#70 Being Spontaneous with Dr. Christopher Constantino

Published: April 4, 2022, 10 a.m.

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.

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1:45- 3:04\xa0 Introduction / Bio

5:23 - 8:16\xa0 Spontaneity, Tension and Quality of life\xa0

8:58 - 10:44 Walt Manning - agency and autonomy in stuttering

11:24 - 14:25 \xa0 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\xa0

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\u2026and advocacy.

56:46 - 1:01\xa0 Stuttering Gain

1:02 - 1:08\xa0 My Stuttering - Going into Battle - What I would tell my younger self\u2026

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Stammering Pride and Prejudice: https://stamma.org/news-features/stammering-pride-and-prejudice-book

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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.

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