These are techniques I've learned in speech therapy, I hope I explain them well enough. 1) Diaphragmatic breathing. Breathe in for 2 seconds, out for four. Make sure your stomach rises and falls, not your chest. Put your hands on your stomach just to be sure. 2) Pause and plan. Have a good idea of what you're going to say before you start talking. This way, you have a general idea of where you're going and you're less likely to backtrack and rephrase things. Meaning, you won't feel as flustered or rushed, you'll be more relaxed, you'll keep your speech-related muscles relaxed, and you'll speak more fluently. 3) Pre-voice exhalation. Along with diaphragmatic breathing, it's important that, when you begin speaking, you breathe out for a second. Don't pause between the exhale and speaking, or the exhalation was pointless. It's common for PWS to hold their breath before they speak, but this stresses the diaphragm and can lead to stuttering. Obviously don't want that, so continue with diaphragmatic breathing and pre-voice exhalation. The rhythm to follow is in for 2 seconds, out for one-speak. What this does, is open airflow through your vocal chords, so they're not stressed upon you starting to speak. 4) Easy onset. Opposite of a hard onset. Sometimes PWS bave trouble with starting to speak. The vocal chords come together too hard and lock up, then result in a stutter. Example, the phrase "Annie ate an apple." If you say this with a hard onset, you'll really be stressing the "A," you'll be able to feel it in your vocal chords. Instead, make sure to relax your vocal chords, and barely engage them. This way, vowel sounds will come out much easier. 5) Light touches. Similar to easy onset, light touches focuses on consonant sounds instead of vowels. Chances are, when you stutter on consonant sounds, you're really engaging and stressing the muscles responsible for producing those sounds. Take the word "Because" for example. If you stutter on the "B," you're probably really mushing your lips together and/or, stressing your diaphragm. Instead, barely press your lips together. Say those sounds really softly. 6) Speak slower. This does really help. I reccomend you record yourself speaking so you can see it doesn't actually sound as weird as you feel like it does. I know that a huge problem i have is speaking too fast, so I feel weird when I speak slower, but I know I actually sound just fine. It helps because you're not rushing. As with pause and plan, you have more time to put your thoughts together and continue with what you're saying. You're giving yourself the time to be mindful of the techniques and to make sure you're feeling alright with them, and if you feel like you're going to stutter. 7) Linking. The best way I can describe it is to think of sentences as one huge long word, instead of individual words. Don't break up your sentences, keep the phonatation continuous. If you need to pause for any reason, begin again with the breathing and everything. Don't just pause for a second and continue. Remember how PWS hold their breath and/or start their words with a hard onset/touch? Pausing and breaking in between words creates opportunity for that, linking doesn't. To make sure you're doing it right, you should practice speaking out loud, very slowly before you try in everyday conversation. 8) Cancellation. If you start stuttering, or you feel like you're just about to, stop. inst stop speaking. Let out the air, relax, start again. Breathe in 2 seconds, out one, light touches/easy onset, slow down. Continue with what you were saying.