Center for Stuttering Therapy

10/14/2025

🎬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 -- 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐰
Six short reflections on the man who changed how we understand stuttering.
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲”
Dr. Charles Van Riper didn’t just treat stuttering ➡️ he lived it.
His goal wasn’t to make people “perfect speakers,” but to help them stutter easier, live freer, and communicate boldly.
He saw stuttering not as something to hide, but something to understand.
📼 The Van Riper Tapes are our living history -- filmed over 60 years ago, yet still powerful today.
👉 Watch them free at https://thestutteringfoundation.vhx.tv/

10/03/2025

09/10/2025

Actor Charlie Sheen, on our List of Famous People who Stutter, recently sat down with Good Morning America to discuss stuttering and addiction. READ MORE: https://www.stutteringhelp.org/content/charlie-sheen-reveals-how-lifelong-struggle-stuttering-led-him-drink

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08/19/2025

Good advice for teachers with the new school year stsrting

09/26/2024

We are thrilled to announce the 2024 recipient of ASHA's prestigious Annie Glenn Award: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist! Kidd-Gilchrist is an advocate for people who stutter and a former college basketball national champion who went on to play in the NBA. Read more about his work: https://at.asha.org/qj

09/20/2024

Beloved actor James Earl Jones, who died this week at age 93, opens up about his book “Voices and Silences” where he details how poetry helped him manage his...

09/11/2024

In the August post, we discussed the three types of stuttering, how to respond when someone is stuttering , and when to seek out speech therapy for stuttering. Read my article about supporting families and kids that stutter. In this blog, we’ll be going over tips for teachers supp

08/14/2024

Someone wanted to share their graduation picture today!!

05/10/2024

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- To promote greater understanding and acceptance of stuttering, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is focusing on...

03/21/2024

Stuttering is making news once again, this time encouraging others to normalize stuttering. Check out this piece by HuffPost, featuring our Executive Director Tammy Flores, friends of the NSA Marc Winski and Caitlin Cohen

Tell us what you are doing to normalize stuttering.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-trump-stutter-need-to-know_l_65f1f51de4b07b5c55cb99fa

02/02/2024

It's Denver time 🙌

02/02/2024

So powerful