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A non-profit org providing universally affordable, specialized speech therapy to people who stutter.

01/16/2026

📺 Flashback Friday video with AIS former client, Joel, who spoke at the 8th AIS Gala in 2014.

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01/14/2026

AIS Practice Group's Stuttering Poetry 📜🪶

A Stutter Acrostics by Kendra 🧾
S - peak
T - each
U - nderstand
T - reatment
T - alking
E - xpress
R - espect

A Haiku by Roisin ✍🏻
For me, to stutter
is to make myself so clear
as I ought to be.

A Limerick by Nick 💌
There was once a kid who stuttered,
he really liked bread and butter,
he was very tall,
and lived in a mall.
Oh, that silly life of that boy who stuttered.

🌐 www.stutteringtreatment.org/blog/our-practice-groups-stuttering-poetry

01/12/2026

Save the date! 📌 Register now for the AIS Mindfulness/Intention-Setting Workshop
🗓️ Date: March 7, 2026 🕙 Time: 10 am - 5 pm EST
📍 Location: AIS New York City Clinic (27 W 20th St, Suite 1203, New York, NY 10011)
💵 Cost: $200, or the cost of an individual session (if receiving financial assistance)

🔎 We’ll explore mindfulness and grounding techniques to help you connect with your body, regulate anxiety, and build a more compassionate relationship with speaking. You’ll learn to approach communication with less physical tension and more ease—through both “bottom-up” (targeting physical and emotional regulation through the body) and “top-down” (working with thoughts and core beliefs) practices.

In addition, we will focus on intention-setting and real-world communication goals. You will create a plan with individualized intentions for exposure to speaking situations and will complete “action assignments” alongside others who stutter who are there to support you. 📝

There will be time throughout the day for sharing, reflection, and asking questions. 💭 We’ll also share lunch, incorporating it as a space for casual connection and individualized intention-setting. 🍽️

*If you are interested, RSVP by emailing 📧 abenevento@stutteringtreatment.org.
🔔 There is a limit of 8 participants, so sign up now to join us!
🌐 www.stutteringtreatment.org/events/mindfulness-intention-setting-workshop-3-7-26

01/09/2026

🌟 Join us for AIS Speaker Series: Dr. Caryn Herring and HeardAI
🗓️ January 21, 2026 🕖 7 pm - 8:30 pm EST 💻 Online

Register for this event at ➡️ www.stutteringtreatment.org/events/speaker-series-dr-caryn-herring-and-heardai

📢 ABOUT THE EVENT:
In this presentation, you will learn about HeardAI, an interdisciplinary project working to make voice AI more accessible for people who stutter. We will share what we have learned so far from survey research, experimental studies, and speech data collected from people who stutter, as well as ongoing projects focused on improving how voice technology transcribes stuttering. The goal of this work is to ensure that people who stutter are heard, understood, and included as voice AI becomes more common in everyday life. There will also be plenty of time for questions and discussion!

Dr. Caryn Herring, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist. She is currently the Executive Director of Friends: The National Association for Young People who Stutter. She graduated with her PhD from Michigan State University, her MS from Purdue University, and her BA from the University of Pittsburgh. Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization, reducing adverse impact, and enhancing accessibility for people who stutter. Caryn has presented at conferences and universities across the country, as well as taught and clinically supervised undergraduate and graduate students at Michigan State University, The University of Pittsburgh, Gannon University, and Duquesne University.

01/08/2026

📢 AIS Presents: From 'The Look' to 'Did You Forget Your Name?': Responding to Undesired Listener Reactions to Stuttering 💬

🎤 Hosted by Dr. Hope Gerlach-Houck and Dr. Naomi Rodgers
🗓️ January 15, 2026 - Thursday ⏰ 6 pm EST 💻 Online

This interactive, trauma-informed workshop will explore how we respond to undesired listener reactions to stuttering. Attendees can participate in a variety of ways, including observing, discussing, or engaging in activities, as we explore strategies that foster agency, self-advocacy, and emotional safety during difficult interactions.

Thanks to our generous donors, this event is free and open to the public.

Click the link in our bio or visit ➡️ www.stutteringtreatment.org/events/responding-to-listener-reactions to register for this event.

01/07/2026

🎇 AIS JANUARY 2026 EVENTS 🎇
Register through ➡️ www.stutteringtreatment.org/events

Adult Tuesday Night Group 💻
Tuesday | January 13, 2026 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EST | Online
Held on the second Tuesday of every month, this free therapy offering is open to all past and present AIS clients who wish to reinforce the principles and strategies for communicating freely, stuttering confidently, and reducing avoidance.

