Report from Waterford Self Help Group Meeting

Date: 1 October 2009

Report:

Hi All,

We had a very constructive and insightful meeting tonight. The format for the meeting was the following.

* Monthly roundup (feedback on how people were doing since the last meeting).
* Watched Transcending Stuttering DVD
* Discuss next agenda

* During the monthly round-up a discussion arose around what people were feeling around their stammer. Also, how as a group we were at different stages but as a group we could identify with what was being said, for example, feelings of frustration and anger but also feelings of hope and acceptance which will come with time.

* We watched the DVD on transcending stuttering. Our members agreed that this was a very good DVD. The message that seemed to get through was that this stuttering was just one aspect of us and does not define who we are.

* We discussed our next agenda, which was about planning around having a family night where a member of our family could attend a self-help meeting.

Thanking You.
Stephen Greene.