The Stuttering Foundation: Giving a Voice to People Who Stutter for 65 Years

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Dec. 19, 2012) — The Stuttering Foundation, www.StutteringHelp.org, celebrates its 65th anniversary this year, marking more than six decades as the world’s foremost non-profit dedicated to helping those who stutter.

A 9-Year-Old's Journey with Stuttering

Sometimes stories are best told with pictures. Ben, a 9-year-old boy who started coming to our clinic in 2009, wanted to share his story so that others could find the inspiration and courage to continue their journey with their own stuttering. These pictures have been taken from Ben’s participation in our Confident Communicators group we ran this year where five boys and their parents participated in four group therapy sessions spread out over the year.

Bloodstein Presented with Prestigious Malcolm Fraser Award

The 1999 Malcolm Faser Award, which honors excellence in the field of fluency, has been presnted by the Stuttering Founation of America to Oliver Bloodstein, a speech-language pathologist. Bloodstein is a Professor Emeritus of Speech at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and has served on the school's faculty for almost 50 years.

8 Things Golf Teaches Us About Stuttering

Recently, I was reading September’s issue of New Zealand M2 magazine and stumbled across an article entitled “10 Things Golf Teaches Us About Business.” I normally glaze over articles about golf (give me an article on tennis anytime!) and/or business but this one had some thoughtful insights which seemed to apply to stuttering.

5,000 Likes On Facebook

We now have more than 5,000 likes on Facebook! Kristen Pinkston, a graduate speech-language pathology student from Texas, was the 5,000th person to follow us on Facebook.

To celebrate, we are sending her our complete set of books. To stay up to date on the latest news, resources, and information about stuttering, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Pinterest.  

List of CEUs

 6151 .1 CEU Materials $25 on DVD No. 6150, The Genetics of Stuttering: Discovery of Causes featuring Dennis Drayna, Ph.D.
 
6301 .15 CEU Materials $25 on DVD No. 6300, Moving from Assessment to Intervention Planning featuring Sheryl Gottwald.
 
6351 .15 CEU Materials $25 on DVD No. 6350, Scoring Disfluencies featuring Diane Parris.
 

SNL Skit Survey Results

The presidential election is over and what a close one it was (we got quite a bit of news coverage over here in New Zealand)! Similar to the election results, though much smaller in scale and way less significant, the SNL Skit survey had an even spread of reactions until a few vital responses swung the results to indicate that most people found the skit mildly amusing (10% more than the next response).

Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day Everyone!

One of my good SLP mates (and person who stutters) posted on his Facebook the perfect summary International Stuttering Awareness Day by saying “People who stutter have a voice, and have something to say. I like to think they were put on this earth to teach the world how to listen.”

Vive La France

The 7th World Congress of the International Fluency Association was held in the heart of the Loire Valley in Tours, France, July 2-5, 2012. It brought together more than 200 people, many of them experts in the field of stuttering.

Quality Journalism Honored

The Stuttering Foundation announced its 2012 Awards for Excellence in Journalism during May. “Journalists in a variety of settings have done an outstanding job of focusing on stuttering during the past year,” said Jane Fraser, president of the 65-year-old nonprofit foundation. “We are seeing a significant shift in how we reach people - not only through newspapers and columnists but also through websites and blogs. We are particularly excited about increased outreach in Canada and within the Spanish speaking community.”

15th ISAD Online Conference

For all of you who haven’t taken part in this year’s International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference, we’re at the halfway point and there is still plenty of time to post comments and questions to the authors of this year’s papers.

Foundation Releases New DVDs

Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence: Closing the Gap
 
Discussions about evidence-based practice often culminate in claims that there is one best approach to treatment of a particular type of client, or that we lack appropriate evidence or that clinicians lack access to what evidence we have.
 

Fund-raiser Runs at Full Steam to Make Record Gift to Foundation

Kirk and John Tarver and their Memphis-based Shelby Railroad Services Inc. raised an astonishing $11,000 for the Memphis-based Stuttering Foundation.

Fund-raiser Runs at Full Steam to Make Record Gift to Memphis Foundation

Contact: Greg Wilson
gregwilsonpr@gmail.com
 
Photo caption: John Tarver (second from left) and Kirk Tarver (second from right) of Shelby Railroad Services Inc. with Stuttering Foundation staff members Susie Hall (from left), Terri Jones, and Pat Hamm.
 

100 Hole Hike for The Stuttering Foundation

My legs were aching and the summer sun had taken its toll. At this point I had walked approximately 34 miles, amassed 487 strokes, worn three outfits and four pairs of socks, sweated through 6 golf gloves, and made more bogeys than I care to remember.

Camps With a Purpose

Camp Shout Out Soared to New Heights

Meet Board Member Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Rabinowitz, Ph.D., passed away in 2018. He served on the Stuttering Foundation Board of Directors. As one of the world’s leading big cat experts, he was called ‘The Indiana Jones of Wildlife Conservation’ by TIME magazine. 
 

Hoagland: Writing Wild

The fascinating career of Edward Hoagland, novelist and nature writer was featured in the April 9th, 2012, Wall Street Journal article “Tracking the naturalist.” The article shed light on Hoagland’s amazing exploits that fueled his conservation writing for almost sixty years. The 79 year-old writer said, “Our world is being destroyed in a quiet holocaust. It’s up to us to say what we have to say while we can still do so.”

New Website Unveiled

After months of research, designing, brainstorming, and hard work, the Stuttering Foundation’s new website, www.StutteringHelp.org, went live Saturday July 28. 
 
“We are excited to bring a new and improved resource to the public,” said Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation. 
 

Looper Takes the Stuttering Out of Willis' Childhood

Sept. 28, 2012 — Today marks the long awaited U.S. release of the movie Looper starring Bruce Willis. In this futuristic action thriller set in 2044, Bruce Willis’ character encounters a 25 year-old incarnation of himself, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has been contracted to kill him.

Commentary on SNL’s Drill Sergeant Skit

The ongoing discussion in the stuttering world about Saturday Night Live’s drill sergeant skit has been interesting to watch from afar. It was only last week that I got to view the segment online courtesy of someone posting the video on YouTube.

Vertigo Named Best Movie of All-Time

On Aug. 1, 2012, the 1958 classic Hitchcock thriller Vertigo was named the best movie of all-time, ending the 50 year run of Orson Welles’ debut movie Citizen Kane. Sight & Sound, a magazine published by the British Film Institute, surveys top international film critics every decade.

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