NSA materials can help you increase awareness and enhance understanding of stuttering. Following is a list of NSA resources that may help you help the children in your classroom. Those materials that are designed specifically for educators are shown in the menus to the right. The other materials described below can be found elsewhere on this website. If you have questions, send us an email at educators@WeStutter.org or call (800) We Stutter.
Educator brochure: Classroom teachers are notoriously "left out of the loop" when it comes to information and support regarding stuttering. This brochure contains up to date information about stuttering and provides the classroom teacher with ideas for handling situations that arise in the everyday classroom environment.
Classroom presentation guide: Help your student decrease teasing and overcome the fear of speaking in class by educating peers on the disorder of stuttering. Children who stutter learn to advocate for themselves, with our help. This guide gives sample outlines for doing a classroom presentation about stuttering.
Notes to listeners - What to say and what to do when talking with a children who stutters: This brochure supplies the listener with basic information on stuttering as well as provides a greater understanding of this complex disorder. Great for anyone who has contact with the child outside of the family structure such as the care provider, coach, and extended family members.
Teasing/Bullying booklet: (Fall, 2003) This booklet brings together the "best thinking" available for dealing with bullying and teasing for children who stutter. This must-have resource addresses this very sensitive issue with specific strategies for clinicians, children who stutter, parents and educators. It also contains an appendix of available children’s literature on the topic of teasing.
Top 10 lists for parents of preschool, school age and transitional teen. These valuable resources immediately address the fears, concerns and emotions associated with being a parent of a child who stutters.
Our Voices: This 207 page book is a collection of stories of inspiration and courage with sections for the young child who stutters, the teen, adult reflections, parent perspectives, from the professional and for the educator. This useful resource is a great way to involve the entire family and a wonderful tool to springboard discussions relating to a child’s beliefs and feelings regarding stuttering.
Preschool booklet: 5 Steps to help the child who stutters. Written for parents, but clinicians love the useable step by step outline for therapy. This comprehensive 53 page booklet addresses the early signs of stuttering, outlines what to expect in therapy and how to help the child at home. Provides parental support and resources for further education about the importance of early intervention.
"Stuttering is…" 10 year old Meredith’s shares her positive outlook on stuttering.
Classroom teasing poster: We are all different and that’s OK is clearly depicted on this poster that helps teachers explore the idea that differences are no laughing matter. |
