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From: Steve Hood
Date: 10/1/03
Time: 4:23:02 PM
Remote Name: 199.33.133.50
Hi, Alan
We met in Anaheim, at the 2002 NSA Convention. I appreciated your contributions then, your contributions to Stutt-L, and now for ISAD.
YES... expanding comfort zones is of major importance. We see this with clients who make progress in the treatment setting, but have trouble expanding their improvement and transferring it to the "real world." These people have difficulty challenging their comfort zones.
People who stutter are among the bravest and most courageous people I know, because they have had to challenge their comfort zones. I think it helps if they can view this sort of risk taking more as a challenge and less as a threat. This helps foster a more positive "can-do" attitude rather than one that is loaded with negative self-talk and self-doubts. This is true not only for PWS, but for anyone who is trying to climb to new heights.
Thanks for submitting a paper for ISAD.
Steve Hood