Sarah Vogel MA CCC-SLP: "An Alternative to Chasing Fluency.... Make Friends with your Stutter"

Sarah Vogel is a Senior Speech Language Pathologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  She has worked at CHOP for over 20 years where she helps children and teens who stutter. In this deep podcast Sarah shares her thoughts on the past, present and hopes for the future of stuttering therapy.  Her message to college bound kids who stutter:  focus on your strengths.  Her message to recent college graduates who are reflecting on their options: strength in numbers - surround yourself with other people who stutter and learn to make friends with your shutter.  Chasing  100% fluency is a frustration approach. Learn to "open stutter" and stutter better, get off the sidelines and into the game!