Conversation with Vivian Sisskin

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TOPICS INCLUDE

- Early influences and career path

- Most memorable encounters and experiences

- ARTS - what it is, what it's not and why it matters

- How the field has progressed over the years

- Vision for the future

NOTES

• • Vivian delves into the progression of the avoidance reduction therapy field (positives and negatives). 

  • Vivian shares her experience parenting a Neuro-typical child (autism) and how it adds a dimension to the work she does.

  • Vivian explains how she adapted to the changes going on in the world (by using zoom), and how it affects her practice -more participants show up during the virtual group sessions.

  • Both Uri and Vivian give some tips to better the learning environment virtually. 

  • Vivian leads the viewers through the course of her journey with avoidance reduction therapy and how she has crafted her line of work to better help her patients. 

  • Vivian explains the neurological, emotional, and behavioral side of stuttering.

  • Vivian brings up the relationship between the social model and stuttering and where she thinks it’s heading in the future.

GUEST BIO

Vivian Sisskin is a Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Hearing and Speech Sciences. She is an ASHA Fellow and a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency Disorders. Sisskin was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. She served as Coordinator for ASHA’s Special Interest Group 4, Fluency and Fluency Disorders, and received the ASHA Media Champion Award for promoting an improved understanding of communication disorders through her appearances on local and national television, radio, internet and print. She has presented her work on the treatment of stuttering both nationally and internationally. In addition, her articles and workshops include principles for effective group therapy and communication strategies for children with autism spectrum disorders. Sisskin served on the Board of Directors of the National Stuttering Association and as  Vice-Chair of the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders. She was honored as the 2014 Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year by the National Stuttering Association. Sisskin served as Chair for ASHA's Council for Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CFCC). She is a faculty member for the Stuttering Foundation of America’s Mid-Atlantic Workshop, as well as the Workshop for University Faculty and Doctoral Students. She is affiliated with the University of Maryland Autism Research Consortium (UMARC) and the Maryland Cochlear Implant Center of Excellence (MCICE).

Resources and Links

Sisskin Stuttering Center

Vivian Sisskin- Use Your Tools And Other Ineffective Nagging Podcast Episode

Contact Vivian Sisskin

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HOST BIO

Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP passionately explores and develops practical ways for us to create our own success story. Delivering personalized experiences of communication care informed by leading professionals and influencers, Uri is re-imagining the next-level of speech-language therapy for people to benefit in real life.
Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech Pathology and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.