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Adult Coordinator: Bernie Weiner, 248-561-6139 (c) or 248-689-3397
Berniewin@aol.com

Family Chapters Coordinator, Stephanie Coppen - sdcoppen@gmail.com

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio,
South Dakota, Wisconsin

Illinois

Chicago Metro North: Art Struss,  847-367-9251, AWSTR1974@aol.com.  Meetings: Beginning on January 7th, our monthly meetings will be held at the Grove Medical Center in Long Grove, 4160 Route 83, at the southwest corner of Route 83 and Robert Coffin road. Thanks to the Central Speech and Language Clinic and the Chmela Fluency Center for hosting and providing the conference room.

Skokie: NSAKids chapter for kids ages 7-12. Meetings Date/Time: NSAKids Chicago has a meeting approximately every 6 weeks. Please visit the NSA Kids Skokie Chapter Website:www.stutterkids.com to find the exact date/time or contact Stephie Hirsh at 847-525-6083, stephie@fluencytherapy.com. If you are planning on attending a meeting please RSVP to Stephie. Location: Niles North High School, Skokie, IL (Off 94 and across from Old Orchard Mall).

Skokie - NSA TWST chapter for teens age 13-19. Meetings are approximately every 6 weeks. Please visit the TWST Skokie Chapter website to find exact dates/times of the next meeting, www.stutterkids.com. For more information or to RSVP to the next meeting contact Stephie Hirsh at 847-525-6083 or email her at stephie@fluencytherapy.com.

Chicago South: Meetings take place the fourth Thursday of the month, from 6:30 to 8:00 at Saint Xavier University (3700 West 103rd Street, Chicago, IL 60655). Contct Karen Czarnik at czarnik@sxu.edu  for more info or (773) 298-3562.

Chicago/Naperville:  Meetings will take place the first Wednesday of the month from 6:30 - 8:00 1040 S. LaGrange Rd., LaGrange, IL 60525, phone # 708-352-2300. Contact John at johnnymontell@gmail.com for directions and more information click here.

***NEW**Quad Cities-Rock Island: On hiatus, will update when location is seleceted

Normal/Bloomington: Illinois State University NSA Chapter, contact Jean Sawyer, 309-438-2631 jsawyer@ilstu.edu  Meetings: 3rd Thursday of each month from 6:30 - 8:00 pm at Illinois State University, 208 Fairchild Hall, Normal, IL

Indiana

***COMING SOON - South Bend, IN.  Meetings will be held the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at 6:30PM.  Little Flower Catholic Church 54191 North Ironwood Road South Bend, IN 46635.  Contact Christine Dits for more information and date of first meeting at christine.dits14@gmail.com or 574-514-8659

Michigan

Grand Rapids: Kristen Thornton, 616-481-6569, kriskat2000_1999@yahoo.com currently inactive for the Summer, but starting up again in the Fall.

Detroit - Royal Oak: Tanya Banks 734-425-9565, TANLB@Peoplepc.com  or Cathy Olish, BabyO20@aol.com  Meetings: Fourth Thursday of each month, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Beaumont Hospital, Administration Building, Royal Oak, Michigan. Or join the Yahoo group!

Kalamazoo - Western Michigan University, Meetings take place at the College of Health and Human Services Western Michigan University, 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6:00 - 8:00pm, Contact Stephen Tasko at stephen.tasko@wmich.edu for more information.

Southeast Michigan: NSAKids/TWST chapter will offer support for children (ages 7-12) and teens (ages 13-19) who stutter and their parents. Meetings will take place at the Beaumont Health Center 4949 Coolidge Hwy, Royal Oak, MI 48073- located at 14 1/2 & Coolidge across from Meijer. Meetings will take place in the Adult Speech Conference Room Suite B. Drinks and light snacks will be provided. If interested in being on the mailing list or learning more about these meetings please contact Mark Piepsney, (248) 655-5971 mark.piepsney@beaumonthospitals.com (Note: Parents must remain at the meeting with their children (ages 7-12). Children cannot attend the NSAKids meetings unless their parent is with them.) 

 Minnesota  

Minneapolis/St. Paul: Linda Hinderscheit  612-624-8590, hinde001@umn.edu, Erin Bodner bodnerspeech@gmail.com phone - (763) 506-1427 or Judy Feeney heyjude737@aol.com 952-334-1211. Meetings are 6:30-8:30 pm, 2nd Thursday of every month. Email/call for more information.

