for 1998

What's New from 1997

December

  • Information about a new German mailing list about stuttering, BUSS-LIST@HSP.DE added to Discussion Forums about Stuttering

  • Early years in India and now in school in the US by Balaji Krishnamurthy added to PWS Speak for Themselves.

  • Information about Stutter Buddies, a newsletter for Young People (ages 6-12) Who Stutter.

  • My Most Embarrassing Moment by Michael, age 12

  • Two questions submitted to FAQs about Stuttering for Kids were answered.

  • Added Nicolas Bendon, movie star, under Famous People Who Stutter(ed).

  • Case Study 8 - What I Think Caused My Stuttering

  • A new Spanish language mailing list on stuttering (TTM-L) added under discussion forums about stuttering

  • Mandarin Chinese and Korean words for stuttering added to Words for Stuttering from Around the World

  • Waterboy and Mr. Jealousy added to Movies that portray people who stutter

  • Links added to

  • Victoria Williams' ASHA convention workshop, Educating The Educators About Stuttering

    November

  • Snippets - points of view

  • My Name is Eric, and I am a Stutterer by Eric Ferraz, added to PWS Speak for Themselves.

  • Links established to

  • Additions to Gerald Johnson library of materials

    October

  • International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference

  • Dr. W.F.Rannie shares some interesting historical information about the composer and about his grandmother, Katherine Gertrude Craig Richardson, the actual Katy from the song, K-K-K-Katy.

  • A Stutter Acrostic by Chase Kustra, age 9

  • Links established to

  • Information about The Adventures of Phil Carrot: The Forest of Discord, a children's book by Michael Sugarman and Kim Swain.

  • Tuesday Night Fight, a poem by Eric F.

  • Added new keypals requests to Just for Kids Page

  • Gerald Johnson library of materials

  • Two more pictures added to Michelle and Judy's Therapy Picture Project - Helping Children Who Stutter Become Their Own Advocates.

    September

  • Bill Murphy's Class Visits For Children Who Stutter

  • Michelle and Judy's Therapy Picture Project - Helping Children Who Stutter Become Their Own Advocates.

  • Peer Counseling and Self Help Group Facilitation for People Who Stutter - developed by Michael Sugarman.
  • Added new keypals requests to Just for Kids Page

  • Added to the Bookstore:

  • New section, Starting and Maintaining a self-help group, added to Support Organizations for PWS, including a link to How to start and run a self-help group from the Canadian Association of People Who Stutter.

  • A Man Who Blessed Others by Gail Wilson Lew, added to Van Riper Tales.

  • Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-10th) Ohio added to Awards and Recognition.

  • Added a humorous experience submitted by Vicki Benson Schutter

  • A Way Through the Forest: One Boy's Story With a Happy Ending by David Shapiro

  • Links established to:

  • Ann Landers Column from August 28, 1998.

    August

  • Added a humorous experience submitted by Joe West

  • A short article on Electronic Fluency Aids from Speak Easy, Inc. of Canada provides contact information about four types of electronic fluency aids

  • Phone Problem Suggestions by Fred Dietrich.

  • Links established to

  • Eva's (age 11) good advice on how to respond to teasing added to What I do or say when I get teased.

  • Daddy To Make It Better by John Ahlbach.

  • A poster about the movie Paulie

  • Amazon has a new MUSIC STORE where you can order Scatman John Larkin's CDs that haven't been available in any other music store I've checked! I've added them to the SHP Bookstore

  • Stuttering Home Page Index text only index of what is on this site.

  • Connie Dugan's book review and application to a client of The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Cosby.

  • Stutt-L Archive of discussion about DAF, Edinberg Masker, and Fluency Master, 1998 (54K)

    July

  • International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference announcement

  • Several new links about dealing with teasing

  • Added "Bandits" to the page on Movies that Portray Stuttering

  • The beginning of a Bibliography of Joseph Sheehan's Work

  • STUTTERING: The Role of the Classroom Teacher by Gary R. LaBlance, Karen F. Steckol, and Vicki L. Smith

  • My Stuttering Life and Stuttering Information by Manveet, 11 year old girl, added to Just for Kids

  • Case Study of Covert Stuttering added to Case Studies.

  • A long list of songs suggested by Johnnie Nielsen, that have words related to stuttering in them added to Stuttering Songs

  • Why by Claus Christophani

  • A Message to Children Who Stutter - paraphrase of Joseph Sheehan's "Message to a Stutterer."

  • A Conversation with my Father by Elaine Saitta.

  • Stuttering Bibliography from 1976-1981 by Andreas Starke.

  • Two papers presented by Andreas Starke at the International Fluency Association First World Congress on Fluency Disorders Munich, Germany, August 8-12, 1994.

  • International Stuttering Awareness Day - October 22, 1998.

  • Added new keypals requests to Just for Kids Page

  • Preliminary announcement for the 5th Oxford Dysfluency Conference

  • The story behind the Birch Tree Foundation logo added to Stories Behind Logos page.

  • Richard Mallard's Stuttering Therapy Course Syllabus - from Southwest Texas State University

  • Some NSP Atlanta Convention pictures

  • Bernie Weiner added a short bio to The Real World of Jobs on the Teen Page.

  • Links established to

    June

  • Another letter to my daughter added to Just for Kids and Just for Teens.

  • Added submissions by Brett, Michael and Joshua to the Just for Kids page, under Kids Who Stutter Speak for Themselves.

  • Added new keyspals requests to Teen Page

  • Added FRIENDS to Stories behind support organization logos

  • Thirteen Observations About People Who Stutter by John Harrison.

