Meeting Discussion Topics

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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.