From 'The Look' to 'Did You Forget Your Name?': Responding to Undesired Listener Reactions to Stuttering 💬
Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 6 pm EST | Online
This interactive, trauma-informed workshop will explore how we respond to undesired listener reactions to stuttering. Led by leading researchers Dr. Hope Gerlach-Houck and Dr. Naomi Rodgers, participants will reflect on real-world experiences and explore how they might wish to respond differently to past microaggressions, while learning about evidence-based options for navigating future ones.

01/01/2026

As we welcome 2026, let’s celebrate every voice and every story. 🥳🎈 Wishing you a confident and joyful New Year! 🎆🎉

12/31/2025

What Parents Say About Stuttering Therapy at AIS 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💬

The American Institute for Stuttering (AIS) provides specialized, universally-affordable stuttering therapy and support for children and adults who stutter. We offer therapy in our offices in New York City and Atlanta, as well as Online. 🌟

💡 To learn more about therapy at AIS, visit stutteringtreatment.org. Follow AIS on Facebook at facebook.com/StutteringTreatment, Instagram , and X (formerly Twitter) .

📺 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI8spB7j5qQ&t=28s

12/29/2025

Neenah shared her experience with stuttering and a fundraiser she planned and hosted. ✨ As a person who stutters, she understands the challenges associated with public speaking and even ordering food at a restaurant. 🎤🍽️

Swipe 👉 or visit our blog to read the full story ➡️: www.stutteringtreatment.org/blog/neenah-speaks-up-for-a-cause

12/25/2025

✨ Wishing you a season of warmth, confidence, and conversations that feel safe and supportive."
From all of us at AIS—Happy Holidays. 🎄🎅🏻☃️

12/24/2025

People who stutter share the challenges they face due to stuttering and how therapy at AIS has helped. ✨

AIS Stuttering Therapy is accessible and universally affordable, offered online throughout the US and in-person in New York and Atlanta. 🌟 Learn more at stutteringtreatment.org. Follow AIS on Facebook at facebook.com/StutteringTreatment, Instagram , and X (formerly Twitter) .

💡 This video was originally shown at the 2023 AIS Gala—many thanks to our supporters and to the brave individuals who shared their stories.

The American Institute for Stuttering (AIS) provides specialized, universally-affordable stuttering therapy and support for children and adults who stutter.🎯 We offer therapy in our offices in New York City and Atlanta, as well as Online.

🎥 Visit our YouTube channel for more videos: YouTube.com/watch?v=97ZKj5_YNq8

12/22/2025

"Fluency is not required to make a great presentation." 💬
(This post was written by an American Stuttering Institute guest author. Our guest authors include past and current clients, speech therapy educators, and industry experts.)

I recently participated in a public speaking workshop for people who stutter in the AIS office in Atlanta. We gave both planned and impromptu speeches. It was a tremendously meaningful experience for me. I used to think that I needed to be perfectly fluent; however, this workshop reinforced for me that fluency is not required in order to make a great presentation. Intellectually, I knew that a person can be an effective communicator and stutter, but I saw firsthand at this workshop that a person who stutters overtly can be a tremendously effective communicator. We have all heard that a great deal of communication is nonverbal.

So, we send a message by how we react to moments of stuttering. We can learn to physically respond to moments of stuttering so as not to detract from communication, instead conveying confidence. For me, it has become important to reduce the urge to be fluent because chasing fluency often leads me to poor communication due to avoidance and secondary behaviors.

During the workshop, I noticed how incredibly effective a PWS can be, even if stuttering significantly, as long as the speaker acts confident and makes eye contact. In fact, the stuttering actually made some of the speeches more interesting! Leaving this workshop, I am reminded that my goal is not to be 100% fluent and that demanding myself to be fluent is unhealthy. Instead, I strive to be a more confident speaker, whether I stutter or not, and learn to accept myself unconditionally, even when I stutter.

🌐 Visit our blog for more: https://www.stutteringtreatment.org/blog/fluency-not-required-make-great-presentation

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AIS was founded in 1998 by Catherine Otto Montgomery, a talented and much-loved speech-language-pathologist who worked with people who stutter for over 30 years. Aware of the great need for universally affordable treatment options, specialized professional training, and increased public education about stuttering, Catherine transformed her private practice into a non-profit center dedicated to meeting these needs.

As a therapist, Catherine promoted the use of integrated treatment protocols that address both the overt symptoms of stuttering as well as the underlying emotional and cognitive components. She developed an intensive therapy program that addressed stuttering holistically, recognizing the complex nature of the disorder.

Early on, AIS became a powerful voice in Washington, calling for an increase in government support for stuttering research. AIS was instrumental in successfully persuading Congress to introduce groundbreaking legislation, and a State of the Science Conference on Stuttering followed. As a result, the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders launched targeted research initiative on stuttering.

AIS remains dedicated to carrying on the legacy of its founder, striving everyday to help people who stutter to “Speak Freely, and Live Fearlessly.”