About The Stuttering Springboard Podcast:
The Stuttering Springboard is a podcast series that looks deeply into critical transition periods in the lives of young people who stutter. Our goal, to help remove the barriers, making those transition periods just a little easier. We explore the high school years, transitioning into college, springboarding into a career and educating parents and others on what it means and how to interact with a person who stutters. These emotional podcasts include interviews with teens and adults who stutter as well as doctors and professors who share the latest research on stuttering.
Our podcast share stories on:
- Disclosure
- Acceptance
- Mindfulness
- Parent education
- Grit and resilience
- Avoidance reduction
Mark O’Malia, MS, CCC-SLP is the New York Clinic Director for the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS), working with people who stutter across the lifespan since 2017. In addition to his work with AIS, Mark serves on the Board of Directors of Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter, and is an adjunct instructor, teaching graduate level courses in stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders. Being a stutterer himself, Mark is actively involved in the stuttering support community, regularly presenting at national conferences.
Mark first came to AIS as a client in 2013, where he discovered and eventually developed a professional passion in collaborating with clients to find their most authentic voice.