Do you want to lead the Rochester Chapter in a group discussion but are not sure what to discuss? Below is a link of ideas that could help you.
http://www.westutter.org/support-nsa/101-things-to-do/
Here are ideas for meeting topics the Rochester group members came up with:
- How successful has everyone been in finding others who are accepting of your stuttering?
- Discuss Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice! by Katherine Preston
- How do you manage anxiety/fear of phone calls?
- Different Stuttering Techniques
- How do you get centered when talking in large groups?
- How do you deal with people who dominate conversations and how do you get away from them in a "nice" way?
- The positive and negatives of different types of therapy people have experienced
- Discuss the 3 or 4 leading therapy methods that are being used with the greatest success today for adults; who are the proponents?; where are the main centers where it is used/taught?
- Best stuttering moments
- Why do some people accept their stuttering more than others?
- How should adults handle teasing by others?
- What was your earliest experience with stuttering/when did you become aware of it?
- Strategies that people have learned over the years - which ones worked? which ones didn't?
- Best and worst experiences in speech therapy; what can the SLP do to make things better or worse?
- Stuttering and family dynamics/talking about stuttering with family
- Ear pieces designed to stop stuttering
- Being misunderstood because of your stuttering; for example, people believing those who stutter are shy, timid, socially innocent, etc.; sharing experiences one may have had at school, college, work, meeting new people, etc.