Back to School

Back-to-school resources for parents

• Video- Help! My Child is Stuttering

• Video- The ABC's of Stuttering

• Video- 7 Tips for Talking with the Child Who Stutters

• Notes to the Teacher

• Video- Stuttering and Your Child: Help for Parents

• Therapy in the Schools

• Sometimes I Just Stutter

• Video- Stuttering: For kids, By Kids

• Famous People Who Stutter

Back-to-school resources for teachers

• Video- The ABC's of Stuttering

• Stuttering Straight Talk for Teachers Handbook

• 8 Tips for Teachers

• Famous People Who Stutter

• Dear Teacher

• DVD: Straight Talk for Teachers

• FAQ for Teachers

• Notes to the Teacher: The Child Who Stutters at School

• 7 Tips for Talking with Your Child

CELEBRITY FOCUS

John Melendez

He is a talented musician, actor, and comedian. Listen to a podcast.

Kenyon Martin, the basketball sensation who was named to the NBA's All Star Team in 2004, joins other famous people who stutter in a new brochure. The brochure - which unfolds into a small poster - is available free of charge from The Stuttering Foundation.

The poster is intended to give children and adults who stutter inspiration as they grapple with their speech disorder.

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, was well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones spoke some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.

Marilyn Monroe

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, Marilyn Monroe, according to Wikipedia, is known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2025) by her death in 1962.

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.