support organizations

Support Organizations for PWS

Stories behind logos for Support Organizations for PWS

Papers presented for the International Stuttering Awareness Day conference, October 1998 about the Need for and Role of Support Groups

Adolescents who stutter: the urgent need for support groups (A Parent's Perspective) by Lee Caggiano.
The Role of Self Help/Support Groups in Determining the Outcomes of Stuttering Therapy by Lee Reeves.
Consumer Self-Help and Professional Associations by Charlie Diggs.

Starting and Maintaining a self-help group

How to start and run a self-help group from CSA the Canadian Stuttering Association.
Group Activities Suggested by the National Stuttering Association and its members
- Speaking Freely an activity for NSA Chapters, by John Harrison.
Over 100 Things To Do At An NSA Support Meeting, from the NSA Chapter Leader's Handbook
A Conversation With My Stutter by Kevin Eldridge.

Peer Counseling and Self Help Group Facilitation for People Who Stutter - developed by Michael Sugarman.

Psychological Self-Help by Dr. Clay Tucker-Ladd, is a freely-available online book by a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

Support/Self-help groups around the world

Argentina
- La Asociación Argentina de Tartamudez
Australia
- Speak Easy Association
  - Queensland Speak Easy
Austria
- Oesterreichische Selbsthilfeinitiative Stottern
Brazil
- Brazilian Stuttering Association
Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Stuttering Association (SIZ)
Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso Stuttering Association
Belgium
Cameroon
- SCAC - Speak Clear Association of Cameroon.
Canada
- Association des bigues du Canada (ABC)
- Canadian Stuttering Association
- Speak Easy
- The British Columbia Association of People who Stutter (BCAPS)
- Other Canadian Organizations
- Association des jeunes begues du Quebec, for young people who stutter between the ages of 2 and 25.
China
- ISA Chinese website
- China Stuttering Association
- Nanjing Stutter Self-support Association
- Shanghai Stuttering Association
Croatia
- Hinko Freund - Croatian Association for People Who Stutter
Czech Republic
- Czech self-help group for PWS
Denmark's Association for Stutters in Denmark homepage has information available in the Danish language.
Estonia's The Estonian Association of People Who Stutter
Finland's STAMMARFÖRENING rf (FS)
France
- Association Vaincre le Bégaiement
- Association Parole-Begaiement - (Speech-Stuttering Association)
Germany's Bundesvereinigung Stotterer-Selbsthilfe e.V., available in the German language
Links to Self Help Groups in Germany, inlcuding:
- Stotterer-Selbsthilfegruppe Münster e.V.
- Landesverband Stotterer-Selbsthilfe Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V
- Stotterer-Selbsthilfegruppe Bielefeld e.V.
- Stottern und Stotternde Online
- Stotterer Selbsthilfe e.V. Berlin
Holland's Openingspagina van de Stottervereniging Demosthenes
Hungary's Demoszthenesz
Iceland's Icelandic Stuttering Association - Malbjorg in Icelandic
India
- Indian Stammering Association
- Swar Sudhar Society - information at the bottom of the page.
Ireland - Irish Stammering Association
Israel - The Israeli Support Group for People Who Stutter has information in Hebrew and English
Italy - Associazione Italiana per la Balbuzie e la Comunicazione
Japan's Japan Stuttering Homepage by the Japan Stuttering Project.
Latvian Stuttering Association (best accessed with Internet Explorer).
Nepal's Nepal Stutters Association.
New Zealand's Speakeasy Association
Nigeria's Stuttering Association of Nigeria
Norway's Norsk Interesseforening for Stamme
Scotland - Safety in Stumblers, a support group in Glasgow.
Scotland - BSA Scotland
South Africa's Speakeasy Stuttering Association
Spain's Funadcion:Asociacion Española de la Tartamudez
Sweden
- Sveriges Stamningsföreningars Riksförbund
- Self-Help-group for Stutterers, a local chapter in Stockholm.
Switzerland - Stottern in Zuerich a self-help group for people who stutter in Zurich, Switzerland (the list is in the German language).
United Kingdom
- British Stammering Association
- BSA: Scotland
United States
- Friends: The Association of Young People Who Stutter
- The National Stuttering Association (NSA) USA.
  - Overview and Brief History of the National Stuttering Association by Michael Sugarman, a paper written for the International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference, Oct. 1-22, 1999
- Speak Easy of New Jersey, and a short history of the organization
- Stuttering Foundation of America - USA
  - Phone: 1/800-992-9392
    e-mail: stutter@vantek.net
  - Stuttering Foundation of America -- Looking Back and Looking Forward by Jane Fraser. A paper presented for the International Stuttering Awareness Day conference, October 1998.
Other Fluency Disorders Support Organizations
- European League of Stuttering Associations
- International Stuttering Association
- International Fluency Association.
- Other Organizations - by country
- Passing Twice - an organization for gay and lesbian people who stutter.
- ASHA's Special Interest Division #4, Fluency and Fluency Disorders.
- International Cluttering Association

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