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May 8, 2024

Stuttering in the Military

SFA Blogger Jordan Northrup Shares His Experiences in the United States Marine Corps.

Helping Children Change Thoughts & Feelings About Communication

Presented by Vivian Sisskin

"I really appreciated all the care that was taken to highlight sections of the presentation screens and overlay them on the video footage of Vivian to help capture both the screen and her while she was presenting. It really helped everything to come across clearly! As a strong visual learner, those details made a big difference for me. Thank you!"-SLP

Tools For Success: A Cognitive Behavior Therapy Taster

Presented by Frances Cook and Willie Botterill

"Excellent. Really well done. Gave me enough information to begin application of the process, and peaked my interest to pursue additional training."-SLP

This course presents highlights from a workshop featuring Frances Cook, MBE, MSC, MRCSLT (Hons) Cert. CT (Oxford) and Willie Botterill, MSc, (Psych. Couns.), MRCSLT.

March 11, 2024

Bad Connection

If I have learned anything on my journey with stuttering it is that this journey is not linear.

Do the Best with the Knowledge You Have

“Remember that you played the best you could with what you knew at the time." - Owen Knight Survivor 43 finalist

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Posted on October 18, 2023 - 11:38

Help! My Child is Stuttering

Using the Telephone

Self-Therapy for the Stutterer

Myths About Stuttering

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

Jack Paar

While Jack Paar is among the most prominent of the entertainers on the Stuttering Foundation’s list of Famous People Who Stutter, he deserves special recognition as he was among the first to openly address his stuttering in public. As host of The Tonight Show from 1957-1962, he spoke of his difficulties as a stuttering child and teenager, giving hope to young people.

Ken Venturi

As much of the nation watches the U.S. Open Golf Championship, it is impossible not to think about our late friend Ken Venturi. Ken overcame many challenges to win the Open at Congressional in 1964 and go on to become the voice of golf for more than three decades.

However, Ken faced no bigger obstacle than stuttering. Ken Venturi was a champion to those who stutter, going out of his way to share his personal experience when consulted by a colleague, friend, or child who stutters.

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

Bob Love

The late Bob Love dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his “talking” on the basketball court.