At the end of the 5 day free communication workshop organized by TISA in Herbretpur (Dehradun), we conducted exit interviews with two participants. EI for us serve two purposes: Participants get another chance to ‘communicate under pressure’ and get the visual feedback. Facilitator gets the Chance to understand how much participants have understood and internalised.For […]
This is mirror exercise- an attempt to know what happens when you talk, so that you can effectively change it.Here are some more outputs of the third communication workshop; Remember, courage is the only ingredient which can change you and secondly: we are changed not by what we KNOW, but by what we DO. It […]
Today Aayush 5 yr, came with his father. Very quiet. Reaction to his stammering by others has made him very reluctant to talk. Fortunately father realizes the seriousness of the issue. After 2-3 session I will be referring him to Vijay (Samagra) since his school is in Dehradun. Today, he spoke a few words and […]
Fifth Day (24th June 2010)- Students were intelligent and teacher was diligent- so we finished ten day course in five days 🙂 There were other pressures too. So, on the last and fifth day- we reviewed the goals set by the participants- for their subsequent growth as communicators and human beings: the things they will […]
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Here is a brief summary: Day 1: Following themes were explored and discussed: Cure- what do we mean by it? What does TISA approach means in practice: Accept stammering but not the poor communication- and how is it better than “cure”. What does it mean in practice? We watched & analyzed some videos in line […]
Five of us met in SMTA. Had a lot of discussion, reminiscences, arguments. We watched some videos. Then, feeling hungry we ran off to Kumar’s – where everyone ordered using a bounce and eye contact. Very soon there was a change in the bearer- he was paying more attention as we talked. He was practicing […]
I just emailed couple of pdf books to a young pws from Stutterville in Jambudweepe Bharatkhande. He promptly thanked me profusely. I too was pleased that I was able to help someone. It reminded me of my own youth. I was very “intellect” driven boy. I felt that if I could intellectually understand how a […]
Our 4th SHG meeting was held at KBR park on may 29th.This time we were a total of 7 members Raja,mohan,raja shekar,chandra shekar,neeraj and two new members sunder and narasimha. Sunder is an mba aspirant preparing for cat 2010 and determined to make it into big league of IIMS and Narasimha is an Mtech graduate […]
Hi all, Please be there @ our regular meeting venue this Sunday from 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. The Agenda for this Weeks’ Meet is: 1. Meditation – 15 minutes2. Slow reading – 10 minutes.3. Abdominal/Deep Breathing Exercise – 10 minutes.4. Repeat after me –Time depends on the number of participant5. Silent movie – Time […]
Hi there. I am Jai Prakash Sunda, one of the coordinators of Pune SHG.I am going to share my learnings and my evolving as a coordinator. Past : When we planned to meet first time in Pune, I was really enthusiastic and excited about it. I planned the agenda containing some exercise like Introduction, impromptu […]
This week the meet started at 10:30 AM. People were dragging their feet to show up for the meet, thanks to the cloudy weather in Pune. Amit and I (in that order) were the first to hit the venue. Amit and I started conversing about how things have been in our lives lately. Amit sought […]
Hi Folks, this is a crude form of Introduction to TISA, which i attempted. Sorry for being “in your face” with this video. PS: not yet uploaded on youtube.
All the participants of third TISA Communiation workshop, please send an email to [email protected], with subject: “3rd CommWS” and with (1) Expected time of arrival in Dehradun and (2) the cellphone number you will be carrying. This is to facilitate your onward travel to Vikasnagar. Treat Urgent. TISA is organising a 10 day communication workshop […]
Bouncing is a technique for people who stammer. It helps those who change words, avoid words, circumlocute, use starters or go in hard blocks. It needs consistent long practice and it finally removes the word fears and gives you a good control to change your blocks into gentle bouncing and pull outs.
More on acceptance.
Acceptance is a core value of TISA. This video discusses our understanding of the issue.
The text: Hello, I am sachin. A person who stammers. I have often been asked about TISA. The Indian stammering association . What is TISA?TISA is a self help association of people who stammer, in India. TISA has three core values. We encourage people to practice acceptance. Acceptance of the fact that we stammer- rather […]
Peter Reitzes of Stutter talk is sending a petition to ASHA to ensure that SLPs honor its ethics and dont lead the stutterers up the garden path.. This is important. We all (-I haven’t met an exception so far-) have suffered at the hands of some or other SLPs who would either over charge us […]
Hi all, Please be there @ our regular meeting venue this Sunday from 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. The Agenda for this Weeks’ Meet is: Routine Activities for 30 minutes:1. Meditation – 10 minutes2. Slow reading – 10 minutes.3. Abdominal/Deep Breathing Exercise – 10 minutes.Special Activities:4. One Word Story! –Time depends on the number of […]