Just For Teens

a special page for Teens who stutter

Index
Online Opportunities Been There - Done That Glimpses of My Life There's MUCH MORE to me
Learning about Stuttering TWS Speak for Themselves Creative Expression Famous PWS
Books by PWS and about stuttering Just for Fun Therapy for Teens The Real World - of Jobs

Online opportunities and other "teen" sites

to talk about stuttering

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Learning About Stuttering

There is a lot of good information about stuttering either on or linked to The Stuttering Home Page
Tammy Bryant-McMillin is a speech therapist. She has put online a Stuttering Awareness Game to help learn facts about stuttering.
Additional material about stuttering - especially for teens Ideas for projects about stuttering for English, history or science classes by Tom Kehoe, from his online book Stuttering: Science, Therapy and Practice Cat Got Your Tongue? , an Internet WebQuest on Children Who Stutter created by Savita Bissoondatt, Charles W. Flannigan High School with projects to help individual or groups of high school students learn about stuttering.

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Been There - Done That

This is a place for those who are no longer teens to offer encouragement or advice about anything in particular - such as starting college, dating, getting a job, deciding on a career, finding a mentor, sticking it out in therapy - or quitting, etc. Please submit material by emailing Judy Kuster Return to index

Glimpses of my life

The funniest thing that happened to me, the most embarrassing thing that happened to me, the most satisfying or best thing that happened to me, the most upsetting thing that happened to me, because of my stuttering - whatever you care to share with others - a short paragraph (one screen) is adequate or more if you prefer. It will be posted by first name and/or initials and age, as anonymous, or with your name and email address, whatever makes sense to you at the moment. Email your information and tell us how you want to be cited. Return to index

There's MUCH MORE TO ME than stuttering

This is a place to share some of the things you are particularly proud of or happy about. If you have recently accomplished something you are proud of, please let us know. We will announce it, link to it, or put it online.

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Teens Who Stutter Speak For Themselves

This is a place for things that don't seem to fit under other categories but you would like to share.

Fearless Stutter is a web site created by 14 year old Lily where she shares her own story about her stuttering and invites other teens to share their stories as well.

John Ahlbach, a high school teacher who stutters, has written a Stuttering Presentation Guide if you want to help your classmates and others learn more about stuttering. Additional Public Speaking Resources from Kids' Turn Central, may help in developing a speech to give to your class.

Articles similar to several above may also be submitted to Letting Go The National Stuttering Association's monthly newsletter. Within this publication, there is a section entitled Our Voice which is dedicated to the ideas and needs of teens and young adults who stutter. Submissions of stories, articles, and other types of creative expression that would be of interest to this age group are invited. Please send the submissions to Nina Reardon, coordinator, or to the following address: Any young person who submits an article will receive a free 6 month membership in the National Stuttering Association, which includes a subscription to Letting Go. (Limited time offer, so submit soon!)

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Creative Expression

This is a place for pictures, short stories, poetry, home pages, etc. that you have created.

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Just for Fun

At the 1996 NSP convention in Denver, John Ahlbach brought in a bag of green tennis balls and had about fifty of us in a big circle, teaching us about juggling. Some caught on pretty quickly. Others (e.g. me) will need more practice. John wrote Juggling -- and What It Can Do for You. If any of you take John's challenge, please send in information about your experiences with juggling! (JAK)

A Sensory Adventure is the largest collection of illusions on the Internet. Up-to-date scientific explanations, illusionary artwork, puzzles, and interactive demonstrations.

Retail Alphabet Game - .shows you 26 images, each representing one letter of the English alphabet, excerpted from retail logos that are common" in the United States. The object of the game is to name the company or product behind each letter.

Consumer Education for Teens was developed by teens, for teens and is intended to help teenagers (a group commonly targeted by businesses and scam artists) become educated consumers, as well as giving them somewhere to turn if they have questions or get ripped off. Use this site to learn about music clubs, credit cards, car buying, calling cards, car stereos, scholarship scams, modeling agencies, and much more!

Rubik Online - interactive games and verbal puzzles

Reverse Speech has RealAudio soundbites of famous people speaking, and what their words reveal when played backwards.

Useless Knowledge is a great page to explore for interesting trivia!

Laughing Out Loud to Good Health

CraniaMania "is the first competitive academic game site for teenagers featuring weekly competitions, prizes, and real-time games in high school subjects."

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Books about stuttering

or by people who stutter

If you have read one of these books or another good book about stuttering or written by a person who stutters, please tell us what you liked about it so others can decide if they want to read it, too.

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Some Famous People Who Stutter

A page of Famous PWS adapted from the National Stuttering Project
Professional Athletes who Stutter: Learning to Overcome an Obstacle by Elana Yudman, submitted for a physical education class in spring semester 2000 of her sophomore year in high school.
Famous Dysfluent Athletes by Carol Flaherty
Two websites about John Larkin, also known as Scatman John, an Amercian musician who is a person who stutters. by Trinidad and by Szymon.

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The Real World

some occupations of people who stutter

People who stutter excell in a wide variety of careers. Several people posted information about their jobs to Stutt-l in January in response to a post by Ira Zimmerman who was writing an article for ADVANCE Magazine. His article, In Career Search, Sky's the Limit for People Who Stutter is reprinted with permission. Several of the posts along with others will be linked below. If there is an email link, the individual is willing to answer your questions about their career. If you know of other people who stutter who are in exciting careers, please ask them to email information to me so I can include it below. (JAK). A discussion about Giving up - or just facing reality - "Are people who stutter really limited in their career choices? Are there certain jobs that they cannot do?" - may also be appropriate.

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Therapy Opportunities Designed for Teens

Indiana University-Sertoma Speech Camp is a one-week intensive approach therapy experience specifically designed for teens from ages 13-17 who stutter. It is housed at Indiana University's 2300 acre residential camping site at Bradford Woods in Martinsville, Indiana.

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It is hoped the information and materials in the Just for Teens section will be helpful. If you have any ideas about how to make it better, please email the current Webweaver, Judy Kuster.
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Last modified July 7, 2006
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