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Our Mission
The Stuttering Springboard's primary purpose is to bring young people who stutter together and help them become the best versions of themselves. We do this through programming designed to help them share and navigate the unique communication and psychological challenges they experience. We help prepare young people to take the next step in their lives (high school, college, career).
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The Stuttering Springboard
The Stuttering Springboard
A podcast dedicated to helping young people who stutter become the best versions of themselves and springboard to the next level in their journey.
Caryn Herring, Ph.D: It’s good to have FRIENDS who stutter.
This podcast covers so much ground from being a covert stutterer in high school and starting therapy for the first time, to becoming an SLP who stutters and leading Friends, The National Association of Young People Who Stutter. This podcast is for people who stutter, parents of kids who stutter and all friends of people who stutter. It takes a deep look at the mind of a person who stutters and what truly works!
Caryn Herring, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist, and the Executive Director of the non-profit support organization Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter. Caryn also, privately, treats children and adults who stutter. She graduated with her PhD from Michigan State University, her MS from Purdue University, and her BA from the University of Pittsburgh.
Joe Donaher, Ph.D is the Program Director for Research and Academics at the Center for Childhood Communication at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. Joe is also a co-founder of The Stuttering Springboard!
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