  • Links established to

    May

  • Harvey Keitel - actor, added to Famous People Who Stutter

  • An Introduction to Speaking Circles by John C. Harrison

  • Added British Columbia Association of People Who Stutter to Stories behind support organization logos

  • 63 articles added to the annotated bibliography of journal publications about stuttering.

  • Letter to the Editor about Stuttering Awareness Week, by Lisa Arras, published in the New Ulm Journal, May 11, 1998

  • The Student Who Stutters: Teachers' Guide by Julie Mazzuka-Peter.
  • The Child Who Stutters: Parent's Guide by Julie Mazzuka-Peter.

  • Links established to:

  • More letters to my daughter added to Just for Kids and Just for Teens.

    April

  • James shared his most embarrassing moment with the Just for Teens page.

  • What's a Teacher to Do - by Louise Heite, Iceland, a paper presented at the ELSA Conference in Dublin, Feb.-Mar.1998.

  • Bio by Renee Krul on her career as a nurse added to The Real World of Jobs on the Just for Teens page.

  • Friends: The Association of Young People Who Stutter home page.

  • The Sasser Syndrome by Jeff Shames.

  • Letters to my daughter added to Just for Kids and Just for Teens.

  • Michael II, Byzantine Emperor 820-829 and Notker the Stammerer, a Dark Ages monk added to Famous People Who Stutter

  • Carl's Feelings: A Poem About Stuttering

  • Paulie added to films about stuttering and to the Kids' Page.

  • Added new keypals to Kids Page and Teens Page.

  • Mouth Piece by Anne H. Mavor added to PWS Speak For Themselves.

  • Links added to

    March

  • Stutter by Michael Caggiano.

  • FRIENDS - Association for Young People Who Stutter - first annual convention, July 31-August 1, 1998, Minnepolis, MN.

  • Added Marion Davies to Famous People Who Stutter

  • STUDENTS WHO STUTTER: Some questions and answers for teachers by Julie Mazzuka-Peter.

  • 10-year-old educates classmates on battle with speech disorder, an article from the Saint Francis Reminder January 15, 1998.

  • Lyrics to Tell Her I Stutter, added to Songs about Stuttering

  • A short essay in which Charles Lamb, (b. 1776, d. 1835), himself a person who stutters, describes stuttering quite vividly.

  • Words for Stuttering by Richard Kitchens and Charles Van Riper.

  • Graduate Dean, Tony Filipovitch added to the Real World of Jobs

  • Fast, Terri, Your Child Stutters, Should You Worry?, Today's Health, Spring 1998, p. 4ff

  • Example of a permission slip for clinicians whose students are interested in becoming keypals.

  • Added several Funny starter stories, The Foursome and Tire Repair to On The Lighter Side

  • Added new keypals to Kids Page and Teens Page.

  • Broadway Danny Rose added to Movies that portray people who stutter

  • Babyon 5 added to Television Programs that portray stuttering

  • Links established to

    February

  • Stuttering Around the World - added information by Tim from the US, Pedro from Spain, and Damian about Greece.

  • Ludwig Quidde, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, 1927, "Recollections of a Stutterer", in Living Age, 328, February 13, 1926, p. 360-363

  • Toastmaster Icebreaker by Marty Jezer.

  • Louis II the Stammerer added to Famous People Who Stutter

  • PhonePass, a test of English speech by telephone, designed for non-native speakers of English. The 10 minute phone test includes measures of fluency, listening and pronunciation. Added to Information about Communication.

  • The Filled Pause Research Center, specifically excludes the filled pauses that are evident in stuttering, but it is still an interesting site. Added to Information about Communication.

  • Information about a new mailing list for parents of children who stutter Parents-W added to the page on discussion forums.

  • Hard Talking Made Easy, an article by Noelle, age 10

  • Some Suggestions for Teachers for Managing StudentsWho Stutter compiled by Marie Poulos

  • Defeating the Dragon a speech delivered at Toastmasters, by David Halvorsen.

  • Back-up chat room added for when Stuttering Chat Room isn't working.

  • The Impact Of Speaking Circles On Chronic Stuttering by John C. Harrison

  • Scatman John Larkin met with Teens and 20's in the Teen Chat Room - February 1, 1998, 7-8 PM CST

  • Added new keypals to Kids Page and Teens Page.

  • Meet Wally Sparks added to Movies that portray people who stutter

  • The Reflex, by Duran Duran added to Stuttering Songs

  • Links established to

    January

  • New syllabus from Bob Quesal for his graduate course, Stuttering and Associated Disorders

  • Added severalVideos/films about stuttering available - to the Bookstore.

  • Information about 1998 conferences - Speak Easy in New Brunswick, Canada, and First National Workshop on Stuttering, Buenas Aires, Argentina, to conference information page.

  • Easy instructions for subscribing and leaving Stutt lists

  • Search Engine added.

  • Robert Wells added his job bio to the Real World of Jobs on the Teen Page.

  • A lot can happen in a year: an update by Diana- age 14

  • Dean Williams, Citation for Honors of the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association from the ASHA Magazine, November 1992.

  • Keypals added to Kids and Teens pages, plus information submitted on how to respond to teasing, and an embarrassing moment.

  • A brochure from the Sheehan Stuttering Clinic

  • Van Riper, C., "How are you doing, Dr. Van?" WMU Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing , Volume 24, 1987, 1-2.

  • Tributes to Dean Williams by

  • Stuttering Chat Room officially opened.

  • Links added to
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    last modified December 14, 1998