Traditional fluency and communication techniques
Easy onset, elongating vowels, light contacts, continuous phonation, rate control and pausing — tools a clinician teaches and tailors to the person.
Programs & approaches
Stuttering Programs & Approaches
These are programs and approaches people explore — not treatments Just Speak recommends. Some are clinical approaches with substantial research behind them; others are personal or nonclinical. Both are listed here so you can see what exists and decide what to look into.
Find your own path.
Speech-language therapy
Work with a certified speech-language pathologist, often a fluency specialist. This is the clinical route with the longest research history.
Find a certified clinician
Directories of speech-language pathologists and board certified fluency specialists.
Community & support approaches
Organizations that focus on connection, acceptance and shared experience rather than on changing speech.
National Stuttering Association (NSA)
Chapters, conferences and peer community across the United States.
FRIENDS
Conferences, regional events and virtual programs for young people who stutter and their families.
Specialized programs
Structured programs with their own methods, schedules and communities.
Starfish Project
A breathing-based approach built around costal breathing and speaking on the exhale, with ongoing practice and an alumni community.
Positive Responses to Stuttering Program (PRSP)
A university clinic program at East Carolina University that addresses communication alongside the emotional side of stuttering.
Mindset & psychological support
Approaches that focus on fear, avoidance, confidence and acceptance rather than on fluency itself.
Vulnerability, openness and connection
Christopher Constantino's work explores stuttering openly rather than treating it as something to hide.
StutterMind
A nonclinical approach built around affirmations and mindset strategies. Personal approaches like this do not have the same research base as clinical speech therapy.
Information only — not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, and not an endorsement or claim of effectiveness. Talk with a qualified professional about what fits your situation.