It is estimated that 11 to 12 million people in India stammer. Stammering is a physiological disorder.However, as there is a shortage of good speech therapists in India, speech therapy is highly expensive, and the government of India does not officially recognise the condition as a handicap.TISA or the Indian stammering association offers free […]
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For Parents and Children
This resource is for parents or siblings who have a child who stammers. As of now, there is not very much by way of therapy which could be given to a child DIRECTLY. But don’t panic. You can still do a LOT- and the child may have a complete recovery too. Chances of recovery is […]
Advantages of a Self Help Group
Meeting other stammerers. Encouragement from other stammerers. Knowing you are not alone. Hearing of other therapies and seeing them in use. Talking about your therapy and practicing it. Generally exchanging ideas. Being able to address several people, up to the whole group. Gaining more confidence in speaking and social situations. Having people to practice with […]
The TISA Story
This is a very brief description of events leading up to The Indian Stammering Association (TISA). The TISA Story… Who is Keith Boss? In his own words: “I am Keith Boss, a UK citizen. I have stuttered for 60 plus years. In February 2006 I decided to make changes in my life. I am now […]
Patna Bihar SHG Meeting Report 31st July 2016
This Sunday’s meeting is being held at Gandhi Maidan at 4pm. As per plan, we were going to meet 1 hour before the actual meeting timing just to practice for our speech. Unfortunately, it wasn’t gone as per the plan and we met at 4pm. I met and welcome our new member- Rahul who is […]
LIBERATION FROM STAMMERING _ Artical by Dr NK Tejpal
LIBERATION FROM STAMMERING Today whatever I am going to present may appear mythological and absurd but in fact I think, it is super- scientific. Whatever we have learned from Dr Sachin about the treatment of strutting is indeed the comprehensive and complete cure by which all of us have benefited including me. Whatever happens in […]
CHANDIGARH STAMMERERS —-> SHG 31/07/2016 <-----
SELF HELF GROUP DATE: 31/07/2017 TIME: 8AM VENUE: SECTOR-42 Mini Lake Chandigarh After successful CHANDIGARH WORKSHOP Organised on 16/17 july 2016 . We Champions decided to continue our Self Help Group. * There were total 5 Champions today who wake up early in the morning and spend some time for Learning. Kapil Dev was our […]
Chandigarh Workshop 16/17 July 2016 MEMORABLE MOVEMENTS Pictures…
On request of many friends/Members, I am going to upload some of MEMORABLE Indoor Pictures of Conference Hall….. HAKLAO MAGAR PYAAR SE..!!!!!! Dr.Sachin taking position on mic and giving overview. Day 1 everyone get together in Conference Hall and getting ready to introduce each other….. […]
Patna Bihar SHG Meeting Report 24 July 2016
It was a chilly and cold climate when we began our meeting at Gandhi Maidan right at 4.30 PM. At first me and Suraj had arrived on time and discussed & shared our experience on stammering. Suraj has a great sense of humor so we both enjoyed each other time. In the meantime, Rishikesh is […]
Chandigarh Comm WS
Kisan Bhawan, Chandigarh Accounts Shared Brief Report: Main activities conducted were Stammering Interviews (first among participants, then with strangers) and Mutual videography while phoning. Most participants reported that Interviews with strangers (Rose garden and Sukhna lake) was more challenging and rewarding. But yes, discussions, feedback round and other indoor activities in an AC conference room, […]
Chandigarh SHG- Registration Fee received and Expenditure incurred
1. Total amount received by way of registration fee/ accommodation charges = Rs. 41600 2, Expenditure incurred on Conference Hall, Boarding Lodging, Banners, petty expenses and providing other logistics […]
Inspiring and relevant
Received from our Pune Self Help group volunteer: A workshop was conducted this afternoon at Pune Girls Blind school with an objective to increase the IT skills to help visually challenged students. Highlights of the workshop : * 80 odd students mainly from 9th and 10th class attended the workshop. * One hour time was […]
Patna Bihar SHG Meeting Report 17 July
The meeting were held at Gandhi maidan as per the fixed schedule. It was started at 4pm and Mohit, suraj, Rishikesh, Krishna (new member) and me(Prashant) were present at the meeting. The meeting started as usual with the self introduction by all members. Suraj, an old member of patna SHG, was present after a long […]
Delhi SHG Meeting Report 17th July 2016
Today Ravi Jagga and I hosted an SHG meeting. Today Delhi witnessed some rainfall. In spite of this, nine members came. Member names are Sandeep, Abhimanyu (myself), Ravi Jagga (Co-Host), Abhay, Rahul, Raman, Dinesh, and Amit. Our meeting started with introductions round, in which every member had to speak about himself. The next round was […]
Appreciation..!!!
Appreciation..!!! Yeah you read it right….BUT for what?? Today i’m back with a new achievement. Since in my last TISA blog post i said that i started teaching online. So, here starts a real story…. Two years back,when i started teaching she was my first student. At one point of time, she didn’t have confidence […]
Bangalore SHG report (3rd July, 2016)
It was the time which we normally wait for the whole week to come gather at beautiful Cubbon Park and share our experiences and probably meet some new people. Bangalore was again, as usual, showering the place with pleasant atmosphere and people of all age group were busy on their own world enjoying with their […]
Bangalore SHG report (10th July,2016)
“Life is all about choices.” Yes exactly! We don’t have control on actions but our reaction ,which is guided by our choices, shapes our life. That was […]
Patna Bihar SHG Meeting Report 10 July
Hello TISA Family, Sunday’s meeting was scheduled at children’s park, boring road. There were three members prashant (me), Ranjan and Rishikesh. We discussed many things but focused more on sharing life experiences related to stammering. Rishikesh were stammers a lot so we also concentrating on giving rishikesh some basic techniques that would help him in […]
Updated : Communication Workshop 16-17 July (Sat-Sun) at Chandigarh
Mann Ki ba-ba-baat…Dosto ke sath! List of participants,who participated in workshop-July2016 List of participants,who participated in workshops till 2012-16 REGISTRATION-FEE : Rs. 1000/- to be deposited in advance. This amount is used for common expenses i.e. Conference Hall booking, TISA material (CD, mannual,Lunch,Tea) . Costs for board-lodging and food will be born by the participant, which is around […]
Acceptance: when you are ready!
Acceptance – the stumbling block for the worthy of the worthies! I too am still learning it.. :)) Not given up yet! Why is it so difficult? If we listen to this answer given by Eckhart, about acceptance, it might help. He is talking about acceptance in a much bigger dimension: and it has a […]