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[Jason Leong]

Hello coaches
Questions on the stuttering course:
1) on the free 3 session coaching -do we get to choose when and who we wish to be coached?
2) Crutches -of the 12(13) crutches, which two are easiest, and which two are hardest to learn?
3) Crutches (again) -just reading the book, which ones are hardest to illustrate without a video?

Thank you
J

[Javier]

Hi Jason!
Welcome to WSSA, first of all 🙂

My name is Javier, I live in Spain, and I am a PWSS and one of the Certified Speech Coaches of WSSA.

I’m going to answer your questions below, but before I do so, I would like to say that every time Lee releases an updated version of his book (the latest one, the 4th Edition, is titled “How To Stop Stuttering & Love Speaking”, available on Amazon) his explanations about the Crutches and the rest of the program improve significantly. Having said so:

1) on the free 3 session coaching -do we get to choose when and who we wish to be coached?
No, WSSA assigns you a Coach based on your time zone, location, and the availability of the coaches.

2) Crutches -of the 12(13) crutches, which two are easiest, and which two are hardest to learn?
Good question. I guess it depends on the student. But probably these would be Crutches 4 and 11.
The reason I chose these two is because, for C-4 you need to really make sure you like the sound or introductory word to the feared word. You must not leave “spaces”. Some PWS need to practice this a bit with a coach or PWSS to really master it.
About C-11, it is a Crutch that has multiple steps, and you need to master each one, especially the ones about slowing down and inserting full stops every few words. Most PWS are not used to insert full stops every few words. All their lives they havce been trying to rush through their words and say what they need to say as quickly as possible, but this actually makes things worse. So they believe that if they insert full stops every few words, they might stutter even more. It’s actually the opposite. And if I ask them to make these full stops, for example, 2 seconds long, 99% of the times these pauses last , in the best of cases, 0.5 seconds. They are not used to this. So it requires practice. The best way to show and explain these Crutches is through example.

3) Crutches (again) -just reading the book, which ones are hardest to illustrate without a video?

I think I have already answered it already, in Q-2.

Jason, I hope this answers all your questions. If not, please do let me know.

[Jason Leong]

Thank you Javier, all the best.
J

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