Fundraiser 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. Shelby Railroad held their annual fund-raising golf outing and dinner on Oct. 4 at Wedgewood Golf Club, in Olive Branch, Miss.

Spanish Resources Expand

Stuttering Foundation resources continue to help people around the world. Recently, a few more books have been translated into other languages. Daniela Jaramillo translated Treating the School-Age Child Who Stutters: A Guide for Clinicians into Spanish. “It was great to see the translation. I sent another email to the translator with your thanks for her work. She is very pleased to collaborate with the noble work of the Foundation,” wrote Dr. César Burneo, who was Daniela’s professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. 

Brain Development in Stuttering

I recently spent 2 years studying brain development, motor learning, computational neuroscience and stuttering in Boston, Massachusetts. I am Canadian, and I also happen to be an intense hockey fan, and the team that I cheer for is the Boston Bruins. The Bruins take as their logo a large ‘B’ at the center of a circle with spokes radiating out from it.

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.

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.  

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).

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.

Pages