Today’s Stuttering Quotes (14.05.2013)

BEHAVIOUR OF STUTTERING 1.Every stutterer will have some ups and downs and the course of improvement is seldom a smooth course. (Kamhi) 2.Despite progress there will be occasional days of poor talking for disorganizing stresses are sure to intervene. (Bluemel) 3.The central problem of treatment is not the difficulty of bringing about fluency, but the high probability […]

Today’s Stuttering Quotes (13.05.2013)

STUTTERER’S WRONG BELIEF 1.The stutterer believes that the most important communication in speech is to avoid stuttering at all costs. (Trotter) 2.What happens is this: The successful avoidance causes some anxiety reduction. Then, when a similar situation presents itself, the need to avoid is even stronger due to the preceding reinforcement. But now, no avoidance is possible. The conflict […]

Today’s Stuttering Quotes (12.05.2013)

LEARN TO COPE UP WITH TIME PRESSURE 1.Panic, tension, and an overwhelming urgency are the hallmarks of stuttering;they are what you must overcome. Totally resist any feelings of hurry and pressure. Let ’em wait. (J. D. Williams) 2.A basic feature of stuttering behavior is that the stutterer is under time pressure to a great extent. The stutterer […]

Today’s Stuttering Quotes (11.05.2013)

FREELY ADMIT YOUR STUTTERING & DISICUSS YOUR PROBLEMS 1.Many stutterers learn that their greatest enemies are fear and tension.(Aten) 2.No problem is solved by denying its existence. (Brown) 3.Whenever you have an opportunity to discuss your stuttering with someone,do it! (La Porte) 4.This involves telling friends and colleagues that you are a stutterer working on your […]

why do people laugh?

Yesterday, a young man (sensitive, well educated, regular guy) came for counselling. After some “blah blah theory” we went out for “practicals”. Something happened- interesting but really painful for the young man. I hope he is reading these lines. Names are not important- we are all same- under different labels- fearful and insecure. So, friend, […]

Some more fun..

Ishan shares a funny moment… Pramendra and Amit do an interesting role play- sharing the funny problems of real life situations. BTW, TISA does not operate any airlines.. not yet! I wish I could have spent more time in one to one counselling sessions with everyone. I tried it with some participants. So, you are […]

Comm WS : Day 3

Feedback Update: I have just removed two comments and am putting the gist here- so that we can move to future, and not look back at what has happened. For me lesson learned is: Select participants carefully (match their needs, background, difficulties etc.);  send out clear invitation to selected participants;  be very focused on the […]

Comm WS Herbertpur: who are we?

More videos. कार्यशाला के प्रतिभागतियों का संक्षिप्त परिचय 1 डा. विजय सिंह उत्तर प्रदेश के गोरखपुर से हैं। वर्तमान समय में मेडिकल आफिसर हैं। टीसा के एक्टिव वालेन्टियर। आपके अनुसार हकलाहट को चुनौती के रूप में स्वीकार करना चाहिए, समस्या की तरह नहीं। 2 सुबोध सिंह, बरेली, उत्तरप्रदेश। प्रतियोगी परीक्षाओं की तैयारी कर रहे हैं। […]

Comm WS Day 1

This is a brief report. About twenty people gathered on time in Anugrah. Some old and some new faces. The workshop was inaugurated by Mr Robert, who heads Community Health department of Herbertpur Christian Hospital. We thanked him for extending the use of premises for this workshop. We played out some interactive fun exercises for […]

Update- Communication workshop, Herbertpur (19-21 Apri 13)

List of all Participants, who attended herbertpur april 13 comm.workshop Logistics update:  Hotel Kailash has a marriage party booking for just one night (20th April). Hemant has made alternative arrangements in the same hotel for that one day. But if any problem, dont hesitate to see other hotels close by: Hotel Vaibhav (near Lehman Hospital […]

हकलाने का डर

हकलाने ने हम में से बहुतो को  लंम्बे समय तक परेशान किया है या अब भी कर रहा है | हम में से कुछ लोगोँ को ये कभी कभी तथा कुछ को निरंतर तकलीफ देता रहता है | TISA (The Indian Stammering Association ) के साथ मेरे पिछले तीन सालोँ में अब मैं यह देख पा […]