Emily Blunt, star of movies such as The Young Victoria and The Devil Wears Prada talks about overcoming the stutter she had as a child in the Daily Beast Blog.
New children's book about stuttering
Karen Hollett, a resident of Yellowknife and also a person who stutters, has written a children's book featuring a character who is a child who stutters.
5-Year Study on Effectiveness of Stuttering Treatment
CSA Board Director member Michael Niven spoke to the press Tuesday, May 18th about the positive results of treatment he took many years ago at ISTAR (Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research) in Edmonton. It has been shown that the program has long-term, positive effects.
Newspaper article: Ontario's disgraceful cuts to speech therapy
Bob Hepburn wrote an article that appears today in the Toronto Star about the drastically slashed funding for speech therapy in Ontario.
Teasing and Bullying
Handouts from presentation by Jaan Pill, International Stuttering Awareness Day, University of Toronto, October 21, 2007
Three topics:
- What is bullying?
- Bullying of kids who stutter
- What can we do to reduce bullying?
Many people have contributed to the study of bullying.
Dan Olweus of Norway is a pioneer in the systematic study of bullying. An anti-bullying program he developed has been applied in many countries.
Lidcombe Program for young children who stutter
This article originally appeared in a 2007 edition of the CSA newsletter.
Coping methods and strategies of people who stutter, part 1
This article is a summary and review of:
Article: Coping responses by adults who stutter: Part 1. Protecting the self and others
From the Journal of Fluency Disorders, Vol. 34, 2009, 87-107
Authors: Laura W. Plexico, Walter H. Manning, Heidi Levitt
The primary purpose of this study was to understand the range of speakers’ coping responses to the stress of stuttering. Also pertinent was the impact that these various responses have on one’s daily life.
What do People Want – Fluency or Freedom?
This article is a summary and review of the following:
Article: What Do People Who Stutter Want — Fluency or Freedom?
From the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Vol. 52, April 2009
Author: H. S. Venkatagiri, 2130 Pearson Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011.
E-mail: giri@iastate.edu.
Effects of the SpeechEasy
This article is a summary and review of the following:
Article: Effect of the SpeechEasy on Objective and Perceived Aspects of Stuttering: A 6-Month, Phase 1 Clinical Trial in Naturalistic Environments
From: the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Vol. 52, April 2009
Authors: Ryan Pollard, John B. Ellis, Don Finan, Peter Ramig, University of Colorado at Boulder