for 2000
What's New from 1997
What's New from 1998
What's New from 1999
December
A Family Thing by Jim Abbott added to Creative Expression
The Stuttering Sub by Dave Heilbronn.
Some Approaches to Therapy for Cluttering from the German Literature
Emotions - a poem by Jim Abbott added to Creative Expression
Lou Heite's information on Posting Questions on Discussion Forums
54 article summaries added to the annotated bibliography on stuttering, which now contains 404 articles from professional journals.
Added several acronyms to alphabet soup
Links established to
November
Stefan Bogdanov from Switzerland, who uses the Alexander technique, sent a chapter from Alexander's original book, The Use Of The Self that might be of interest.
Course syllabus from Barry Guitar, Ph.D. - University of Vermont, added to stuttering course syllabi
Jared, Greg, and Ben's ideas on how to handle teasing.
Lears, Laurie, Ben Has Something to Say: A Story About Stuttering School & Library Binding (October 2000), added to the Bookstore. (Reviews of this book are available from NSA and Whitman but the best price at the time this was added is $11.96 through this link to Amazon)
October
A galley of children's art about stuttering.
Kindred Souls, a poem by Jim Abbott, added to Creative Expression.
My Personal Battle by Masha Zaslavsky, an essay about a pseudostuttering assignment.
Draft Bill Of Rights And Responsibilities For People Who Stutter
Van Riper Memories from Sally Sarvey added to Things Remembered.
ISAD2000 Online Conference
Links established to
September
How I feel when I'm teased by William added to Just for Kids page.
My most embarrassing moment by Scott, added to Just for Teens.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of Don Quixote de la Mancha added to Famous People Who Stutter (as cited by Malveena McKendrick, Cervantes, Little, Brown, 1980, p. 21.)
Been There - Done That;-) -- Ideas For When Speaking To Classes About Stuttering
The Successful Stutterer by J. David Williams
Fluency Reference List created by Jill Harrison.
IFA Awards of Distinction honorees and the Malcolm Fraser Award 2000 recipient added to Awards and Recognition
course syllabus from J. Scott Yaruss, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
"Oh Helen" added to Songs about stuttering
Answer to What is the origin of the actual word stuttering add to Kids FAQ.
Words of Wisdom from One Not So Wise by Jim Abbott.
Nan Berstein Ratner, Ph.D. and Vivian Sisskin graduate course syllabus, University of Maryland
Added suggestions on how to handle teasing, by Kevin, age 10
Links created to:
August
Van Riper, C., A Handful of Nuts," WMU Journal of Speech Therapy, Volume 11, 1974, II, 1-3.
Don't Go There and
Naked by Allan Brown added to Creative Expression.
Some telephone company response to assist people who stutter.
Stuttering Freely by Sarah Watson added to Creative Expression.
A Clinical Nugget from the Division #4 newsletter added.
Outline of a Presentation To Slp Students at Governors State University, 1999 by Jim McClure and Jimmy Zerlentes
Links established to
- Stuttering from Discoveryhealth.com
- The Lidcombe Program: An Early Intervention For Stuttering Procedural Manual
- A model for dissemination of information about
stuttering by Tine Egebjerg, speech therapist and staff member, and Per F. Knudsen, psychologist and director, Presentation at the 2nd World Congress on Fluency, San Fransisco, August 1997
- Identity Problems with Stuttering Children and
Their Parents by Dorte Hansen, speech therapist Presentation at the 2nd Worldcongress on Fluency, San Fransisco, August 1997
- First page of "VAN RIPER FAMILY" (1980 but never published) by Charles Gage Van Riper (1905-1994).
- How Do People Talk by E. Charles Healy.
- Class visits for children who stutter by Bill Murphy
- University of Nebraska Fluency Center
- Psychological Self-Help by Dr. Clay Tucker-Ladd, is a freely-available online book by a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
- Stuttering no obstacle for retired engineer from the Plano Star Courier, Jul 21 2000.
- William Kordsmeier's personal home page on stuttering.
July
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.
A story by Jim Mollin added to On the Lighter Side
Place Names Associated with "Stuttering"
Stuttering (Teen and Adult) What It Is and What It Isn't: for Emergency Services Personnel by Bobby L. Childers II is a Power Point presentation developed by Childers to be presented to Emergency Services Personnel. There are also speaker notes that accompany the presentation.
Bobby Childers has designed "business cards" with information about the National Stuttering Association that can be handed out. For PC users.
British Stammering Association Sponsored Walk - September 10, 2000
Another
folks myth about the treatment of stuttering added.
A Few Seconds Longer by Jim Abbott
Louis Roden - Executive Vice President of Human Resources for RealEstate.com added to "Some Paths to Success: Journeys Shared by Adults Who Stutter" on the Teen page.
Books by Cully Gage - Van Riper's pen name for the popular stories he wrote about the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
You're Not Alone by Pat Tenneriello
Maybe Tomorrow by Jim Abbott
Memory of Shady Trails by Brad Bellaver
Learn well your grammar by Lewis Carroll
Several additions made to Famous People Who Stutter
Links added to:
- Hidden Brilliance - a personal home page by Sophie Sacca
- Fluency Training Programme by Geoffrey Brown, offers no magic cures but shares strategies that have helped him at no cost to participants. In the United Kingdom.
- Stroke Improves Man's Stutter, Personality Reuter's article based on Neurology 1999;53:890.
- Dissertation Abstracts for the past two years are available online without cost. Keyword search the word stuttering. For a fee, dissertation abstracts from previous years are also available.
