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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...
“Going to speech therapy made me have the idea that stuttering was bad.”
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...
Please tell me your story!
Do you have a child whose speech tension persisted into their teen and adult years, even after formal early intervention with speech professionals? Are you an adult who had early intervention with speech professionals but continues to struggle with speech tension? If...
Stuttering doesn’t cause disconnection, shame causes disconnection.
Stuttering doesn’t cause disconnection, shame causes disconnection. What do your children look like when they are most connected? Our boys would immerse themselves… Legos, playing “flood the city” in the huge sandbox, playing Pokemon, reading, building forts,...
Should you find a specialist? Can you find a specialist? What does that even mean?
A common suggestion made by support organizations and within Facebook groups is “find someone who specializes in stuttering.” Turns out this is not as easy as it sounds. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 146,900 licensed therapists and...