Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP for a 'Dear Stuttering Foundation Part 2' question and answer episode with a specialized school-based focus! Dr. Kelly and Sara talk through clinical questions submitted to Stuttering Foundation with a variety of school-based focuses such as: supporting clinical development of school-based SLPs, recommendations for teachers, supporting children through the transition back to in-...
Oct 12, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Voon Pang returns for an 'all-things stuttering' chat with Sara! They discuss Voon's path towards gaining greater clinical expertise in stuttering, the positive shifts in climate of the New Zealand/ Australia stuttering world that he is noticing, best hopes for change for clients, allyship and the stuttering pride movement, and more! Links Referenced in Episode: Chapter referenced, "The Therapeutic Journey- Guided by Road Map or SAT-NAV" by Frances...
Sep 14, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP for a 'Dear Stuttering Foundation' Question and Answer episode! Dr. Kelly and Sara talk through clinical questions submitted to Stuttering Foundation ranging from parent concerns, clinician training inquiries, clinical case questions, 'frequently misunderstood topics,' and more! There will be more to come, please submit questions or clinical case concerns for future 'Dear Stutte...
Aug 10, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Rob Dellinger, M.S., CCC-SLP of the Wake County Public Schools in Raleigh, NC is back for Season 3 to continue our 'Stuttering in the Schools' segment. Rob begins by reflecting briefly on the challenges of this past school-year due to the pandemic, while also highlighting the 'silver linings' and areas of growth he's had as a clinician, and has witness among his colleagues within the schools. The conversation shifts to focus on looking ahead to wha...
Jul 13, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Mandy Hampton Wray, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh, joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss a recently published longitudinal study seeking to look deeper at early phonological skills and stuttering. Specifically, looking at whether the neural processes underlying nonword rhyming tasks differentiated stuttering persistence and recovery. Dr. Hampton...
Jun 09, 2021•41 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Ali Berquez, MSc, PG Dip CT (Oxon), BRIEF Cert. SF Practice, Clinical Lead for Children at the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering in London, UK, joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss the process of desensitization for parents of children who stutter. This discussion is based on a paper in AJSLP from 2018 written by Ali Berquez and Elaine Kelman, "Methods in Stuttering Therapy for Desensitizing Parents of Children Who Stutter." Desensitiza...
May 12, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F of Vanderbilt University joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP for our first episode of Season 3! Sara and Ellen discuss and explore helping to support clients shift from taking the 'out' in many communication situations to participating more fully independently. They discuss foundational rationale to help get individuals and families 'on board,' why the 'wait for fluency' approach to tackle challenging communicatio...
Apr 14, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F of Vanderbilt University joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP for our final episode of Season 2! Sara and Ellen discuss and explore the process of letting parents know when and how to let go. They discuss how to: initiate this growth conversation among parents and individuals who stutter, cultivate on-going parent/child ‘debrief’ opportunities, and better understand the benefits of starting to ‘let go,’ allowing th...
Dec 15, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Dr. Rick Arenas, Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of New Mexico, is back to discuss his research related to better understanding variability and anticipation. Specifically, Dr. Arenas discusses a study conducted in collaboration with his student, Amanda Ortiz-Alvarez, "A Phenomenological Investigation of the Contextual Variability and Anticipation of Stuttering." [Linked below] Dr. Arenas begins...
Dec 08, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Dr. Ellen Kelly hosts today's episode, which is an audio adaptation of a video presentation (video viewing details below). This "Career Retrospective" Series is a new Stuttering Foundation project. Through this project, we hope to honor and archive the careers, stories, lessons, and advice for future generations from the "Stuttering Giants." In this candid interview, Dr. Ehud Yairi summarizes just a few of his major contributions to our understandi...
Dec 01, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Dr. Rick Arenas, Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of New Mexico, joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss a recent research study conducted in collaboration with his student, Katlyn Ferguson, which looks at the experience of parents of children who stutter, and specifically their experiences in support group involvement. "The Experience of Being a Parent of a Child Who Stutters and Subsequ...
Nov 24, 2020•38 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Back by popular demand! Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F, Associate Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), joins host Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP, to continue their clinician-client role-play focused specifically on modeling a Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) session. This 'therapy session' is a continuation from the recent episode, "The One Where Sara is the Client an...
Nov 17, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Cara Singer, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor at Grand Valley State University, joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss findings from her recently published study, "Clinical Characteristics Associated With Stuttering Persistence: A Meta-Analysis." [Linked below] Cara shares how she first became interested in this area of research, the process of conducting a meta-analysis study, her findings, drawbacks/ limitations, and possible direction...
Nov 10, 2020•34 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Dr. Ellen Kelly hosts today's episode, which is an audio adaptation of a video presentation (video viewing details below). This "Career Retrospective" Series is a new Stuttering Foundation project. Through this project, we hope to honor and archive the careers, stories, lessons, and advice for future generations from the "Stuttering Giants." Recently retired from Vanderbilt University, Professor Emeritus Edward Gage Conture provides a retrospective...
Nov 03, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! In the continuation of our 'Sara and Ellen' discussion segment, Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F, Associate Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), joins host Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP, for a fun simulation of an initial therapy session/ intake consultation discussion. Sara puts her 'client' hat on and plays herself about 12 years ago when she first began speech therapy, a...
