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From: Lisa LaSalle
Date: 21 Oct 2011
Time: 10:20:32 -0500
Remote Name: 206.208.133.42
James, Thanks for sharing your story and your struggles. My dad went through an intensive program in attempts to cure his stuttering (Precision Fluency Shaping at Hollins College VA) in the early 1970s. It helped for a short while, but the fluency he gained did not last. It is possible that the problem is the unnaturalness of the "targets" that Pam comments on here. Also it takes a high level of vigilance to use targets all the time. Those of us who are normally fluent speakers (as you said you clinician did not stutter) can only imagine that degree of vigilance needed. Does using targets 80% - 100% of the time ever become automatic? In my experience since those years working with people who stutter, it seems like blending Fluency Shaping and Stuttering Modification approaches is the best way to go for many. So, you have already begun with a great background knowledge of Fluency Shaping (speaker more fluently) tools. Now, what about learning some Stuttering Modification tools (including techniques like self-disclosure, that Scott suggests)? Ever heard of www.stuttertalk.com? That's an amazing resource from Peter Reitzes, of over 300 episodes of adults who stutter podcasted, talking to one another. I know there're more than a handful of topics/episodes about job interviewing. Best of luck in your job hunting and on finding your own way with more fluent speaking and easier, more open stuttering.