Mom is grateful for a change in direction –

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...

Making the shift away from fixing

  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...

The new book, VoiceS Unearthed, is close!

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...

“we got lucky and dodged a bullet”

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:...

Options – we need real options.

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...