Texas camp aimed at helping kids who stutter coming to El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A group based out of the University of Texas at Austin is bringing it’s evidence-based intensive therapy program to the Borderland to help children who stutter.
Camp Dream. Speak. Live., run by Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research, is a week-long summer camp offered to children ages five to 17 who stutter. The camp helps kids around the world and is now making its way to the University of Texas at El Paso this summer.
The program works to increase overall communicative effectiveness, improve how participants feel about their ability to communicate, increase participant’s positive perception of their ability to establish peer-to-peer relationships, enhance leadership skills, and lessen the influence of stuttering on their overall quality of life.
The free camp will run from July 10 to July 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day for kids who speak english and spanish. To learn more about the camp and how you can register email andrea.chee@austin.utexas.edu or call 512-471-2568.
To learn more about the Blank Center, click here.
