The Plumas County Library recently received a donation of stuttering resources from The Stuttering Foundation of America. The books and DVDs contain advice, inspiration and guidance for children, teens and adults who stutter.
“The library is excited that we received this great addition to the collection,” said Interim Plumas County Librarian Sharon McKay. She said the resources are listed in the card catalog and ready to be checked out.
“I personally am grateful that we have resources like this for our patrons,” said McKay, who — though she did not stutter — spent seven years in speech therapy herself.
The Stuttering Foundation reports that its books are directed to parents of children who stutter, adults who stutter, speech pathologists, pediatricians, family physicians, nurses, health care professionals, hospitals, schools, clinics, day-care centers and all those concerned with the problem of stuttering. The DVDs feature some of the world’s leading therapists with children who stutter.
“More than 3 million Americans stutter, yet stuttering remains misunderstood by most people,” said Jane Fraser, president of The Stuttering Foundation. “Myths such as believing people who stutter are less intelligent or suffer from psychological problems still persist despite research refuting these erroneous beliefs.”
Since 1947, the nonprofit Stuttering Foundation, with offices in Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Simons Island, Georgia, has provided free materials to public libraries nationwide. Since their original publication, Stuttering Foundation materials have reached millions of individuals worldwide.
To learn more about The Stuttering Foundation of America, visit https://www.stutteringhelp.org/. To view the Plumas County Library catalog, visit https://www.plumaslibrary.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl.
Information submitted by The Stuttering Foundation with additional reporting by Ingrid Burke