- NIDCD information about stuttering
- Allan Tyrer's stammer home page
- Discrimination against people in the UK who stammer by Allan Tyrer
- Another Look Upon Stuttering by Ingvar Bergman, offers one psychologist's view on stuttering.
- Genetic Study Brings Hope to Stutterers by Jodie S. Cohen, Detroit News, July 10, 2000.
- Stutterers Speak Out by Sue MacDonald of The Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, March 10, 1999
- NSA Posters for Kids
- Cluttering: Some Guidelines - brochure from the Stuttering Foundation of America.
- Chris Roach's personal pages about stuttering.
- Stuttering: A Gift Rejected, by M.G. Bradley
June
Destiny, In My Dreams, Do They Think?, Why Not Me and The Games That We Play, The Tricks Of The Trade poems by Jim Abbott, added to Creative Expression.
Yes/No questions in Spanish and English for SLPs to use with Spanish-speaking parents of children with fluency problems.
May
Stanley Ainsworth added to Remembering the contributions of those who have passed on
E.L.S.A. Youth Meeting July 9 -16 July 2000, Sweden.
Links established to
- The next CAPS Conference, Calgary, Alberta in August of 2001.
- This is your brain on ... a 3-D volume - an article on researching the cause of stuttering.
- Getting The Word Out an article by Dave Kadleck in Continuum, Spring 1999.
- Atlanta Area Stuttering Specialists - Tim Mackesey
- Transcript of chat with Barry Guitar and John Stossel.
- New treatment has stutterers talking By John Morgan, USA Today Health, May 8, 2000
- A nice resource on Stuttering Terminology is incorporated into this page, although if you plan to order books, please consider using the Stuttering Home Page Bookstore instead of the competition;-)
- The Van Riper Legacy by Ed Litwin as part of the History of the Marquette General Hospital Regional Medical Center, provides some information about Charles Van Riper, as well as his father, Paul.
April
Some ideas for Breaking the Ice to speak publically about stuttering.
Ever Since I Can Remember by Ashley Callan added to PWS Speak for Themselves.
A tribute to Charles Van Riper written by the daughter of a different Charles Van Riper.
Website chat scheduled with John Stossel and Barry Guitar - May 8, 2000
Stuttering Course Syllabus for Charles Osborne, M.A., University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
A Clinical Nugget from the Division #4 newsletter added.
Registration information for IFA Pre-Conference Workshop on Stuttering in School Children.
Review of the autobiographical PBS special Jonelle: Right Here, Right Now by Ira Zimmerman.
Updated the change-overs from onelist to egroups of several mailing lists on Discussion Forums about stuttering
Links established to
- Stuttering: The real story behind the person by Bobby L. Childers II. Presented for a Graduate Speech Fluency Class at New Mexico State University 26 April 2000
- The Delyte Wesley Morris Papers contain correspondence with several of the pioneers in stuttering, including Wendell Johnson, Stanley Ainsworth, and Bryng Bryngelson and are in the special collections at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
- Sheehan Stuttering Clinic
- Salt Lake City NSA Chapter
- Stroke-Associated Stuttering by Arthur C. Grant, MD, PhD; Valerie Biousse, MD; Albert A. Cook, MD; Nancy J. Newman, MD
- Communication disorder conference encourages
those who stutter to seek web help - article about ISAD 1998 by Steven Dwyer.
- Excerpts from several chapters of Stuttering: A Life Bound Up In Words by Marty Jezer.
- Sarah James' research on stammering and telephone use
- Invitation to participate in on-going research about stuttering from East Carolina University's Stuttering Research Laboratory.
- Right Here, Right Now - Jonelle - PBS autobiographical program about a women who stutters and her experience with one intensive therapy program.
- Center for Stuttering Therapy, Chicago, Illinois
- Online brochure for Speak Easy, Int. SYMPOSIUM XIX May 5th - 7th, 2000
March
Michael Bentine, British comedian, script-writer, and reader of children's books, added to Famous People Who Stutter.
Tammy Bryant-McMillin, a speech therapist has put online a fun activity: Stuttering Awareness Game
Several submissions from kids about teasing.
"Shakespeare in Love" and "Buddy Boy" added to Movies that portray stuttering
ISAD 2000 announcement brochure
Stutter, a poem by Vasudev Parameswaran
Links established to
February
Wrestling With Words, by Barry Yeoman, an article that first appeared in Psychology Today November/December l998.
So Many Words by Bethany Turner
A short history of the Speak Easy of New Jersey
Will McGee and Lee Reeves provided additions to Experiences in School - some good and some not so good - shared for others to learn
Steve Rosen shared five pictures from Shady Trails from 1965
Letter for Shady Trails Camp - 1965
Four-page bulletin for Shady Trails Camp - 1965
Information about several small mailing lists and chat forums about stuttering that have been formed on egroups.com and may be of interest to some individuals added to Discussion Forums
Links established to
January
Center for Fluency Development at San Francisco State University, a program for children and teens - Stanley A. Goldberg, PhD
A memory of Shady Trails by Steve Moran.
Two responses from kids about teasing.
New syllabus from Bob Quesal
Jeremy and the Hippo, a book for children who stutter, added to Children's Books about Stuttering.
Review of the video The Pebble and the Penguin by Claire Tupling.
Conferences sponsored by Speak Easy, inc., Canada, and the British Stammering Association added.
Links established to:
last modified December 27, 2000