Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Stuttering
Frequently Asked Questions: (FAQ)- ten important facts to know about Stuttering: What is stuttering? Stuttering is a disruption in the...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Jul 11, 2021
- 3 min
How to talk to someone with Parkinson’s…..
How to Communicate with Your Loved One Who Has Parkinson’s If you are caring for a loved one with Parkinson’s disease, you are probably...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
Speech and other suggestions Parkinsons Patients:
1. Help friends understand that you’re the same person, but might have new limitations now. Sharing information about the disease with...
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Lori Melnitsky
- May 12, 2021
- 1 min
Confession: The whole stuttering truth…from my heart…
Truth: The whole truth: a confession I used to make myself vomit. I hated school. I feared saying my name, being called on and generally...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Apr 13, 2021
- 1 min
Helping the College Student Who Stutters become fluent…..
Helping the College Student Who Stutter Become fluent….. Yes, there is hope and treatment. What can you do to help: Find someone who...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Why should adults who Stutter take the MPI 2 Stuttering?
Adults who stutter are tired of stuttering. They want to get the job they want. They want to stop hiding stuttering. They want to not...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Feb 13, 2021
- 1 min
How overcoming stuttering changed my life…
My quest for fluency was endless. It also involved learning how to converse, pause and speak. These are ways that fluency helped me. In...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
Hello I stutter, Do you hear me? My name is Lori..The non traditional speech pathologist…
Stuttering? Who understands how I speak? How loud do I have to scream to be heard? I remember being 5 and told I should do a play for my...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
How to accurately conduct a stuttering assessment in children:
Stuttering is complex and a challenge to assess. Many speech pathologists have not met anyone who stutters and barely learned about it...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Stuttering is fight or flight… We need to change our inner voice….
Put on those boxing gloves. Time to push that word out at any cost and fight to the end. I hear the words in my head. Just let me push...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
Suggested 504 Accomodations for Students who Stutter…
Accommodations for Students who Stutter……. Stuttering occurs when there are disruptions in fluency or flow of speech. With slight...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Jun 30, 2020
- 2 min
How important is counseling in stuttering therapy?
Although stuttering is considered a neurogenic or developmental, there are several emotional factors that play into it. Sometimes,...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
Adult Stuttering -What is Prolonged Speech?
Adult Stuttering-What is Prolonged Speech? Most people want to stop stuttering. In fact we pray to stop stuttering. I am an adult who...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Jun 12, 2020
- 4 min
Lori Melnitsky-Journey with Stuttering
Lori Melnitsky by Beverly Fortune on September 2, 2009 Lori Melnitsky has been stuttering since she was four years old. It was a long...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Jun 10, 2020
- 1 min
Helping Adults Stop Stuttering…
I stopped. I never ever stutter anymore. No more fear to speak. Then I woke up. It was a dream I have had many times. Not saying I am...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
Masks-The impact on communication, speech and hearing…It will be huge..
The real and new truth is this.. We will all have to have more patient now. Of course wearing masks is essential for our health but it...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
Best ways to help students who stutter during uncertain times
This has been no doubt been in a stressful time for all of us. It can increase stuttering. The isolation is not helpful for anyone and if...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Should we accept stuttering or seek help?
Recently I was in a chat room of parents who stutter. I was shocked and dismayed at people giving advice without any evidence behind it....
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Lori Melnitsky
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Best reasons to continue tele therapy at this time…
The truth is this is a generation that learns via tele therapy. At the risk of sounding old, I did so much of my fluency therapy via...
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Lori Melnitsky
- Jan 30, 2020
- 1 min
Tips for teachers on stuttering…
Best tips for teachers on stutttering: Encourage but do not enable. Try to make it easier but do not allow stuttering to be an excuse....
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