Special Showing of the Documentary “Bully”

We are pleased to announce that the Ottawa Family Cinema will have a special screening of the powerful 2012 documentary film, “Bully” on Friday, November 23rd at 7pm. Proceeds from this showing will go to the Marie Poulos Bursary Fund. This fund assists individuals who stutter attend intensive and semi-intensive speech therapy programs at The Stuttering Treatment Clinic at Ottawa General Hospital. Tickets are only $6 in advance.

Synopsis:
This year, over 13 million American and Canadian kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns…
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A Letter of Thanks

The following email was received from Lynn Metthe, Clinical Coordinator, who teaches the first-year speech-language pathology students at the University of Ottawa.

“A heart felt THANK YOU to Norm and Laura who volunteered to speak to 1st speech-language pathology and audiology students. Students were moved and inspired by their stories. Their presentation helped set the tone for the year and helped me communicate that you don’t treat the symptoms…you treat the person. Lynn Metthé Clinical Coordinator”

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ARE YOU A FORMER MEMBER OF SPEECHMASTERS OF OTTAWA?

Are you a former member of Speechmasters of Ottawa the self-help group for people who stutter that was very active in the 1980s and the early 1990s? This was a very large group that met in the Ottawa Rehabïlatation  Centre.  Marie Poulos was the speech therapist at the Stuttering Treatment Clinic at that time.

 

I, along with several other members of the current Ottawa Association of People Who Stutter (OAPWS) was also a member of the Speechmasters group and Continue reading “ARE YOU A FORMER MEMBER OF SPEECHMASTERS OF OTTAWA?”

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO STUTTER: SPONSOR OUR TEAM IN THE 2012 OTTAWA RACE WEEKEND

Once again the Ottawa Association of People Who Stutter – OAPWS is participating in the Ottawa Race Weekend as members of the Stuttering Treatment Clinic Team. This event is one of Canada’s most prestigious race events of the year and takes place on May 26th & 27th. The Team is under the umbrella of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s (OHF) “Run For A Reason” campaign.

Our team is raising funds to enable teens and adults attend speech therapy programs at the clinic. This clinic is located at the Rehab Centre of the Ottawa General Hospital and is only one of three such facilities in Canada to offer semi-intensive and intensive therapy programs for individuals who stutter. The money we raise will go to….. Continue reading “MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO STUTTER: SPONSOR OUR TEAM IN THE 2012 OTTAWA RACE WEEKEND”

2011 CANADIAN STUTTERING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE: MAKING CONNECTIONS

The 10th Canadian Stuttering Association Conference will take place in Vancouver, B.C. on August 19th and 20th.

2011 will be a special year for the Canadian Stuttering Association as the year will mark the organization’s 20th Anniversary!

Like past conferences, the goals of the event are two-fold: first of all, to be a learning experience featuring workshops and seminars about stuttering. Secondly, the CSA conference offers a rare chance for people who stutter across Canada and beyond, of all ages and backgrounds, to meet and socialize. Continue reading “2011 CANADIAN STUTTERING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE: MAKING CONNECTIONS”

Where does our support come from?

All too often we give thanks to our speech path, our fellow PWS (people who stutter), and our close friends for their patience and support; this includes before, during and after therapy.

Unfortunately, we usually forget to include those closest to us, our partners, other members of our immediate and extended families, and even our pets. 

Our partners are there 24/7, giving us encouragement and reminders, sometimes to the point of exhaustion and frustration, that we aren’t using our skills.  We’re ready to thank everyone else, but our families are often over-looked.  They have been there sharing our pain before therapy, having the patience trying to learn what we are learning through therapy,  and trying to get us to do what we should be doing after therapy.  Continue reading “Where does our support come from?”