Blog - All Island Speech & Stuttering Therapy

Lori Melnitsky

May 4, 20201 min read

Tips to reduce stuttering for adults….

Whether you are in therapy now or not there are some things you can do to reduce stuttering…. Pause often Ease into words.. Remember you...

Helping college students who stutter online..

Lori Melnitsky

Apr 29, 20201 min read

Helping college students who stutter online..

——Please spread the word if you know someone who stutters? —–High school seniors, College students and adults are benefiting from the...

Masks-The impact on communication, speech and hearing…It will be huge..

Lori Melnitsky

Apr 23, 20202 min read

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...

Best ways to help students who stutter during uncertain times

Lori Melnitsky

Apr 21, 20201 min read

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...

Stuttering and fluency therapy in a Pandemic…Yes it is important…

Lori Melnitsky

Apr 13, 20201 min read

Stuttering and fluency therapy in a Pandemic…Yes it is important…

Yes.. stuttering can be helped even in a pandemic… During this crazy and scary time it is easy to freeze in time. I get it and it is...

Should we accept stuttering or seek help?

Lori Melnitsky

Apr 8, 20201 min read

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....

Best reasons to continue tele therapy at this time…

Lori Melnitsky

Apr 6, 20201 min read

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...

Lori Melnitsky

Apr 1, 20201 min read

Online Stuttering Therapy

How many of you have noticed that the younger generation talks over zoom or face time? It is effective and stuttering therapy can be...

Lori Melnitsky

Jan 30, 20201 min read

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....

Top questions to ask speech pathologists if your child stutters so they succeed?

Lori Melnitsky

Jan 28, 20201 min read

Top questions to ask speech pathologists if your child stutters so they succeed?

Did you know only one percent of the population stutters? Did you know that most of graduate students do not work with anyone who...

Lori Melnitsky

Jan 28, 20209 min read

How to help your child with ADHD?

Take a break… Give yourself a chance to breathe as a parent and realize that not all children develop at the same time.. ADHD Parenting...

Lori Melnitsky

Jan 28, 20201 min read

Will my child stop stuttering?

This is my number one question I get asked and the answer is not easy. We have all heard of famous people who say they used to stutter. I...

Why adults who stutter should consider speech therapy?

Lori Melnitsky

Jan 9, 20201 min read

Why adults who stutter should consider speech therapy?

Many of us who stutter have gone for some type of speech therapy in our lives. Some positive and some not. Insurance is an issue for...

2020 brings a fluency program for adults who stutter to talk fluently: a 17 year old talks…

Lori Melnitsky

Dec 31, 20191 min read

2020 brings a fluency program for adults who stutter to talk fluently: a 17 year old talks…

My initial intake of 17 year old Bruce , a junior in high school: To the listener he stuttered mildly. Inside he was suffering and...

Understanding communication: an immigrant’s perspective

Lori Melnitsky

Dec 29, 20192 min read

Understanding communication: an immigrant’s perspective

The truth is I never knew my grandmother Ida. She died six months after I was born but her legacy lives on through her son (my father)....

The best way to stop struggling with stuttering….Fluency now…

Lori Melnitsky

Dec 13, 20191 min read

The best way to stop struggling with stuttering….Fluency now…

Do you want to be able to say your name? Do you want to stop struggling? Are you ready to work hard and consistently? Do you stutter? I...

Wow…MPI 2 graduate… Stuttering to Fluency……

Lori Melnitsky

Dec 12, 20191 min read

Wow…MPI 2 graduate… Stuttering to Fluency……

Jake stuttered. Was terrified of speaking. This is why he took the program- 1. Took the program because I was tired of conventional...

Top reasons high school students who stutter should consider intensive fluency therapy..

Lori Melnitsky

Dec 12, 20191 min read

Top reasons high school students who stutter should consider intensive fluency therapy..

It is no secret that I stuttered severely from the age of 4 and did not talk in class ever, not even in my masters program. I did not...

Listen to how Christina improved fluency at All Island Speech and Stuttering..

Lori Melnitsky

Dec 11, 20191 min read

Listen to how Christina improved fluency at All Island Speech and Stuttering..

https://www.facebook.com/allislandspeechandstuttering/videos/1928472390497550/

Top tips to help children ages 8 to 14 who stutter:

Lori Melnitsky

Dec 11, 20191 min read

Top tips to help children ages 8 to 14 who stutter:

Over the years I have seen hundreds of children and adults who stutter…I can honestly say ages 8 to 14 are the most challenging. It is...

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