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International Stuttering Awareness Day – What I Wish People Knew About Stuttering
This years theme for International Stuttering Awareness Day is ‘Speak Your Mind’.
We spent time during our Teen Fluency Course follow up day brainstorming with the teens and student helpers what we wish people knew about stuttering.
Is there a cure for stuttering?
Is there a cure for stuttering? A complex question with a complex answer – we delve into this in our latest blog.
The Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust on The Project NZ
Take a look at our feature on The Project – a 2 night feature on stuttering that we are so pleased with.
Introducing our newly reinvigorated board
It’s been an exciting year so far for START, and we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes on some really exciting stuff (as well as some less exciting but no-less important tasks such as updating our health and safety policies)!
5 ways to help someone who stutters
If you’re someone who doesn’t stutter, you might have a number of questions about what to do when talking to someone who does, and how you can best help them. If you’re worried you might offend them, or you’re unsure of the best way to phrase a question, then read on.
Stuttering vs stammering – what’s the difference?
Is it stutter? or is it stammer? We’re here to put the stutter vs. stammer debate to rest once and for all.
5 ways you can help our charity that aren’t just donating money
As a charity, a lot of what makes our world go around is the support we receive from the community – but there’s a misconception that to help a charity you need to donate money. We’re here to dispel the rumours, and show you 5 ways you can support us without donating money!
Why don’t we stutter when we sing?
Have you ever noticed that you don’t stutter when you sing?
Or if you’re a person who doesn’t stutter, have you ever wondered why you’ve never heard someone stutter while singing?
Read on to find out why.
What does a donation to our charity do?
Are you looking to make a donation that goes further? Read this article to find out how a donation to our charity could change a child’s entire life.
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Research
Supporting research about stuttering is an important part of what we do at START.
Over many years, the START has collaborated with a number of national and international organisations including Australian Stuttering Research Centre (ASRC), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the New Zealand Coaching and Mentoring Centre (NZMC).
START supports Honours students from Massey University’s Speech Language Therapy Programme and Masters students from the University of Auckland’s Speech Science Programme to complete research into stuttering within New Zealand. Most recently this has involved developing a Teacher Resource – link here
We also support other organisations and individuals in their research, and encourage people who stutter to participate (if interested). Current research projects are listed below:
Current Research Projects:
International perspectives of adults who stutter
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We’ve also been involved with:
- Exploring teachers’ attitudes: Knowledge and classroom strategies for children who stutter in New Zealand (2020)
- Anxiety in 11-Year-Old Children Who Stutter: Findings From a Prospective Longitudinal Community Sample (2017)
- Is Mentoring Effective for Adults Who Stutter? (2016). Presented at NZSTA Conference as part of Master’s Thesis.
- The Lidcombe Program of early stuttering intervention: Mothers’ experiences (2010)
- Developing treatment for adolescents who stutter: A phase I trial of the Camperdown Program (2008)
- Stuttering and its treatment in adolescence: The perceptions of people who stutter (2008)
- Extended follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of the Lidcombe Program of Early Stuttering Intervention (2008)
- Randomised controlled trial of the Lidcombe Program of early stuttering intervention (2005)
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