In today’s episode, we’re talking to Lori Melnitsky about Stuttering & Acceptance. Lori is an SLP in New York. She specializes in stuttering. Lori owns her own practice called All Island Speech, where they provide stuttering help to children and adults. Today you will learn:
- Why Lori, as a person who stutters, decided to pursue a degree to become a speech-language pathologist
- Lori’s personal experience with stuttering
- Some reasons why people stutter
- What acceptance can mean in therapy
- What fluency therapy can look like for children and adults
- How parents can support stuttering acceptance at home
- What teachers should know and do when a student stutters
Links and Resources:
- Lori’s practice: https://www.allislandspeech.com/
- Lori’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allislandspeechandstuttering
- Lori’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allislandspeech_/
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Posted in More Than Words, Stuttering