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Support Organizations for PWS
Stories behind logos
for Support Organizations for PWS
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.
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
Starting and Maintaining a self-help group -
How to start and run a self-help group
from
CSA
the Canadian Stuttering Association.
Group activities
Ice Breakers
Ice Breakers and Team Builders
Icebreakers from group-games.com
(http://www.group-games.com/category/ice-breakers)
Icebreakers to Warm Up Your Meeting
10 Simple Team Building Icebreakers
Support Group Activities
collected by Judy Kuster's Undergraduate Class in Fluency Disorders and submitted by many people from support groups
"My Favorite Activity for Stuttering Therapy: Lost at Sea"
Gary Rentschler
The Chicken and the Alligators - or - How to Facilitate a Support Group Meeting
provides several group meeting ideas
Speaking Freely
by John C. Harrison.
A Conversation With My Stutter
by Kevin Eldridge.
NSA Chapter Meeting Activity
designed by Angus Croll from the San Francisco chapter.
Stuttering Word Find
by Tanya Banks can be adapted for a group meeting - find the words and discuss what they mean to you. Additional word search activities can be developed using the word search generators listed on this page.
International Stuttering Support Group Project
by Michael Sugarman
A Group Therapy Experience for Adults Who Stutter
a powerpoint by Ken St. Louis (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/stlouis.ppt)
Support/Self-help groups around the world
Argentina -
La Asociacion Argentina de Tartamudez
Australia -
Speak Easy Association
Austria -
Oesterreichische Selbsthilfeinitiative Stottern
Brazil -
Brazilian Stuttering Association
Bulgaria -
Bulgarian Stuttering Association (SIZ)
Burkina Faso -
Burkina Faso Stuttering Association
Belgium -
Vzw BeSt
Cameroon -
SCAC
- Speak Clear Association of Cameroon.
Canada
Association des bigues du Canada (ABC)
Canadian Stuttering Association
Remembering
The British Columbia Association of People who Stutter (BCAPS)
Association des jeunes begues du Quebec
, for young people who stutter between the ages of 2 and 25.
China -
China Stuttering Association
Croatia -
Hinko Freund - Croatian Association for People Who Stutter
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)
Finnish
English
Swedish
France
Association Vaincre le Bégaiement
Association Parole-Begaiement
- (Speech-Stuttering Association)
Germany
Bundesvereinigung Stotterer-Selbsthilfe e.V.
, available in the German language
Holland
Openingspagina van de Stottervereniging Demosthenes
Hungary's
Demoszthenesz
Iceland's
Icelandic Stuttering Association - Malbjorg
India-The Indian Stammering Association
website
and
blog
Indonesia -
Indonesia Stuttering Association
Ireland -
Irish Stammering Association
Israel -
The Israeli Support Group for People Who Stutter
has information in Hebrew
Italy -
Associazione Italiana per la Balbuzie e la Comunicazione
Japan's
Japan Stuttering Homepage
by the Japan Stuttering Project.
Nepal's
Nepal Stutters Association.
New Zealand's
Speakeasy Association
Nigeria
Stuttering Association of Nigeria
Norway
Norsk Interesseforening for Stamme
Pakistan Stammering Association
South Africa
Speakeasy Stuttering Association
Spain
Funadcion:Asociacion Española de la Tartamudez
Sweden -
Sveriges Stamningsföreningars Riksförbund
Switzerland -
Stottern in Zuerich
a self-help group for people who stutter in Zurich, Switzerland (the page is in the German language).
Turkey
Turkish Stuttering Association
United Kingdom
British Stammering Association
I Stammer
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
Stuttering Foundation of America -- Looking Back and Looking Forward
by Jane Fraser. A paper presented for the International Stuttering Awareness Day conference, October 1998.
The Jewish Stuttering Association
- support organization in New York
Other Fluency Disorders Support Organizations
European League of Stuttering Associations
International Stuttering Association
International Fluency Association
.
Other Organizations - by country
(these are old addresses last updated in 2006 and may or may not be current)
Passing Twice
- an organization for gay and lesbian people who stutter.
International Cluttering Association
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updated January 2, 2020
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