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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.