14th Boston Workshop Earns A+

Since 1985, the Stuttering Foundation has conducted intensive summer workshops in order to increase the pool of speech-language pathologists trained in the latest techniques for the treatment of stuttering. This summer was no exception.
 

15th International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference

The 15th International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference, A Voice and Something to Say, will start Oct. 1, 2012.

Longtime SFA Supporter Edward Rondthaler Dies at 104

Edward Rondthaler was one of the 20th century’s foremost men of letters – actual physical audible letters. An outspoken advocate of spelling reform,  he spent decades trying to impose order on his 26 lawless charges. As a noted typographer who first plied his trade 99 years ago, he helped bring the art of typesetting from the age of hot metal into the modern era – and he was a person who stuttered.

Advances in Our Understanding of Adult Neurogenic Stuttering

By Luc De Nil, Ph.D., and Catherine Theys, M.Sc.
 

Because I Stutter

Bill Leinweber's essay in the Foundation's Summer 2012 issue inspired me to tell my story, in the hope that others, now dreading their lives as stutterers, will be comforted. I'm a lifelong stutterer - now 81 years old and recently retired.

How I Talked My Way to Happiness

I stutter. I stammer. I have a speech impediment. Whatever you want to call it, it’s part of me, and helped make me who I am today. And I had been challenged with it for what felt like forever. I had spent years hiding from people and shying away from speaking, especially public speaking.

Student Overrides Disorder Through Determination, Support

No one ever had to tell Julie Kendall to “keep quiet” when she was growing up. As a moderate-to-severe stutterer, she was all too willing to remain silent. “I rarely spoke when I was young,” said Kendall, a junior sociology major at The College of Wooster and a resident of the Cleveland suburb of Westlake.

Alan Rabinowitz in the News

Stuttering Foundation Spokesman and Conservationist Alan Rabinowitz has been featured by news outlets around the world.

Stuttering Foundation Encouraged by Neurology Study

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Aug. 8, 2012) — The Stuttering Foundation responds to a new study published in the August 8th online issue of Neurology, “Neural anomaly and reorganization in speakers who stutter:”

Being Open About Stuttering: Our New Blog

As the Stuttering Foundation of America celebrates sixty-five years of helping those who stutter, it is timely to acknowledge one man’s journey to being open about his stuttering. In 1947, Malcolm Fraser met with Dr Charles Van Riper to discuss setting up a nonprofit charitable organisation to help others who stuttered, spurred on from his own personal and often painful experience of stuttering.

James Campbell Stuttering Memorial

Please read the entire page in honor of James.

Memorial gifts in memory and in honor of James Michael Campbell can be made in the following ways:

Mail a check in his memory to:

Stuttering Foundation of America
1805 Moriah Woods Boulevard, Suite 3
Memphis, TN 38117

6 Tips For Speaking With Someone Who Stutters

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Stuttering may look like an easy problem that can be solved with some simple advice, but for many adults, it can be a chronic life-long disorder. Here are some ways that you, the listener, can help.

1. Don’t make remarks like: “Slow down,” “Take a breath,” or “Relax.” Such simplistic advice can be felt as demeaning and is not helpful.

New Doors Open for Kids Who Stutter

Malcolm Fraser Honored

Stuttering Foundation President Jane Fraser and Vice-President Joe Fulcher joined therapists, supporters, and trustees of the Association for Research into Stammering in Childhood, ARSC, and staff of the Michael Palin Centre on Sept. 20  to celebrate the opening of the newly-refurbished facility, which includes a high-tech room named for Malcolm Fraser.

Shelby Railroad Remains Reliable Friend

Kirk and John Tarver and their Memphis-based Shelby Railroad Service Inc. raised a record $7,800 to help those who stutter at their Annual Tin Cup Tournament and Bar-B-Que held October 6 at the Wedgewood Golf Club in Olive Branch, Miss.

How Mom and Stuttering Helped Me

By Bill Leinweber
 

Sophie Tees Off With Courage

Now a fixture on the ladies pro golf circuit for nearly 18 years, the public at large is unaware that Sophie Gustafson deals with the issue of stuttering every day of her life.
 

Straight Talk for Teachers Translated into Polish

Stuttering Foundation 2011 Western workshopper Katarzyna Wesierska translated the book Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teachers into Polish.

This very attractive book includes the SFA video for teachers with Polish subtitles. In addition to her work on the book and video, Wesierska translated the flyers, Myths About Stuttering, and 8 Tips for Teachers, which are also included in the book.

Student’s Inspirational Essay Goes Viral

Since this college essay by Daniel Altman was first published on the Stuttering Foundation’s website a few months ago, Filmmaker Magazine and other websites have featured it. Daniel will be attending Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where he plans to study International Relations and Film.

By Daniel Altman

Cognitive Approaches in Fluency Therapy: Workshoppers Report How They Are Using What They Learned

The workshop elevated my confidence in my stuttering therapy with adults, and has given me new and concrete tools which enriched my view and approach, even technically. Insisting on describing a situation through Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) cycles has made a real difference. Also, since then I have been doing Parent Child Interaction therapy, which I have never done thoroughly. I enjoy the process and it has been showing results.

Pediatricians Issue TV Warning!

The temptation to rely on media screens to entertain babies and toddlers is more appealing than ever, with screens surrounding families at home, in the car, and even at the grocery store. And there is no shortage of media products and programming targeted to little ones. But a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says there are better ways to help children learn at this critical age.                

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