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Top Tips For Teenagers
Below you can find lots of good advice for teenagers who stammer. Indeed some of this advice was suggested by children who have come to the Centre in the past.
1. More haste, less speech.
2. People are more interested in what you have to say than how you
are saying it.
3. Make a list of the things you are good at.
4. Notice other people's communication skills - no one is perfect!
5. You can't mind-read - imagining the worst doesn't help.
6. Notice the colour of people's eyes when you talk to them - this
will help you to maintain eye contact.
7. You can help others feel relaxed. Smile and try to look relaxed
(even if your stomach is all knots and butterflies).
8. To stop people asking you questions - ask them something first
(e.g. "where do you live, work, go to school etc?").
9. The harder you try not to stammer, the worse it gets - go with
the flow.
10. Use pauses to give yourself time.
11. Try to talk about your stammer to someone today.
12. Mention the stammer in passing as if you are not concerned about
it!
13. Notice those things that seem to help - and do some more.
14. Praise yourself for having a go at something you usually avoid.
15. Noticing something you have done well is better than self-criticism.
16. Be fair to yourself.
17. Try to avoid self-talk which includes 'I must' and 'I should'
- try 'I might have a go' and 'I could try to'.
18. Set one small but achievable goal today - and pat yourself on
the back.
19. Notice the times when you stammer less, rather than concentrating
on when it is worse.
20. Don't start speaking until you are ready.
21. Say a little more than you usually do.
22. When you mind less about your stammering, you often stammer less
too.
23. Smile a bit more; this will help others feel relaxed.
24. Feel the fear and do it anyway!
25. Worrying about what others might be thinking is very unhelpful
- you could be wrong.
26. Can you really read other peoples' minds? Do you really know what
other people think about your speech?
27. Do most people know you stammer? Try not to hide it from them.
28. Is everyone nasty about stammering? Or are some people just nasty?
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James
(16) has had therapy on and off since he was four and was at first
reluctant to join the group intensive course for young adults.
However he told his parents afterwards that meeting others with the
same problem had been really helpful and that they were all quite
normal and really good fun!
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