Referrals - Connecticut | Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter

Listed below are the names of speech pathologists in your state who might be able to help you in treating stuttering. The Stuttering Foundation of America provides these names only to help in locating a speech pathologist who might be able to assist you in treating stuttering. The Stuttering Foundation of America does not warrant the competency of these speech pathologists nor guarantee their treatment.

This list is likely to include only a small number of the speech pathologists in your area and therefore might not include the names of all speech pathologists who might be able to assist you. No negative implication should be drawn about a particular speech pathologist's qualifications or competency if he or she is not included on this list.

If the individuals located below cannot assist you or are not located near you, the Stuttering Foundation of America encourages you to request a referral from them.

Ms. Paula E. Bacolini, M.S., CCC-SLP Glastonbury, CT 06033-1251 (860)918-1119 pbacolini@gmail.com BCS-F Mobile phone - can text	Ms. Jennifer Lewis Berkey, M.S., CCC-SLP Fairfield & Westport, CT (203)221-0007 jenniferslp@aol.com
Ms. Josephine K. Chen, M.S., CCC-SLP Center for Speech and Language Pathology 100 Melrose Ave Ste 201 Greenwich, CT 06830-6277 (203)869-8272 (203)869-8289 www.speechtherapyct.com *Also at 5 Mott Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850, (203) 857-0900	Ms. Ashley Kalosieh, M.A., CCC-SLP Speech Path, LLC 1053 Farmington Ave Ste H Farmington, CT 06032 (860)866-1817 ashley@speechpathslp.com www.speechpathslp.com
Ms. Janet Kane, M.S., CCC-SLP Early Childhood Center 755 Melville Ave Fairfield, CT 06825-2050 janetmkane@yahoo.com	Ms. Rachel N. Langberg, M.S., CCC-SLP 17 Danbury Rd Ridgefield, CT 06877-4027 (203)438-7869
Ms. Lynn E. Powell, M.S., CCC-SLP Glastonbury, CT 06033-2902 leeconway@cox.net	Dr. Arlyne E. Russo, CCC-SLP 1481 Fairfield Beach Road Fairfield, CT 06824-6520 (203)255-5604 (203)259-2687 www.aerusso.com
Dr. Robin Story, CCC-SLP 1258-3 Stillwater Road Stamford, CT 06902 (203)323-4242 rasslp@aol.com	Ms. Tara J. Turken, M.S., CCC-SLP Tara J. Turken, LLC PO Box 18 Avon, CT 06001-0018 (860)508-4586 taraturkenslp@hotmail.com

CELEBRITY FOCUS

John Stossel

John Stossel is one of the most recognized and articulate reporters today. However, he once considered giving up his broadcasting career because of his stuttering.

“Fear of stuttering can easily become worse than the stuttering itself,” observed Stossel. “The idea that I’m on television and making speeches is still a shock to me sometimes.”

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David’s hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.

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.

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.

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, is well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones has spoken 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.