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From: Michael Nawrocki
Date: 05 Oct 2007
Time: 14:39:59 -0500
Remote Name: 75.161.148.68
Hi Andy- Thanks for your question. With help from each individual client I have developed a wide range of hierarchies. Some do involve transfer of technqiue. However, usually for the transfer to be successful, the PWS has to be comfortable with the situation s/he is in. So even in those cases there is an emotional component. With some of the adolescents I have seen the emphasis can be more "technique oriented." In almost every case, these techniques often emphasize things like delayed response or some sort of voluntary stuttering/stuttering modification rather than fluency. And in these cases I always have a question like "How did you feel?" or "Name as many successes as you can" about each interaction. Going in the other direction, one adult I see presently has a hierarchy with only one goal: "Stop criticizing myself after I stutter." He charts every negative thought he notices and tries to change it to something positive. It works because it was his idea and he desinged it.