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You've come to the right place! There are MANY ways the NSA can help you in your quest to communicate more easily and effectively. The NSA can help in finding you support. Explore some of the ways you can “connect” by visit the links to the left or read below.
Information
Knowledge is key!! Understanding the facts and myths about stuttering is a great way to support your ideas about what is happening during a stutter. The NSA website contains general information about stuttering as well as specific reports and surveys in the stuttering information section. The NSA Store has brochures and self help books for adults. You will also find helpful suggestions about how you can help your child improve his or her speech. Our "Top Ten Lists" and publications are specifically written to help preschoolers, school-age children and teenagers who stutter. Click here to view our bi-monthly newsletters that members get mailed to their home or you can view them online for free.
Local Support Groups
Meet other people who stutter. Meeting people face to face is the greatest way to learn that if you stutter, you are not alone. Local NSA chapters provide a safe, supportive peer counseling environment that can help you improve your overall communication and coping skills -- as well as your overall quality of life. Click here to see if there is a group of people who stutter that meet in your area. There are adult groups, NSA Kids groups, and TWST (NSA Teens Who STutter ) groups. If there is not one in your area, keep checking, as new groups are forming fast. If you are interested to start one, contact us and we can walk you through the stops to get a group started in your area.
Annual Conference
You will also want to take advantage of our local workshops and annual conference. These events bring people who stutter together to share information, support, and strength; so that everybody can achieve their goals of fluent speech, as well as their lives in general. Truly, this is what the NSA is all about. Click here to see 2011 conference highlights and click here to check out the 2012 information.
Facebook/Online Networking Groups
NSA’s facebook page is a great place for you to meet other people without having to leave your house. We have a group specifically for parents and another one for teens. This is a great way to talk to each other about tough issues or just talk to other people who know how you feel. You can also Visit the officalNSA facebook page
Membership
Besides supporting a great cause, being a member of the NSA will ensure you to stay connected to the latest and greatest happenings in the stuttering community. Click here to become a contributing member of the NSA today!
Therapy
It is really important to pair stuttering support group involvement with fluency therapy from a qualified speech-language pathologist, stuttering specialist. “Stuttering Specialists" are speech-language pathologists who have been recognized by the "Specialty Board on Fluency Disorders" as having achieved advanced training and clinical skill for working with people who stutter and their families. A list of board-recognized specialists in fluency disorders can be found on the website of the Specialty Board on Fluency Disorders by clicking here. If there is not one in your area, we might be able to connect you with one who is working toward this specialty.
Have Q’s?
We have people on staff and volunteers who can answer your questions. The teen advisory council can respond to teen issues while we have parents and SLPs also available to talk to, one on one. Feel free to ask us anything.
The NSA is here to help -- If you stutter, you are not alone.
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