True or False: Over three million Americans Stutter
True
What is the 1st step to problem solving?
Thinking - "What is my goal?"
What is the "Always" Thinking spell?
Thinking that if something happened once, it will always happen in a similar situation.
What is the Hierarchies strategy?
Starting with less feared situations and working up to more difficult ones.
Give an example of stop, rewind, and play
Stop - Where is the Tension
Rewind - Let the Tension GO
Play - Use an Easy Beginning
True or False: Stuttering affects four times as many males as females
True
What is the 2nd step to problem solving?
Doing - "What is my plan?"
What is the "Negative" Thinking spell?
Paying attention to only the bas things that happen.
What is the Desensitization strategy?
Do what you are afraid of doing. Focus on decreasing fear rather than just increasing fluency.
Give an example of a Prepatory Set (Pause and play)
Pause - Make a plan to relax
Play - use an easy beginning
True or False: There is no known clear causes for stuttering
True
What is the 3rd step to problem solving?
Adjusting/Changing - "What have I learned?"
What is the "Me" Thinking spell?
Thinking that you are the cause of negative events.
What is the Relaxation strategy?
Let the tension go. We can have tension in our bodies and our minds.
Give an example of a slide out (Slow motion and play)
Slow motion - let the tension go while talking
play - use an easy beginning
True or False: Stuttering has to control your life
False
Give an example of a problem and a solution.
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What is the "Powerless" Thinking spell?
Thinking that you do not have control over your life.
What is the Role Playing strategy?
Act out feared situations when you feel safe so you can practice.
Give an example of an "Slide" (easy start)
2. let the air start to flow
3. start saying the first sound of the word
4. let the first sound flow into the rest of the word smoothly
True or False: There are miracle cures for stuttering
False
Give an example of a problem and solution with one barrier.
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What is the "Mind Reading" Thinking spell?
Thinking that you KNOW what will happen in the future is NEGATIVE.
What is the Voluntary Disfluency strategy?
What was your favorite thing about camp?
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