Essays

Below are a number of interesting contributions by John C. Harrison, of the National Stuttering Association. Many of these essays are also published in his 485-page book, REDEFINING STUTTERING: what the struggle to speak is really all about which is freely available HERE and is also available in French - Redéfinir Le Bégaiement: La vraie nature du Combat pour s'exprimerRedéfinir Le Bégaiement: La vraie nature du Combat pour s'exprimer, a translation of John Harrison's Redefining Stuttering; What the struggle to speak is really all about, translated into French by Richard Parent


HAVING FUN: IT'S MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU THINK

WHY IT'S EASIER TO TALK WHEN NOBODY'S AROUND (French translation Pourquoi Est Il Plus Facile De Parler Lorsque "Vous Etes" Quelqu'un D'Autre? - translated by Richard Parent)

YOU CAN CONTROL HOW OTHERS SEE YOU

OVERCOMING PERFORMANCE FEARS. (French translation Surmonter Nos Peurs D'Agir - translated by Richard Parent)

CREATING A SETTING FOR FLUENCY (French translation by Richard Parent Creer Un Cadre Propice a la Fluidite)

LOSING YOUR WILL TO SPEAK - (French translation by Richard Parent Perdre la Volente de Parler)

ZEN AND THE ART OF SPEAKING by John Harrison Le Zen et La Fluidite (French translation by Richard Parent).

ANATOMY OF A BLOCK

THE POWER OF OBSERVATION (French translation by Richard Parent Treize Observations Au Sujet Des Personnes Qui Begaient)

DEVELOPING A NEW PARADIGM FOR STUTTERING - The Hexagon article. (French translation Devellopper Un Nouveau Paradgme Pour Le Begaiemnt - translated by Richard Parent)

THE HAWTHORNE EFFECT AND IT'S RELATIONSHIP TO STUTTERING (This is a further development of the Stuttering Hexagon concept - French translation - L'Effet Hawthorne Et Le Begaiement Chronique translated by Richard Parent.)

ON BEING DIFFERENT - French translation Etre Different translated by Richard Parent.)

IS THERE A GENETIC BASIS FOR STUTTERING? by John C. Harrison

UNDERSTANDING THE BLOCK by John C. Harrison

  • WHY ARE SPEECH BLOCKS SO UNPREDICTABLE by John Harrison. (French translation by Richard Parent Pourquoi Les Blocages de Begaiement Sont-ils Si Imprevisibles?

  • THE FEELING OF FLUENCY by John Harrison (French translation Etre Fluide - translated by Richard Parent)

  • AND THE STUTTERING JUST DIES by Jack Menear and A Personal Interview With a Recovered Stutterer -- Jack Menear by John C. Harrison Entrevue Avec Jack Menear Qui a Vaincu le Begaiement (French translation by Richard Parent).

  • WHY TALKING IS EASIER WHILE YOU ARE "BEING" SOMEONE ELSE by John Harrison Pourquoi Il Est Plus Facile De Parler (French translation by Richard Parent).

  • MES CINQ ETAPES DE RETABLISSMENT, - translation of John Harrison's My Five Stages of Recovery, translated into French by Richard Parent


    last modified January 20, 2010