Transcript Freedom_Fluency

Freedom of Fluency
Freedom of Fluency, Daly
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Components
– 1. Motor Skill Training
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Deliberate Phonation (humming)
Normal Breath
Easy Stretch (prolongations
Release (Speech Naturalness)
– 2. Cognitive Strategies (cassette)
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Guided Relaxation
Mental Imagery
Affirmation Training
Positive Self-Talk
Quotes for Planning Therapy
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“To offer token therapy is to get a token response.”
Van Riper
“Monitoring desirable behavior is more effective
than monitoring undesirable behavior.”
Shames and Florance
“Behavioral methods alone are insufficient
to produce durable results.” Lazarus
“Clinicians must deal with more than the
speech of stutterers.” Van Riper
“If you wish to accomplish something in reality,
first picture yourself achieving it in your
imagination.” Lazarus
More Quotes
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“Before a person can change, he must see
himself in a new role.” Maltz
“If you dream you can begin it--boldness has
power, genius and magic in it” Goethe
Stuttering clients Come to see us because
they are stuck.” Daly
“Clients need someone they can trust.” Van
Riper
“Positive attitude/High Attitude” anonymous
If you think you can, you probably will. If you
think you can’t, you probably won’t”
Mental Imagery
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Imagination is EVERYTHING!!!!
– Imagine it, do it!
– See yourself ………..
First get relaxed
 Second, imagine a scene, recall
DETAILS
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Affirmation Training
Jesse Jackson’s “I AM somebody!”
 I can’t lose! Why? I’ll tell you why. I Have
FAITH, COURAGE and ENTHUSIASM!
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I am successful in
I can be more successful in
 I can be more successful in my speech by….
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Positive Self-Talk
Muma’s Inner Speech
 Goal of Positive Self-Talk
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– replace client’s faulty programming with
something better
– means of consciously reprogramming you subconscious mind through the use of specifically
worded phrases of self-direction
– by describing a ‘new picture’ of ourselves, we
can say to our subconscious “This is the me I
want you to create, Now let’s get to work on it.”
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Negative self-talk is common among
stutterers
Positive Self- talk (continued)
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These new statements contain the words
– “I can”
– “I am”
– positive and emotionally changed
– must be individualized and client written
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What we think is almost entirely determined
by the words we use.
– Whenever a stutterer slips back into a negative
frame of mind, have him mentally erase the
negative idea and immediately think of something
positive
Positive Self-Talk Examples, (cont)
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Examples:
– I am positive and confident. I know that I
can handle any speaking situation by being
in control of my speech
– Each day I become more in control of my
speech: at home, at work, in my mind and
in my thoughts
– I enjoy saying my name clearly and
smoothly when answering the telephone
Positive Self Talk Examples (final ones)
– I am in complete control of what I think and
how I think. I choose to think only those
thoughts which are of genuine benefit to
me
– I have the determination to succeed. My
plan is a good one. I am excited about the
new person I am becoming
Positive Self-Talk Assignment
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Write a general self-talk statement
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Write a specific self-talk statement
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Use one for two weeks and monitor any
self-changes
Reading References
Lazarus,A. In the Mind’s Eye. New York:
Guilford Press, 1984
 Cousins, N. Head First: The Biology of
Hope. 1989
 Luttrerman, D. Counseling the
Communicatively Disordered and Their
Families. Boston, 1984
 Siegel, B., Love, Medicine and Miracles,
1986
 Siegel, B. Love, Medicine and Healing,
1989
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References for Positive Self-Talk
Porter, K & Foster J. The Mental
Athlete: Inner Training for Peak
Performance. 1986
 Bandler, Using Your Brain for Change:
Neurolinguistic Programming, 1985
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Stuttering Behavior Aspect
1. ELU
 2. Fluency Enhancing Behaviors
(FEBS)
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– Fluency shaping approach
– Addresses
• Diaphragmatic breathing
• Easy onset (laryngeal control)
• Light contacts and prolongations
End of Lecture