. And I loved the caller segment. Good to hear from Debbie, with her questions about pushing the momentum of the movie forward, and Matt, who gave some resource info!
Great job by all!
Thanks Matt for calling in. For those of us that know Matt, he works in a highly technical scientific position. I have been in the room where he has given talks at meetings in front of 100s of people in a highly contentious environment and know if I had the same issues, I would never be brave enough to risk it. You are wonderful Matt.
Thank you so much for exploring this topic, and thank you as well to everyone who called in. For 35 years the National Stuttering Association (NSA), which is the largest self-help non-profit organization for people who stutter in the country, has connected kids and adults who stutter to other kids and adults who stutter through local chapter meetings, workshops, on-line support groups and annual conferences in which over 600 people who stutter attend each year! They also offer tons of great brochures, pamphlets and other reference tools for both people who stutter and professionals. To learn more, pls contact them at: www.westutter.org, info@westutter.org or 1-800-937-8888
Great article thanks a lot
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