What Parents Can Do:

Helping Children Talk Fluently: Suggestions For Parents
by Stephen B. Hood, Ph.D.

http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/Parentsinfo.html

To the Parents of the Non-Fluent Child
by Peter R. Ramig, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Includes stuttering characteristics and suggestions for how to encourage conversation with your child

http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/comdis/kuster/Parents/ramigparents.html

How Parents and Professionals Can Help the Stuttering Child
by Richard Shine, Ph.D.

http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/comdis/kuster/Parents/shine.html

Stuttering Prevention: A Manual For Parents
by C. Woodruff Starkweather, Ph.D., Sheryl Ridener Gottwald, Ph.D. and Murray Halfond, Ph.D.
Temple University Stuttering Prevention Clinic
Includes information about early intervention programs, contacting an SLP, and how to converse with your child
http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/comdis/kuster/Parents/starkweather.html


Environmental Reorganization For Children Who Stutter
by Gerald and Maxine Johnson
A 56-point list of things to do to help your child

http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/envreorg.html

The IEP Process for a child who stutters
"A discussion of the IEP process that appeared on Stutt-L in October 2001"
http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/iepsandcws.html

When it Comes to Assessment, Parents Know Best
by Janice Westbrook, PhD

http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/parentsknowbest.html

Online Support Forums (chats, email discussion lists)

http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Internet/Listserv.html

Speech Therapy,

http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/therapy.html

Therapy for Children who Stutter
by Gerald F. Johnson

http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/rxcws.html

A Way Through the Forest: One Boy's Story With a Happy Ending
by David Shapiro
"What Dr. Shapiro wishes he could tell his speech therapist from 25 years ago."

http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/PWSspeak/shapiro.html

Treating the School Age Stutterer
by Peter Ramig, Pamela Stewart, Patricia Ogrodnick-Walton, and Ellen Bennet
http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/components/treatschoolage.html

Empowering Children who Stutter: Reducing Shame, Guild, and Anxiety
by Bill Murphy, M.A., CCC-SLP
Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University

http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/murphy.html

Stuttering Therapy for Children
by Donna Cooperman and Charleen Bloom
"A threaded discussion page for the International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference"
http://cahn.mnsu.edu/cooperman2/

Directed Self-Help Stuttering Therapy With A Motivated Teenage Boy
by Gerald Johnson and Eric
"A threaded discussion page for the International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference"
http://cahn.mnsu.edu/johnson2/

Finding your own way: A teenager's self-realization of stuttering through a personal journal
by John Tetnowski and Mallory Domingue
"A threaded discussion page for the International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference"
http://cahn.mnsu.edu/tetnowski/

Guide to Obtaining Reimbursement for Stuttering Treatment
Stuttering Foundation of America
http://www.stuttersfa.org/insuranc.htm

American Speech-Language Hearing Association's (ASHA) summary of stuttering
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/stuttering.htm

KidSource: Questions and Answers about Stuttering
http://www.kidsource.com/ASHA/Stuttering.html


Organizations

International Stuttering Association
http://www.stutterisa.org/

National Stuttering Association
http://www.nsastutter.org/

Speak Easy Canada, Inc.
http://www.speakeasycanada.com/

Stuttering Foundation of America
"Provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering."
http://www.stuttersfa.org/


Regional Resources

The Canadian Association for People Who Stutter (CAPS)
http://webcon.net/~caps/

The National Stuttering Association's network of over 70 active local support groups.
http://www.nsastutter.org/content/index.php?catid=101

Intensive Stuttering Treatment Programs in Canada

The Stuttering Foundation of America
Worldwide listing of speech pathologists, intensive clinics, and summer clinics
http://www.stuttersfa.org/referral.htm


Calendars of Events

National Stuttering Association
http://www.nsastutter.org/outreach.html#Workshops

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