sometimes i s-start to stutter: rotary 2010

"Sometimes I s-start to stutter"

Nick Freear 

www.stammering.org  

Leighton-Linslade Rotary, 29 March 2010

Nature or nurture?    

B-DNA [cc]flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/439737690/

"John does NOT stammer and never HAS done!"www.stammering.org/educating_teacher.html

"...cured six years" flickr.com/photos/opacity/4418478497/  [CC-by-nc-nd]

"The Cure for Stammering", Popular

Science, Jul 1940

 blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/08

/the-cure-for-stammering/

Nature Antarctica 18, Georges Nijsflickr.com/photos/28261360@N06/2724887150  [CC-by]

"Open All Hours"

"Lord, open my breast, and do      Thou ease me my task.Unloose the knot upon my tongue,      that they may understand my words" Moses, Koran. 20:26-29.

British Stammering Association

Mission

• "to initiate and support research into stammering• to identify and promote effective therapies• to offer support to all whose lives are affected by

stammering"o Children, adults, parents, teachers... therapists o How? helpline, coordinating self-help groups,

conference...• to promote awareness of stammering"

My dos and don't s

1.Don't panic! I know it looks a bit off-putting/weird.2.Don't "ignore"/ look at the person next to me,3.Don't guess or try to finish my sentence, please,4.Don't interrupt,5.Don't say "relax", "take a deep breath" etc.,6.Do appear patient, 7.Do say "it's OK" 8.Maintain eye-contact.9.Perhaps try to help (guess) after a while - careful!10.Ask/ talk! (particularly for teachers) 

Thank you. Questions?

The British Stammering Associationwww.stammering.org

Helpline - 0845 603 2001

Nick Freearwww.freear.org.uk

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