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From: Walt Manning
Date: 07 Oct 2005
Time: 09:40:56 -0500
Remote Name: 141.225.97.231
It appears that many instructors make use of the pseudostuttering experience and I'm happy to add my name to the list. As others have said, I ask students to do it in many forms and to construct a journal describing the situations, their level of anxiety and the listerner reactions. On occasion they may need to debrief the listener, expecially if the person is a PWS in order to explain what they are doing. One basic reason I ask (force) my students to do it is because there will come a time when they will need to model various desensitization and modification techniques beyond the clinic setting for their clients. It can be especially helpful for parents to do in order for them to understand what courage their stuttering children have as they go about their daily activities.