People here are talking about the Stuttering Foundation. I agree it is a great organization, but for different reason. I came to the U.S. from Ecuador at age 13. The speech therapy in Ecuador was terrible, if a child received any attention at all. It was tough to navigate the speech therapy channels when we first arrived.
The Stuttering Foundation has a Spanish-language version of its website at www.tartamudez.org to help both the Hispanic population in the U.S. and also people in Latin American countries, where speech therapy is lights years behind the U.S. I wish that such great info had been available to my parents and I when we came to the U.S. There are so many Hispanic parents in the U.S. who do not know where to turn to help their stuttering kids.
I also like the Stuttering Foundation because it sends its materials free of charge to about 125 countries each year, mostly underdeveloped nations. The organization holds summer workshops for SLP's in third world nations so that they can learn the newest techniques and bring them back to their countries.
My parents and I were lost for the first three or four years after coming to the U.S. We did not know where to turn for speech therapy. I also want to mention that the website of the Stuttering Foundation has a brochure called "Special Education Law and Stuttering" which explains that every child in the U.S. who is enrolled in any school has the right to free therapy, from pre-school throughout high school. This right to free speech therapy applies to kids with ALL speech problems and not just stuttering. Every parent should know about this right to speech therapy and I applaud the Stuttering Foundation for taking the initiative to help parents and kids with the various speech problems.
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People here are talking about the Stuttering Foundation. I agree it is a great organization, but for different reason. I came to the U.S. from Ecuador at age 13. The speech therapy in Ecuador was terrible, if a child received any attention at all. It was tough to navigate the speech therapy channels when we first arrived.
The Stuttering Foundation has a Spanish-language version of its website at www.tartamudez.org to help both the Hispanic population in the U.S. and also people in Latin American countries, where speech therapy is lights years behind the U.S. I wish that such great info had been available to my parents and I when we came to the U.S. There are so many Hispanic parents in the U.S. who do not know where to turn to help their stuttering kids.
I also like the Stuttering Foundation because it sends its materials free of charge to about 125 countries each year, mostly underdeveloped nations. The organization holds summer workshops for SLP's in third world nations so that they can learn the newest techniques and bring them back to their countries.
My parents and I were lost for the first three or four years after coming to the U.S. We did not know where to turn for speech therapy. I also want to mention that the website of the Stuttering Foundation has a brochure called "Special Education Law and Stuttering" which explains that every child in the U.S. who is enrolled in any school has the right to free therapy, from pre-school throughout high school. This right to free speech therapy applies to kids with ALL speech problems and not just stuttering. Every parent should know about this right to speech therapy and I applaud the Stuttering Foundation for taking the initiative to help parents and kids with the various speech problems.
December 20, 2009 - 7:40pmThis Comment
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