***NEW***Fargo/Moorhead: TWST chapter for teens ages 13-19B Meetings held the 2nd Saturday of the month @ 2:00pm MSUM (Minnesota State University Moorhead) campus in the Comstock memorial Union, Room 2. Contact DeeRae at honlde@mnstate.edu for more information or call 701-261-3659.

Moorhead: Bruce Hanson , 218-477-4641 hansonbr@mnstate.edu.  Meetings: Third Thursday of every month from 7:00-9:00 pm on the Minnesota State University Moorhead Campus, 1104 7th Avenue S., Moorhead, MN 56563.  Email or call for directions.

Rochester/Southeast MN: John Kingsley johnskingsley@yahoo.com   Meetings:First Wednesday of every month.

South-Central MN: Todd Marten 507-625-7543, tmarten1@hotmail.com or Preston Smith 507-931-1704, mflowers@hickorytech.net.  Meetings: One Thursday a month, dates vary - call or email for info. Mankato State University
 

North Dakota

***NEW***Fargo/Moorhead: TWST chapter for teens ages 13-19 Meetings held the 2nd Saturday of the month @ 2:00pm MSUM (Minnesota State University Moorhead) campus in the Comstock memorial Union, Room 2. Contact DeeRae at honlde@mnstate.edu for more information or call 701-261-3659.
 

Ohio

Cincinnati - ***NEW CHAPTER*** Meets in Covington, KY, -  Meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:30. Please contact Pam Woebkenberg for location at pamwoeb@yahoo.com or call 513-708-0750.

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky  ***NEW CHAPTER*** TWST chapter for teens ages 13-19: Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:00pm at Cincinnati Children's Hopsital, 3430 Burnet Ave 5th Floor. Contact Miranda at miranda.smith@fuse.net or 859-803-6304 or Tom Scharstein  tomscharstein@yahoo.com.

Akron  ***NEW CHAPTER***  Meetings are held 3rd Monday of the month starting at 6pm at Language Learning Associates, 150 N Miller Rd, Bldg 150A. Contact Carrie at carrie@llatherapy.org for more info.

Bowling Green, Northwest Ohio:  Charlie Hughes, chughes@bgsu.edu. We meet at Grounds for Thoughts Coffee Shop, 174 S Main Street, Bowling Green, second and fourth Thursdays every month, from 7:30 - 9:30 pm.

Cleveland (East): Contact chapter leader Glenn Schafer, schafer.glenn@gmail.com 216-299-5498.  Meetings: 2nd Monday of each month at Hillcrest Hospital

***NEW CHAPTER*** Columbus: Leader: Lynn Gay 614-204-5066 mlynngay@yahoo.com Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 6:00 -7:00 at Upper Arlington Speech Services 5020 Reed Road, Suite C. Please RSVP if you will be able to attend.

South Dakota

We currently do not have any active chapters in this state.  If you are interested in starting a chapter please contact Bernie Weiner, 248-561-6139 (c) or 248-689-3397 berniewin@aol.com 

Wisconsin

Madison: Gloria Klumb, gloriaklumb@att.net. Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Meriter Hospital, tower room C, in the cafeteria.

***NEW CHAPTER***Milwaukee: NSAKids chapter for children 5-12 plus their parents and SLPs.  Meets the second Saturday of each month 10-11:30 am at the United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay, 819 E. Silver Spring Drive, Rooms 208/221 and 222, Milwaukee, WI 53217. To RSVP for the group meeting contact: Carol Seery, cseery@uwm.edu, Barbara Wimpee, 414-248-7264 or bwimpee@gmail.com. (Note: Parents must remain at the meeting with their child. Children cannot attend the NSAKids meetings unless the parent is with them.) Check us out at http://sites.google.com/site/nsamilwaukee/

Milwaukee:  Barbara Wimpee, bwimpee@gmail.com. Meetings: Third Saturday of each month at 10:30 am, North Shore Library, 6800 N Port Washington Rd, Milwaukee. Check out our website!

Wausau/Central Wisconsin: There are no chapters in Indiana at this time. Please contact the Regional Coodinator if you are interested in starting one.