The meeting began with a reading of the Welcoming Words, followed by introductions.
The group then did an exercise in structured communication, using the sentence: "I went to the beach and saw...." followed by a word beginning with the first letter of the alphabet, then the second, and so on.
A reading from a letter written by a former group member followed, and a discussion about the group member's stuttering challenges and how she overcame them.
Then we had a discussion about speaking at work, how the work environment affects fluency, and at school, especially when everyone goes around introducing themselves. A group member talked about using fluency techniques (pausing and continuous phonation) successfully when his turn came.
The group did more reading aloud, this time from plays. The goal was to practice any techniques to achieve fluency, regardless of how it made people sound. Everyone did great really taking their time and sticking with a plan.
Finally, we had a Q&A session with speech and language pathology students.
by Matt
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