Tips to improve stuttering according to a very interesting article about a 16-year old homeschooler who Breaks the Cycle of Stuttering

Tips to improve stuttering according to a very interesting article about a 16-year old homeschooler who Breaks the Cycle of Stuttering After reading this [article](https://ahn.mnsu.edu/services-and-centers/center-for-communication-sciences-and-disorders/services/stuttering/professional-education/convention-materials/archive-of-online-conferences/isad2011/breaking-the-cycle-of-stuttering/), I'll write tips to improve stuttering that I learned from it. **Tips to improve stuttering:** * Grow a supportive mindset * Stay in contact with your friends. Otherwise this may lower your self-esteem resulting in less confidence to express your true self * Learn to become comfortable to express your true self * Learn to not care about stuttering with the people around you * If the therapy in your past didn't work out, don't give up searching for a better professional that you have a click with * Find a therapist or SLP that matches with your goals. If your goal is to break the cycle of stuttering, then find a professional who understands this model * Some people who stutter have a predisposition in their genes. We can't change our genes. But we can change things that we have control over. We can tackle the heart and majority of the disorder that lie in the stutterer's mind. We can work on our thoughts and emotions that we feel that eat away at our confidence and self-esteem * Work with your new SLP or therapist to co-write a paper together with you, to learn how to analyze not only your speech but also your thoughts and feelings surrounding it, and to gain the confidence to start undoing the layers of avoidance behaviors you had built up over the years * Learn that your stuttering is composed of three central components, each leading to the next in an endless cycle that will continue until one aspect of it is stopped * The 16-year old homeschooler created this [model](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o6boQuw8kGYeEwN6VYi_E9xgC6g4r7sN/view?usp=sharing) that explains his cycle of stuttering * You can create your own model to break your cycle of stuttering. It's a long journey, but it's rewarding if you really want to make this journey