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Services Provided by
The Stuttering Foundation of America
- Maintains web site—www.stutteringhelp.org—which
provides help, information, and resources to a world-wide audience.
- Maintains toll-free hotline—1-800-992-9392—and
answers some 24,000 calls a year.
- Publishes 24 books, 21 videotapes
and 16 brochures on stuttering.
- Over 800,000 publications are distributed
each year to those who stutter, their families, speech-language
pathologists, pediatricians, family physicians, hospitals, schools,
clinics, day-care centers, libraries, and others concerned with the
problem of stuttering.
- Provides an information packet to
parents of children who may have a stuttering problem. The packet includes
free brochures and a resource list.
- Provides an information packet for
adults and teens who stutter. This includes free brochures, a resource
list, and contacts for support groups in their areas.
- Provides a nation-wide resource
list for adults who stutter, parents, pediatricians, speech-language
pathologists, and all those looking for a speech-language pathologist who
specializes in stuttering.
- Co-sponsors annually three
five-day intensive training workshops, Diagnosis
and Treatment of Children Who Stutter: Practical Strategies.
- Distributes information on
stuttering at the conventions of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the
American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners, the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the American
Public Health Association, the National Association of School Nurses, the
National Association of Pediatric Nurses, and the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- Sends approximately 2,500 press releases several times a year to educate the public about stuttering.
These releases are sent to newspapers, syndicated columnists, and editors
at magazines, radio, and television stations across the country.
- Distributes videotapes, books, and
brochures to 63 countries on five continents.
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