Oct 27, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Dr. Bridget Walsh joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss recent research related to documenting and better understanding disfluency behaviors expressed by 4- and 5- year-old children who stutter and to identify whether stuttering characteristics at this age are predictive of later stuttering recovery or persistence. Dr. Walsh discusses potential future areas of research and, in general, her hopes for how learning more about the characterist...
Oct 20, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! In our final installment (and possibly our favorite!) of our Panel Series, all ten panel members debrief and answer questions from students. Listen and learn as panel members offer more details on their own experiences, share perspectives on things like speech tools and managing parent expectations, and they close by offering advice to SLPs based on their experiences. We hope you've enjoyed this series as much as we have! Thank you so very much aga...
Oct 13, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Listen and learn from the stories of five more adults who stutter as they reflect on their journeys. Spring, Eugene, Cara, Dillon, and Sara share where they were, where they are today, and where they hope to be in the future. Be sure to join us next week for Part 3 for a Q&A and discussion among all 10 panelists. Endless thanks to the panel members who so willingly shared their stories with all of us!...
Oct 06, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Listen and learn from the stories of five adults who stutter as they reflect on their journeys. Megan, Heather, Jack, Emily, and Courtney share where they were, where they are today, and where they hope to be in the future. Be sure to join us for Part 2 next week, where we will hear from another 5 adults who stutter. Then, tune back in for Part 3 for a Q&A and discussion segment with the whole panel. Thank you so much to the panel for allowing ...
Sep 29, 2020•50 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Rob Dellinger, M.S., CCC-SLP of the Wake County Public Schools in Raleigh, NC is back for a special episode for our school-based segment focused on goal writing. Listen to Rob continue his discussion related to challenges school-based therapists face, and offer suggestions for how we can expand our viewpoint and provide more comprehensive therapy to children who stutter in the schools. Rob shares how important a comprehensive assessment is for layi...
Sep 22, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! What do adults who stutter and stuttering specialists think it means to make a positive change to stuttering? Naomi H. Rodgers, Ph.D., CCC-SLP and Hope Gerlach, Ph.D., CCC-SLP join host, Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP, to discuss their current research related to better understanding what the change process looks like for adults who stutter; specifically, “What would an adult who stutters be doing if they were making a positive change to their stutt...
Sep 15, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! We kick off Season Two with the continuation of our 'Sara & Ellen' discussion segment with host, Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP, and Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F, Associate Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Sara and Ellen discuss the importance of preparing clients to become their own clinicians, and how we should work towards making ourselves 'useless' as therapi...
Sep 08, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F of Vanderbilt University joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP for an episode devoted to discussing how to best support parents through the therapeutic process and across the lifespan of a child. Ellen and Sara talk through how they build and foster strong partnerships with parents beginning from the initial contact/ evaluation process all the way through into incorporating them in therapy and building the depth of ...
Feb 18, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Courtney Luckman, M.A., CCC-SLP discusses practical strategies and activities for thawing the Stuttering Iceberg in therapy with clients who stutter. Courtney shares a bit about her personal journey as a person who stutters, how her experience impacts her work as an SLP, and walks us through how to utilize the Stuttering Iceberg analogy in therapy with practical suggestions to target the: affective, cognitive, and physical components of stuttering....
Feb 11, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Sharon Millard, Ph.D., CertMRCSLT, HCPC, research lead and clinical specialist at the Michael Palin Centre in London, gives listeners an overview of exciting research findings to support the efficacy and effectiveness of the Palin PCI therapy program for young children who stutter and their families. Sharon gives listeners a brief introduction to Palin PCI, then reports interesting findings from a 2018 Paper, "Palin Parent Child Interaction Therapy...
Feb 04, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Robert Dellinger, M.S., CCC-SLP of the Wake County Public Schools is back for our second episode in our school-based segment. Listen to Rob continue his discussion related to challenges school-based therapists face, and offer suggestions for how we can expand our viewpoint and provide more comprehensive therapy to children who stutter in the schools. "Unless we’re experts in stuttering - and most of us aren’t - the work setting challenges of school...
Jan 28, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F of Vanderbilt University joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss navigating the many uncertainties that can come about when working with young children who stutter and their families. Ellen and Sara discuss how important individualization is with all clients, but specifically with this age group. They discuss the bigger picture of communication, how to set families up for the potential for persistence, meet...
Jan 21, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Three young adults join host, Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to share their journeys with stuttering and their advice to therapists. Mary, Aileen, and Josette discuss where they were, where they are today, where they hope to be, and what has positively impacted them along the way. The three guests share advice to therapists, specific experiences with therapy that have stuck with them, and the power support has played in all of their journeys....
Jan 14, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Nic Brow, M.A., CCC-SLP joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss the importance of community. Nic opens up about his personal journey as someone who stutters, his experience in Avoidance Reduction Therapy as both a client and clinician, and discusses how impactful finding the stuttering community was for him. Nic and Sara talk about different support options within the stuttering community and how important it is for therapists to understand ...
Jan 07, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Want to share your feedback? Send us a message! Ellen Kelly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F of Vanderbilt University joins Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP to discuss the importance of taking therapy beyond the therapy room. Ellen and Sara discuss suggestions on client-driven 'outside' assignments and goal generation, the concept of scaffolding desensitization and exposure, and ideas for taking things outside of the therapy room in a variety of ways....
Dec 17, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 8
