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From: Lynne Shields
Date: 05 Oct 2008
Time: 09:17:42 -0500
Remote Name: 76.215.118.209
Julia, Joe and Judy have given you some wonderful input and some resources to help you out. I have been associated with FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter here in the United States for a number of years. My good friend and colleague, Susan Short, and I plan 1-day workshops for children who stutter, their families (including siblings) and professionals who want to learn more about stuttering. Lee Caggiano, co-director of FRIENDS, helps us put these events on in the St. Louis, Missouri area. The parents have the opportunity to talk with other parents of children who stutter as well as professionals; the children who stutter have an entire day of being with lots of people who stutter, kids and adults, where stuttering is no big deal; and professionals have the opportunity to learn what stuttering is about from the child and parental point of view. If I can be of any assistance to you in developing a similar model for use in Pakistan, I am more than happy to correspond with you. My email address is: lshields@fontbonne.edu. Regards, Lynne