16 FEB

Chennai meetings

Chennai chapter has been organising regular meetings every Sunday at YWCA. Here is a brief report for the last meeting from Mr Manimaran:
The Chennai meeting on 15.2.2009 went on well. 15 pws attended. We focused
more on attitude and feelings towards stammering. Mr. Sivasubramanian has given a
good input on positive thinking and motivated the pws. Some of the ideas shared, have been uploaded in the file section of IPWS yahoo group.

Post Author: Sachin

What is Self Help?

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Since there is no medical cure and available therapy almost always ends in relapse and self-blame, it makes sense to develop problem solving skills on our own: you would surely learn to fix running repairs if you are going on a world tour, instead of carrying your mechanic with you. It is all the more useful since it is practiced in a group. You develop social and communication skills, instead of chasing fluency alone. TISA promotes four core techniques: Bouncing, Prolongation, Pausing and Voluntary stammering. In addition, we share and practice many more skills/ approaches: listening, Body language, team skills, leadership, self-assertion, peer counseling- above all being a member of a vibrant community, through fair give and take.