StutterTalk Peter Reitzes and friends

For National Stuttering Awareness Week (NSAW), Ben Goldstein and Mark O’Malia join Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about what it takes to talk about stuttering. Mark and Ben share their stories about what when they started talking about stuttering, how it helped them, the challenges along the way, and ideas as to how to get started.



Mark O’Malia, MS, CCC-SLP is the New York Clinic Director for the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS), working with people who stutter across the lifespan since 2017. In addition, Mark serves on the Board of Directors of Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter, and is an adjunct instructor, teaching graduate level courses in stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders. Being a stutterer himself, Mark is actively involved in the stuttering support community, regularly presenting at national conferences.

Ben Goldstein is a speech-language therapist and stuttering consultant for Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland and an associate clinician at the Sisskin Stuttering Center in the Washington D.C. area. He is also an adjunct professor at (Gall- you-det) Gallaudet University, teaching the graduate level stuttering course. Ben has presented on Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering (ARTS®) at international and national conferences, speech therapy graduate school programs, and to school-based speech therapists in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Links:

American Institute for StutteringSisskin Stuttering CenterFRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter support groupsNational Stuttering Association support groups

Caryn Herring joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss her response in the New York Times article, Trump’s Biden Mockery Upsets People Who Stutter: ‘We’ve Heard This Before. Caryn shares her concerns about the bullying of stuttering on a global stage and her message of dignity in response to the mockery.



Caryn discusses virtual and in-person resources from FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter to build and fortify a sense of dignity. She also shares personal life experiences that have helped her increase her dignity, including the value of the stuttering community. 

Caryn Herring is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist, and a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. Caryn met Lee in 2010, and has been involved with Friends ever since. Caryn served on the Board of Directors as the Chairperson for 5 years and is proud to follow in Lee’s footsteps as the current Executive Director of Friends. Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization for people who stutter, reducing adverse impact, and the role of voluntary stuttering. She has also taught and clinically supervised both undergraduate and graduate students at MSU, The University of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne University.

Links:

New York Times article

FRIENDS

FRIENDS Virtual Parent Group

FRIENDS One Day Conferences 

FRIENDS Virtual Kids Groups 

FRIENDS Virtual Teens Group 

FRIENDS Virtual 20-something group

JJJJJerome Ellis joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about stuttering as an heirloom, something "precious and worthy of being cherished." Jerome shares how he came about reframing the inherited genetic trait from something negative to positive and how he makes space for stuttering when times get tough. Finally, Jerome shares some projects he is working on, including the coming of a fantastic book.



JJJJJerome Ellis, an artist, and a proud stutterer. Jerome makes music and writes books. He lives in Tidewater, Virginia, with his wife, ecologist-poet, Luísa Black Ellis. They love walking in the woods, reading, and drinking tea together. 

Links:

 

JJJJJerome's website

 

Instagram

Dr. Derek Daniels joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about stuttering and the hats he wears as a researcher, supervisor, clinician, and person who stutters.



Dr. Daniels shares his path to researching marginalized identities of people who stutter and the value of understanding intersectionality and stuttering. Dr. Daniels talks about a HIS story, a program for black males who stutter by The Arthur Blank Center for Stuttering Research and Education, and how impactful the experience has been.

Some links mentioned:



* Dr. Derek Daniels

* National Stuttering Association Conference

* Camp Shout Out

* HIS Story

Ward Jarvis joins Dr. Chris Constantino to discuss the Stuttering Yips and the mental side of stuttering.



Ward Jarvis is a performance coach on the PGA Tour focusing mainly on the mental side of preparation and execution. Ward has coached multiple pgatour winners and major champions applying a lot of what he’s learned from his lifelong experience with stuttering to the world of high stakes performance.  In addition to coaching, Ward is also a full time firefighter in Paducah, KY.

Links:



* Ward Jarvis website

* Social media: @wjarviscoaching

Dr. Chris Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss facing old stuttering patterns, how stuttering has helped with public speaking skills, and the mitzvah of stuttering.



Peter Reitzes is president of StutterTalk.

Dr. Chris Constantino is an assistant professor at Florida State University.

Both Peter and Chris are people who stutter and speech-language pathologist.