15 JAN

MEETING WITH A SELF HELP GROUP – THE INDIAN STAMMERING ASSOCIATION

My name is Mrs. Raji Vijayakumar. I work as a teacher and am currently pursuing my B.Ed in Special education.

As a part of the assignments given to me by the university, I am supposed to write a report on a meeting with any self help group. I had contacted a few of my friends who work with NGOs to help me with locating once such SHG. At the same time, I too was browsing the net to locate some SHG and I chanced upon The Indian Stammering Association. I then contacted Harish, the Goa co-ordinator who gave me Abhinav’s number. Abhinav was kind enough to permit me to attend the meeting. All the members of the group were very friendly and my husband and I felt very much at home among them.

The meeting itself was an eye opener to both my husband (who I had taken along to click a few photographs) and me. It was nice talking to the members of the group and listening to their experiences. I was impressed with the courage with which they have dealt with the various hurdles in life and also with their patience and perseverance. Their never-give-up attitude and meeting challenges head on are a few lessons I carried with me.

Kudos to the association for the excellent work that they are doing. I wish them all the best for their future.

Written by – Mrs Raji

Post Author: Harish Usgaonker

6 thoughts on “MEETING WITH A SELF HELP GROUP – THE INDIAN STAMMERING ASSOCIATION”

Sachin

(January 16, 2013 - 3:14 am)

Thank you Mrs Raji and your Husband too. Both of you do drop in again, whenever you have time. Nice write up..

admin

(January 16, 2013 - 4:41 am)

Thanks Mrs.Raji and Mr. Kumar for the encouraging words. Such acts do inspire us a lot in our mission.

admin

(January 16, 2013 - 5:15 am)

This is called real nearness.Thanks to the couple.

admin

(January 16, 2013 - 5:18 am)

This is called real awareness.sorry for the spelling mistake done in by previous comment.I stammered in the spelling.LOL

Vishal Gupta

(January 16, 2013 - 11:26 am)

wow gud going abhinav..!!!!

admin

(January 16, 2013 - 4:51 pm)

Thanks Mrs. Raji and Mr. Kumar for visiting the Bangalore SHG meeting. I am sure you enjoyed and had a fruitful time…

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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.

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