Services Provided by
The Stuttering Foundation of America
- Maintains two web sites ' www.stutteringhelp.org and www.tartamudez.org ' which provide help, information, and resources to a worldwide audience. The Web sites receive more than 1.5 million hits per month.
- Maintains a toll-free hotline ' 800-992-9392 ' and answers some 24,000 calls a year.
- Answers thousands of e-mails each year at info@stutteringhelp.org .
- Publishes 30 books, 43 videotapes and DVDs and 21 brochures on stuttering.
- Over 800,000 publications are distributed each year to those who stutter, their families, speech-language pathologists, pediatricians, family physicians, hospitals, schools, clinics, day-care centers, libraries, and others concerned with the problem of stuttering.
- Provides an information packet to parents of children who may have a stuttering problem. The packet includes free brochures and a resource list.
- Provides an information packet for adults and teens who stutter. This includes free brochures, a resource list, and contacts for support groups in their areas.
- Provides a nationwide resource list for adults who stutter, parents, pediatricians, speech-language pathologists, and all those looking for a speech-language pathologist who specializes in stuttering.
- Co-sponsors five-day intensive training workshops.
- Distributes information on stuttering at the conventions of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the National Association of Pediatric Nurses, the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- Mails approximately 2,500 press releases and reaches more than 30,000 journalists via wire service and e-mail several times a year to educate the public about stuttering. These releases are sent to newspapers, syndicated columnists, and editors at magazines, radio, and television stations across the country.
- Distributes DVDs, books, and brochures to 105 countries.