Projects for Older Adolescents Who Stammer

ASC Mentoring Scheme

Our mentoring programme launched in 2021 and pairs professionals who stammer with young people who stammer (aged 18 – 25) embarking on the transition to higher education or the world of work.

In collaboration with our partner, Sam Simpson, young people who stammer benefit from 6-months of one-to-one career mentoring with an adult who has experience of navigating their own career path with a stammer. The mentoring scheme is coordinated together with Sam and you can find out a little more about her below.

Sam Simpson  is a speech and language therapist, person-centred counsellor, supervisor and trainer. She works in independent practice and contributes to the development and delivery of the professional training programmes offered through Redefining Stammering, Stuttering Commons, intandem and the City Lit stammering therapy team.

Sam has over 25 years’ experience of working with people who stammer in the public, private, education and voluntary sectors. She has a particular interest in critical disability studies, stammering activism and what stammering can teach us about ourselves and the world.

Sam co-edited Stammering Pride and Prejudice: Difference not Defect with Patrick Campbell and Christopher Constantino in 2019. In 2024, she co-edited Supervision in Speech and Language Therapy: Personal Stories and Professional Wisdom together with Cathy Sparkes and Deborah Harding. This book features contributions from participants in previous ASC mentoring programmes.

Our mentoring scheme is returning in October 2025! Applications for Cohort 4 open on 26th February 2025 for mentees and 5th March 2025 for mentors. Keep an eye on this page and our socials for more details.