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Lori Melnitsky

Jun 28, 20215 min read

Best Communication Hacks: ADHD

Best Communication Hacks for Adults with ADHD You speak a lot! But it doesn’t seem like people recognize what you mean? You often confuse...

Lori Melnitsky

Jun 18, 20211 min read

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...

Lori Melnitsky

May 17, 20210 min read

From Stuttering to becoming a teacher.. Listen in..

Lori Melnitsky

May 12, 20211 min read

Confessions of an adult who stutters…

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...

Confession: The whole stuttering truth…from my heart…

Lori Melnitsky

May 12, 20211 min read

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...

Helping the College Student Who Stutters become fluent…..

Lori Melnitsky

Apr 13, 20211 min read

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...

Twenty things I want you to know about my life, not all stuttering related…

Lori Melnitsky

Mar 2, 20212 min read

Twenty things I want you to know about my life, not all stuttering related…

These are 20 things to know about me, not all stuttering related… My family means the world to me. They are the first, second and last...

Best reasons to take intensive stuttering therapy..

Lori Melnitsky

Feb 23, 20210 min read

Best reasons to take intensive stuttering therapy..

Stuttering Isn’t Contagious but Ignorance is….Lori’s story

Lori Melnitsky

Feb 16, 20212 min read

Stuttering Isn’t Contagious but Ignorance is….Lori’s story

Sept 1991-My first internship for my masters program in Speech Pathology was at a special education preschool on Long Island in NY. I was...

Best tools to help teens and adults who stutter…

Lori Melnitsky

Feb 16, 20211 min read

Best tools to help teens and adults who stutter…

Many times I am asked what tools to use with stuttering. Too many times people are looking at manuals and tools to cure stuttering. The...

Why should adults who Stutter take the MPI 2 Stuttering?

Lori Melnitsky

Feb 15, 20211 min read

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...

Why I stutter but do not need breath support from speech pathologists….

Lori Melnitsky

Feb 15, 20211 min read

Why I stutter but do not need breath support from speech pathologists….

All my life I have been told from speech pathologists, doctors and listeners to stop, calm down and breathe. Do you know the message...

How overcoming stuttering changed my life…

Lori Melnitsky

Feb 13, 20211 min read

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...

Why speech stretching does not always work with stuttering…

Lori Melnitsky

Jan 13, 20211 min read

Why speech stretching does not always work with stuttering…

My motto: Never teach what you will not use yourself to communicate? It is unnatural to talk in slow stretched speech. Try it and you...

EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO TREAT STUTTERING AND RELATED SPEECH DISORDERS WORKSHOP

Lori Melnitsky

Dec 12, 20201 min read

EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO TREAT STUTTERING AND RELATED SPEECH DISORDERS WORKSHOP

Lori Melnitsky, MA CCC-SLP ASHA speech-language pathologist and Director of All Island Speech and Stuttering Therapy in Plainview, NY has...

Hello I stutter, Do you hear me? My name is Lori..The non traditional speech pathologist…

Lori Melnitsky

Dec 1, 20201 min read

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...

Lori Melnitsky

Oct 28, 20201 min read

How to build confidence…..

Confidence is a skill that can be learned and taught. There is a common misconception that confidence is a personality trait. It is...

Stuttering Misconceptions that will blow you away….

Lori Melnitsky

Oct 26, 20201 min read

Stuttering Misconceptions that will blow you away….

Stuttering is complex. However many times people jumped to conclusions. As someone who stuttered severely and specializes in helping...

Lori Melnitsky

Oct 17, 20202 min read

Mindfulness and Stuttering

Tips for Adults Who Stutter Send me the guide We respect your privacy. Unsubscribe at anytime. Built with ConvertKit Mindfulness and...

How to accurately conduct a stuttering assessment in children:

Lori Melnitsky

Oct 6, 20202 min read

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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