Fullerton Clinic to Help Child Stutterers
Tom Shigenaka says his 7-year-old son, Geoffrey, has made remarkable improvements in his speech through a stuttering treatment project at Cal State Fullerton. “He was having a terrible time talking, but now it’s like night and day,” Shigenaka said.
Now there’s hope for more children like Geoffrey.
Officials celebrated the opening Tuesday of a campus clinic designed exclusively for children with the speech impairment.
Founders of the nonprofit Center for Children Who Stutter say stuttering can be treated most effectively if caught early.
“I wish we had this kind of treatment when I was a child,” said clinic president Ira Zimmerman, who has been a stutterer all his life.
Zimmerman teamed up with Cal State Fullerton professor and speech pathologist Glyndon Riley and his wife, Jeanna Riley, also a speech pathologist and psychologist, to open the center.
Jeanna Riley said the center will treat any child who wants help and will not charge those who cannot afford treatment.
Information: (714) 449-4570.
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