E28: On Stuttering

This episode provides a conversation with Sargent Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Stuttering Therapy at Boston University, Diane Parris Constantino ([email protected]). She introduced the causes and symptoms of stuttering and related research the Center has conducted. About the Center for Stuttering Therapy at Boston University: The Center for Stuttering Therapy at Boston University offers services to individuals who stutter of all ages. We offer individual sessions, parent training, and group therapy for teens and adults. As an academic training center, the primary clinicians are graduate students training under the supervision of a Board Certified Fluency Specialist (certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders). Many variables contribute to the development of stuttering and the challenges it presents to people from all walks of life – children and adults alike. Our philosophy is that a helpful mindset about being a person who stutters and a choice about how to manage the speech motor aspects of stuttering fosters the increased confidence our clients seek. That is, we help people learn how to cope with stuttering and how to talk in ways that facilitate struggle-free speech in order to become highly effective communicators. The moderator of the podcast is Dr. Karen Jacobs ([email protected]), who is the Associate Dean, Digital Learning and Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director for the on-line post-professional doctorate in the occupational therapy program at Sargent College. Marial Williams ([email protected]), a Boston University entry-level occupational therapy doctoral student, composed the music for the podcast.