| When you have completed a stuttering speech | | | | stutter using their speech technique. Address your |
| therapy course and you have that 'feeling of | | | | technique every time, often the first fluent |
| fluency'... get out there and use it! Use it with your | | | | phrase can set you up for the rest of your |
| family and friends. Your family members can be | | | | conversation. Remember, the use of good speech |
| your support at home, they can even remind you | | | | fluency technique reinforces ongoing use, as well |
| to use technique if you slip up, which we all do | | | | as improving confidence and self-esteem. The |
| occasionally. | | | | more you use it, the more chance of establishing |
| Take advantage of as many speaking situations | | | | solid fluency patterns. Once you allow yourself to |
| as you can. It is important to test-drive your new | | | | set up this habit of continual use, control over |
| speech technique as much as possible. The old | | | | your speech fluency will be self-fulfilling. |
| sayings are true... 'If you don't use it, you'll lose it! | | | | Continual use of good technique in all speaking |
| Practice makes perfect!' | | | | situations is the only way to develop strong |
| Don't allow your wonderful new fluency technique | | | | control of your speech fluency as well as raising |
| to slip away from your grasp, keep on top of | | | | your self-concept and confidence through |
| technique by using it every time you open your | | | | exposure. |
| mouth. More importantly, address your technique | | | | Consciously regulate your thoughts so new |
| before you are about to speak. You don't see a | | | | positive thought patterns can be developed. You |
| champion golfer rush up and hit the ball, he | | | | be the boss of your thoughts. All this doesn't take |
| addresses his technique and arranges every | | | | brains, just solid determination. Take control of |
| process in his mind before he strikes the ball. It is | | | | your life. |
| no different for a person aiming to control their | | | | |