SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young

Confident Voices is SAY’s award-winning creative arts program that empowers, inspires, and builds confidence in young people who stutter, ages 8-18.

In this supportive space, everyone has as much time as they need to speak, and everyone is encouraged to share their creative, unique, and extraordinary ideas and imagination. We invite participants to connect with other young people who stutter and make original artistic creations in an environment where it is really, REALLY okay to stutter!

Enrollment is now open! Don’t miss the chance to join this transformative program in New York City.

The Storytelling Project

Confident Voices continues this year with the Storytelling Project! In this 9-week program, we will explore short stories, plays, visual narratives, and other creative ways to tell stories. The focus of this program is for participants to understand and communicate narratives with a beginning, middle, and end, while allowing for the form of the storytelling to look and sound in many different ways. No previous acting or writing experience is required. This is an opportunity for young people who stutter to build community and express their ideas and imaginations in a brave and supportive space!  

This program will culminate in an in-studio share in March with family, friends, and our extended SAY community! This program is free of charge for kids and teens who stutter, ages 8 to 18.

Programming begins Saturday, December 13th! Click the enrollment button below for more information and to register!

Program Dates:

Saturday, December 13th, 2025 – Saturday, March 7th, 2026

Session Times:

11:00am to 1:00pm ET

Before joining SAY, our son wasn’t fully participating in school. After a few months at SAY, his teachers noticed a big difference. Now, he’s beaming with confidence. What a change."

Additional Programming:

SAY offers comprehensive programming options to kids & teens who stutter (ages 5-18), both locally in NYC and nationally.

• The My Stutter Project: SAY’s online program provides a supportive space where young people who stutter can connect with others worldwide who truly understand their experiences, express themselves creatively, share their stories, and develop new skills in self-advocacy.
• Camp SAY: Our 2-week Summer Camp for young people who stutter, ages 8-18. Sliding scale tuition is available!
• SAY: Speech: SAY’s speech therapy program is led by a licensed speech-language pathologist and board-certified stuttering specialist.
• SAY: DC: Year-round creative programming for young people who stutter in the Washington, DC area.

QUESTIONS ABOUT CONFIDENT VOICES?

Our Programming Staff is happy to help. Contact:

• Travis at Travis@say.org or
• Danielle at Danielle@say.org