Video helps teens who stutter
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News from the Stuttering Foundation
POLSON — Stuttering is a frustrating and embarrassing problem for millions of people, but it can be especially tough on teenagers. Help is available in Polson at the North Lake County Library District in the form of a video.
“It’s meant to encourage teens, to tell them that there is hope out there,” said professor Peter Ramig of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ramig is one of three nationally recognized experts appearing in the video produced by the nonprofit Stuttering Foundation.
David Wilkins, a high school student who stutters, narrates the video. It features students from junior high school through college talking about their experiences with stuttering and what they found to be helpful. They talk openly about the ridicule they faced from classmates and how their stuttering affects their lives.
“We really try to emphasize the embarrassment and frustration factor, and we think teens will relate to that,” adds Ramig. He appears in the video along with speech-language pathologists Dr. Barry Guitar of the University of Vermont and Dr. Hugo Gregory of Northwestern University.
The three experts answer questions about stuttering, refute myths and misconceptions, and present examples of therapy sessions showing how stuttering can be reduced.
Books and DVDs produced by the 66-year-old nonprofit Stuttering Foundation are available free to any public library. A library that will shelve them can contact the Foundation at 1-800-992-9392, email info@stutteringhelp.org, or visit www.stutteringhelp.org or www.tartarmudez.org. The free DVD it is available online at www.stutteringhelp.org under the “resources” tab.
