Hi Everyone,

Welcome back to another episode. Today I am joined with my youngest guest ever, Manny from Confident Kids Movement. “Manny”, Claude Jennings III, is an 11 year old native of Silver Spring, Maryland. Manny is a YouTuber. His YouTube channel is called “Manny Time”.

It's OK to be ME is an uplifting and inspiring message to children and adults. This book celebrates all the differences that make each of us unique. It teaches that everyone should be proud of who they are, and to celebrate what makes them special. Manny stutters when he speaks and he shares how he finds confidence through that challenge. When you feel frustrated, it may take a little more time and effort, but keep talking. You can get through it!

Check out more from Manny:

Instagram: @confidentkidsmovement

Buy It's Ok To Be Me: https://www.amazon.com/Its-OK-be-Manny-Jennings/dp/B0BRYZQQT8

Confident K.I.D.S Movement: www.theconfidentkidsmovement.com

Link to letter (from episode): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IbWT8cQCEg

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Hi Everyone,

Finally getting to post part 2 of this episode (sorry for the wait, been trying to juggle uni and podcasting and it's gotten a little hectic!).

In this episode, Ezra and I talk all about the impact fluency goals has on a child, why we should move away from fluency, Ezra's journey to stutterology and how they created the page and finished it all off with a great game of 2 truths and a lie.

Questions asked in this episode:

Why do you think fluency should be no longer linked to stuttering and why should we move away from fluency (0:47)

How did it affect your childhood + how did doing severity charts impact you? (17:07)

Do you have any advice for teenagers at school? (35:37)

Why did you start and create stutterology? (43:50)

2 Truths and Lie (50:33)

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stutterology/

Substack: https://stutterology.substack.com/

Linkee: https://linktr.ee/stutterology

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Hi everyone!

Welcome to 2024! I hope everyone's had a great New Years.

Today I am joined by Ezra Horak, the creator of Stutterology. Ezra Horak is the founder of Stutterology, a digital content platform that educates about stuttering through a neurodiverse and trauma-informed lens and empowers people with speech differences by addressing the systemic issues. They are co-chair of the board for SPACE, a new nonprofit for online arts programming for young people who stutter. Additionally, they have volunteered with various stuttering organizations, most frequently the National Stuttering Association, since 2015, and they are an HR Professional from Oregon (USA).

Questions asked in this episode:

• When did you first notice your stutter? (5:46)
• Does stuttering run in your family? (7:54)
• How long were you in speech therapy for and was it helpful? (11:36)
• Stuttering and school life (23:28)

Make sure to follow Ezra:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stutterology/

Substack: https://stutterology.substack.com/

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/stutterology

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stutterconversation/

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Email: stutterconversation@gmail.com

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