23/05/2023 / Latest News, Stories
Entering the Workforce as a Person who Stutters – William’s Perspective
Kia ora START community I’m William, and I’ve been stuttering since the age of three. Janelle was my speech language...
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15/12/2022 / Information, Latest News
Navigating Christmas
Kia ora, I’m Felix, a social worker at START and a person who stutters. Christmas is a festive but often...
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10/03/2020 / Information, Latest News
Avoidance Reduction Therapy and its uses for people who stutter
Have you heard about Avoidance Reduction Therapy? In this blog, Beth Laurenson, one of our Speech Language Therapists, explains this...
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16/12/2019 / Latest News, Our Team
2019 in Review
This year has been one of new developments and change here at the Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust (START). Alongside...
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29/10/2019 / Latest News, Stories
Felix celebrates International Stuttering Awareness Day by educating his colleagues
Last Tuesday was International Stuttering Awareness Day and one of our clients, Felix, decided to send an email out to...
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24/09/2019 / Latest News, Stories
Speaking on the international stage as a person who stutters
Phyllis shares her experience speaking at International Stuttering Association's World Congress 2019 In July 2019, Phyllis Edwards travelled to Iceland...
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18/06/2019 / Latest News, Stories
Ricoh – Helping kids achieve their best START
Last year, our organisation sent out an appeal to raise $7,200 to help 10 Kiwi kids access treatment for stuttering. Mike Pollock, CEO of Ricoh, and former START Board Member reached out to us and generously offered to contribute 50% towards our goal. This was a considerable contribution of which we are very grateful, and even more so that Ricoh then shared this story of the work we do in their internal newsletter.
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21/05/2019 / Latest News, Our Team
Flowers mark Janelle Irvine’s ten years of service to people who stutter
In April Janelle Irvine completed ten years of service to the stuttering community through her work at START. Janelle commenced...
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07/04/2019 / Latest News
A big thank you to all our supporters
Here at START we are so grateful for the support we receive from you all. Every blog you read, Facebook...
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12/03/2019 / Latest News, Our Team
Introducing our newest Speech Language Therapist
We would like to welcome our new Speech Language Therapist (SLT) - Beth Laurenson - to the team at START....
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