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Should We Seek Help?

This is an excerpt of chapter 7 from the book Stuttering and Your Child: Questions and Answers

By William H. Perkins, Ph.D.

Won’t therapy make him more aware of his problem? Make his problem worse?

Stuttering Didn’t Bench Bob Love

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Memphis, Tenn. (November 19, 2024) — We are saddened to share news of the passing of Bob Love, NBA All-Star, friend of the Stuttering Foundation, and inspiration to those who stutter.

Love knew first-hand the experiences of someone who stutters. He overcame considerable frustrations and setbacks since his glory years with the Chicago Bulls.

Assessment Core

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C. ASSESSMENT CORE:

Counseling Core

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B. COUNSELING CORE:

Nature of Stuttering Core

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Developmental Stuttering Curriculum Outline

Stuttering Foundation Resources

The following is an outline of topics and links to Stuttering Foundation resources for instructors providing developmental stuttering course content.

Stuttering Foundation Receives $55,000 Bequest from Lemanow Estate

Memphis, Tenn. (March 21, 2023) – The Stuttering Foundation, with offices in Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Simons Island, Georgia, today received a bequest of $55,475 from the estate of Edith Lemanow of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.

Stuttering Foundation Marks 75th Anniversary, International Stuttering Awareness Day with New Resources

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Foundation Officially Raises Estimate of People Who Stutter to 80 Million Globally

Speech-Language Pathologists from Around the World Attend Intensive Workshop on Stuttering

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BOSTON (June 13, 2022) — Twenty-one speech-language pathologists from around the world were chosen to attend an intensive workshop on stuttering therapy.

The workshop, Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter, was held in Boston from June 13-17, 2022. It was co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation and Boston University.

Stuttering Foundation Celebrates National Stuttering Awareness Week

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Ken Venturi

As much of the nation watches the U.S. Open Golf Championship, it is impossible not to think about our late friend Ken Venturi. Ken overcame many challenges to win the Open at Congressional in 1964 and go on to become the voice of golf for more than three decades.

However, Ken faced no bigger obstacle than stuttering. Ken Venturi was a champion to those who stutter, going out of his way to share his personal experience when consulted by a colleague, friend, or child who stutters.

Bill Withers

While Bill Withers has long been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, many people probably didn’t realize he stuttered. He passed away on March 30, 2020.

Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.

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.

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

Kenyon Martin

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.