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A newly published article in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research reported  the results of a recent study on Lidcombe (Donaghy, et. al. 2020). This study divided 74 children into two groups, the control group using verbal contingencies and the...

Thank you to Tams Raymond for this eloquent overview of how she is using the Voice Unearthed approach. Many parents feel that not pursuing therapy focused on fixing their child's stutter is the same as not doing anything. Parents are key to this journey and need to be...

Here are my notes from the VU/AIS remote Parent Support Session on 11/15/2018. My notes are never as thorough as they could be because I get engaged in listening and forget to take notes!!  But here’s my best shot. Covert and avoidance behaviors: when to intervene and...

Highlights from the 8-27 Voice Unearthed/American Institute for Stuttering group session: How do you define “cure.” Cure is when a person experiences no negative anticipation or physical or emotional recoil when they stutter and they keep moving forward with their...

Dear parents. Lately I've been thinking more about the fear we have of our children being teased because of their stutter/stammer. We sometimes obsess - I know, I've been there. We cry, we hurt, we almost become paralyzed with fear for what might happen. Having fear...

Dear speech therapists, Many of you are supportive of the Voice Unearthed perspective and are onboard with the focus on keeping kids talking rather than fixing their speech. For this reason, you express concern when you see the Voice Unearthed message possibly turning...

Dear parents: The following list of questions to ask speech therapists is inspired by the Voice Unearthed perspective of focusing therapy on keeping kids talking and engaged in the world around them rather than eliminating the stutter/fixing their speech. Thank you to...

Matthew O’Malley’s “The O’Malley Stuttering Self-Treatment Guide” is not meant for children, but I do believe it holds a perspective that can be helpful to parents.  Below is a chart he shares that reveals a lot about the reality of speech therapy: (Zebrowski, 2008)...

This is the third in a series of six blog posts in response to the series of StutterTalk podcasts focusing on whether SLPs should treat people who stutter. Episode 631 features Jim McClure, a person who stutters and a former consumer member of the American Board of...