This article describes the type of stutter speech courses which are available. In general they are designed to help people who stutter to achieve fluency.

During the first couple of days of the course, this is where the speech coach normally describes the techniques which are required to overcome the stutter.

The opening day is quite often seen as the most important day of the course. This is the client’s easy day, as the coach will do most of the talking, explaining in detail around half of the speech rules required to beat the stutter. The client may well be asked to give me a short description about their life, character and about the way in which the speech impediment has affected their life. The client will have at least one further speech task on this first day, which they will be asked to complete after they have heard the first set of rules.

On the second day the client becomes more involved, starting to put into practice what they have learnt from the previous day. The remaining techniques are described and coached on this day.

The final three days are spent practising, enabling the rules to start becoming embedded as a natural part of the client’s speech.

Some of the areas included in the courses could be:

1. Why people stutter.

2. Telephone technique.

3. Interview technique.

4. Public speaking technique.

5. The speech rules:

The person who has a stutter should not worry about the contents of the stuttering course. If there is a particular section in the course that the client does not feel comfortable doing they simply do not do it – this is something that very rarely happens however as there is nothing in such a course which should make people react this way.

Each course is unique, as every stutterer is different; this is why courses are usually run on a one-to-one basis.

Stephen Hill is somebody who has overcome a stammer/stutter and who now helps other people to achieve fluency. Stephen runs one to one speech courses held in Birmingham, England. For people who are unable to attend there is a seventy minute dvd available. His main website is at http://www.stammering-stuttering.co.uk