by Dori | Jan 23, 2023 | Blog
Following is the second in a series of interviews that shaped the narrative of my next book: VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter. Abigail, mom to 10-year-old Oliver Early therapy for Oliver was Lidcombe – a behavioral...
by Dori | Jan 18, 2023 | Blog
Following is the first in a series of interviews that shaped the narrative of my next book: VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter. Aasami, mom to 11-year-old Satya Early therapy focused on fixing Satya’s stutter. When...
by Dori | Jan 17, 2023 | Blog
The Next Book: VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter In early 2021, I started recruiting participants, recording and transcribing their stories, and mining those stories, literally line by line, to get a big picture and...
by Dori | Sep 26, 2021 | Blog
The appropriateness of speech therapy for children who stutter should not be a matter of getting “lucky” or “dodging a bullet.” Luckily for these parents, that was the case! Here’s their story:...
by Dori | Jul 20, 2021 | Blog
Just returned from the FRIENDS Conference in Denver. Big thanks to Lee Caggiano, John Albach, and all the volunteers for this opportunity to come together with support and education. Thanks also to the American Institute for Stuttering staff for sharing their insights...
by Dori | Apr 17, 2021 | Blog
Yesterday I posted a Voice Unearthed book quote – a comment made by our son in 2009 when he was 12. He said: “Going to speech therapy made me have the idea that stuttering was bad. They’d say it was okay and then they’d tell me not to do it.” Several leaders in the...