Year: 2023

How to help young people who stammer at school – Toby Hullyer

One way in which young people who stammer can be helped in the classroom is by teachers and members of staff offering support to them by trying to create a calm environment within the classroom. It is typically found that when people who stammer are more fluent in their speech when they are in a …

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Calling Speech & Language Therapists: Will you help us improve access to services for childhood stammering?  

As the saying goes, “it takes a village to raise a child”, and the same can be said to describe the provision...

Mapping a new era – an invitation to join us!

Picture this: you find yourself on the quest to find the fitting support for your child's stammer. The way ahead seems unclear...

ASC bursary available for City University Speech & Language Therapy Course

We are pleased to share that applications are now open to the City, University of London Intensive Group for Young People who stammer aged...

The new ‘Penguin’ app for children who stammer

Penguin has been developed by a group of people with varying levels of experience of stammering - people who stammer themselves; speech and language...

Summer Internship with Action for Stammering Children

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our team for three months to work with us on our research and policy projects...

The Talking Out Online Group 2023 – LAST FEW PLACES

Talking Out Online is open to young people who stammer in secondary school (year 7 - 13, age 11 - 18) who live in the UK.

Get involved in our Royal Bake-Off!

On 6th May, the country will celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. To mark this royal occasion, we would love for you...

Action for Stammering Children invites families to have their say in future research

In February of 2022 we released the initial survey, inviting young people who stammer, their relatives...

From the Sidelines to the Spotlight: Speaking About Stammering at Old Trafford

Growing up, I faced bullying and rejection from classmates and teachers who...