For Speech-Language Pathologists

Welcome! If you're on this page, you are probably a professional concerned about someone who stutters.

We know firsthand that stuttering therapy can be highly effective in helping those who stutter. Since 1947 we have been working to provide programs, education, and support to help you improve your effectiveness in working with those who stutter.

You will find a wealth of information on this site on all aspects of stuttering. Use the menu at left as your guide to find:

Quality continuing education workshops and packages that are up to date and reasonably priced so that all may profit from them. (The SFA is an ASHA-accredited CEU provider.)
Newsletters and articles reflecting the latest research.
A Request for Information feature by which your clients can ask for free information to be sent directly to them.
A comprehensive selection of publications and videos in our eStore to enhance your therapy skills.

Don't forget to see brochures for all ages for downloadable information (PDF and text format) that you can share with clients, and the check the library pages for a list of public libraries near you that shelve SFA materials.

We welcome your suggestions and invite you to contact us at 800-992-9392 or email us at info@stutteringhelp.org.

CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

Jack Paar

While Jack Paar is among the most prominent of the entertainers on the Stuttering Foundation’s list of Famous People Who Stutter, he deserves special recognition as he was among the first to openly address his stuttering in public. As host of The Tonight Show from 1957-1962, he spoke of his difficulties as a stuttering child and teenager, giving hope to young people.

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.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.