by Dori | Mar 20, 2014 | Blog
Happy spring to all of you! If you’re still living in the midst of a giant snowbank like the one I’m staring at out my office window, this hardly seems possible. Hopefully the calendar doesn’t lie. This post has nothing to do...
by Dori | Feb 20, 2014 | Blog
Just finished reading, for the second time, Dr. Gunars Neiders’ book, From Stuttering to Fluency: Manage Your Emotions and Live More Fully. Dr. Neiders is a psychologist and a person who stutters. He enlists Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to address...
by Dori | Feb 12, 2014 | Blog
Recently, in an email conversation with a leader in this field, it was suggested that I should be writing more about the positive experiences families are having connected with speech therapy for their children who stutter. This professional stated that most...
by Dori | Jan 14, 2014 | Blog
I love analogies. So here’s one for you… Often the first instinct, when there’s a grease fire in your kitchen, is to dump a bucket of water on it. Of course, most of us know better. We know a lot about fire and we know that water will only make a grease fire spread....
by Dori | Jan 8, 2014 | Blog
Several months ago I witnessed a speech therapist I admire make light of the fact that children usually only use their speech tools while with the therapist. While I firmly believe that there is not one drop of malicious intent behind the casual acceptance of this...
by Dori | Jan 8, 2014 | Blog
I’ve heard from so many of you including speech therapists, parents, and adults who stutter who wholeheartedly agree with my concerns around introducing speech tools to children who stutter. You share stories of the increased silence and withdrawal, depression and...
