Stuttering Foundation Of America

CREATION, PRODUCTION, PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS STUTTERING FOUNDATION HAS PUBLISHED AND IS CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTING 34 BOOKS, INCLUDING 12 FOR PROFESSIONAL SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS, FOUR FOR PHYSICIANS, AND 18 FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SEVEN OF THESE BOOKS ARE IN SPANISH. FIFTY-SEVEN VIDEOS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ALL AGES. STUTTERING: FOR KIDS BY KIDS, A DVD FOR CHILDREN, AND STUTTERING: STRAIGHT TALK FOR TEACHERS ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, AND 7 TIPS FOR TALKING WITH THE CHILD WHO STUTTERS AND HELP MY CHILD IS STUTTERING FOR PARENTS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, WERE WIDELY VIEWED IN 2020 AND 2021 THANKS TO STREAMING ONLINE VIDEO. FOR EXAMPLE, STUTTERING: FOR KIDS BY KIDS HAS BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 343,000 TIMES. NEW VIDEOS: THE 3ES: A FRAMEWORK FOR FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO IN STUTTERING THERAPY-RECENT STUTTERING RESEARCH EXPLORES AREAS SUCH AS SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND THE VALUE OF NON- TRADITIONAL BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS. HOWEVER,

PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION BECAUSE OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT STUTTERING HELD BY THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS, UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PROFESSIONALS, THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION CONDUCTS AN ACTIVE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM TO HELP DISPEL THESE MYTHS. MUCH OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM IS CENTERED ON LETTING THE PUBLIC AND THE PROFESSIONALS KNOW OF THE AVAILABILITY OF PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEOS NOTED IN (1) ABOVE. THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION WEBSITE IS ALSO A SOURCE OF FREE INFORMATION WORLDWIDE, AND ANYWHERE FROM 6,000,000 TO 8,000,000 HITS PER MONTH WERE RECORDED IN 2021. THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION DISTRIBUTED NUMEROUS NEWS RELEASES REGARDING STUTTERING TO MORE THAN 20,000 NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, BLOGS, WIRE SERVICES, AND TV AND RADIO STATIONS, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ADS TO 1800 NATIONAL AND LOCAL MAGAZINES. IN 2021, THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION DISTRIBUTED PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MORE THAN 10,000 RADIO STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIA FOR PROFESSIONALS, TREATMENT, AND RESEARCH - IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF STUTTERING, AS WELL AS TO HELP IMPROVE PREVENTION TECHNIQUES, THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ORGANIZES AND CONDUCTS SPECIALTY TRAINING PROGRAMS AND SEMINARS FOR PROFESSIONAL SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTED RESEARCH ON EARLY CHILDHOOD STUTTERING THROUGHOUT 2021 WITH IMPORTANT CLINICAL RESEARCH AT THE MICHAEL PALIN CENTRE FOR STAMMERING CHILDREN. WHAT WORKS AND DOES NOT WORK IS IMPORTANT PRACTICAL RESEARCH INFORMATION IN WORKING WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. THE PALIN CENTRE IS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE AND TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THIS AREA. DURING 2021 THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION WAS INVOLVED IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH RESEARCH PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DEAFNESS AND COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS. ONE SUCH PROJECT IS LOOKING FOR THE GENE OR GENES INVOLVED IN STUTTERING. A BREAKTHROUGH IN THIS AREA BY DR. DENNIS DRAYNA HAS OPENED UP THE WAY TOWARD

MAINTAIN WEB SITE AND TOLL-FREE HOTLINE ON STUTTERING AND PROVIDE INFORMATIONAL PACKETS THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION WEB SITE IS NOW A PORTAL, WHICH MAKES IT FAR EASIER TO UPDATE DAILY, NOW RECEIVES BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT MILLION HITS MONTHLY. IT OFFERS INFORMATION QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY TO BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS WORLDWIDE. BOTH EBOOKS AND EDVDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS SITE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD. THE SPANISH LANGUAGE WEBSITE, WWW.TARTAMUDEZ.ORG, AVERAGES SOME 120,000 HITS A MONTH. THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION TOLL-FREE HOTLINE ON STUTTERING IS FEATURED IN ITS PUBLIC INFORMATION RELEASES, PUBLIC SERVICE ADS AND TELEVISION SPOTS AND PROVIDES A UNIQUE SERVICE TO ALL THOSE CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEM OF STUTTERING. THOSE WHO CALL (AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WRITE) ARE FURNISHED WITH INFORMATION PACKETS AND FREE BROCHURES AS WELL AS REFERRAL LISTS FOR SUPPORT GROUPS AND SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THE TREATMENT OF STUTTERING. DURING 2021, APPROXIMATELY 15,000 CALLS WERE RECEIVED ON THE HOT