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Speech therapists: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Speech therapists: the good, the bad, and the ugly I'm an SLP who is trying to learn more about fluency and I really enjoy this subreddit. It sounds like most people here have had at *least* one exper...

Okay, I think it's time to try and push this a little bit.

Okay, I think it's time to try and push this a little bit. I've been a moderate stammer right from the beginning. As a child it didn't affect me very much, but as soon as I got into the teenage years ...

I definitely have trouble talking on the phone. What helps me is to be in a room by myself and pacing back and forth. When I did speech therapy they had me make some practice phone calls to clothing s...

My story and experiences

My story and experiences Hi, I am 24 years old and I have been stuttering since I was 6. When I was young (around the age of 7) I started taking private lessons with a support teacher at my school. ...

I also attended the 3 week program twice. It helped, and after the program I was much more fluent. But, if you don't keep up with the work the results will quickly disappear. I also think that althoug...

I have attended the three week intensive programme twice. I travelled to Canada from Australia for it because I knew I needed a intensive programme to make progress, and at the time there weren't any ...

Thanks for this post, I like it so much I copied it into a word document and saved it, for whenever I want to reread it. It's tough, and much easier to say than do, but you've inspired me to try to be...

Haha, that's so weird. I'm a high school English teacher as well, and I've actually found that I stutter much less now that I'm teaching full time. :) I still do get blocks though, and that's why I'...

Dear stutterers of reddit. Here is a technique that is relatively easy and has worked for me.

Dear stutterers of reddit. Here is a technique that is relatively easy and has worked for me. Dear stutterers I have had a mild stutter since I learned to talk, I'm 21 now. The best way I have e...

The McGuire programme, you can buy the book written by Dave McGuire with the title "Beyond Stammering" It says you should treat your speech as a sport. You get the book for free at the course. But r...

Oh you wanted to know about the programme, right so. It is a 4 day intense course (up to 18 hours for a day) with heavy focus on breathing with your costal diaphram (aka yor chest, not belly) The fi...

Well, it is true that people who stutter are in the minority but we're not THAT rare. I would have thought from a website as big as reddit there would be atleast a somewhat small community but it does...

Which techniques have been helpful to you?

Which techniques have been helpful to you? Hi there, I'm hoping some of you can give me some insight. My 5 year old son has developed a moderate stutter over the past year or so and it's been advised...