#70 Being Spontaneous with Dr. Christopher Constantino

Christopher Constantino lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Megan, and son, Augustine. He is a speech-language pathologist at Florida State University. He works clinically with people who stutter, teaches classes on stuttering and counseling, and researches ways to improve the experience of stuttering. He co-edited Stammering Pride & Prejudice.   1:45- 3:04  Introduction / Bio 5:23 - 8:16  Spontaneity, Tension and Quality of life  8:58 - 10:44 Walt Manning - agency and autonomy in stuttering 11:24 - 14:25   Passing as fluent and the effort/attention it requires 14:31 - 17:33 Measuring the subjective experience of speech - degree of fluency and spontaneity 18:26 - 21:47 Feeling of loss of control; Traditional therapy and relapse 22:08 - 30:32 Moving from effortful fluency to spontaneity and the cost of fluency 30:50 - 31:58 Realistic goals  33:22 - 42:08 Neurodiversity, Pride around identity, and Quality of Life 43:11 49:05 Ramp of Access and Models of Disability 51:02 - 56:14 Treatment of school-aged children who stutter. Reframing goals…and advocacy. 56:46 - 1:01  Stuttering Gain 1:02 - 1:08  My Stuttering - Going into Battle - What I would tell my younger self…   Stammering Pride and Prejudice: https://stamma.org/news-features/stammering-pride-and-prejudice-book   Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech; creator and host of Transcending Stuttering; and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.   Episode Notes: See more on our blog http://www.schneiderspeech.com/ourblog   Want to learn more? We help SLPs and people who stutter transcend stuttering. Learn more http://www.schneiderspeech.com/tsa