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>*the strategy link that you posted (aka your own strategies) there are 19 of them... so whats the plan here ?* > >Thank you! I would like to put the various strategies that I implemented into one single PDF ebook, so that others can also reap the benefits from them. I still need to do this, but at this moment I prioritize research studies, and trying to complete [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1akqp0w/clinical_interventions_to_target_neurological/) Word table (neural differences + clinical interventions). If you are interested in the strategies that I implemented, maybe a good start would be to read: First, read [this](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-RheWFAkUI0P0QNjMgFsOx8ZgsahOjSX8BH8H2Hi8Vk/edit?usp=sharing) explanation about the 3 different types of speech-blocks (in developmental stuttering). Second, learn to intentionally "instruct execution of speech movements" with the goal of improving your ability to instruct sending command signals to the brain to move the speech muscles. This addresses (or resolves) **speech block-type-A**. >Strategy: > >Step 1: Say my own name, but without voice, without exhaling, only moving speech muscles > >Step 2: Say my own name > >In the exercise, you gotta switch/alter between step 1 and 2 as often as possible. The goal is to write a big list of the differences that you experience, so in the end you have a non-stutterer's list (such as, deciding/instructing to execute articulation), and another list which is the stutterer-list (such as, needing to calm down and reduce fear, needing to focus on breathing, desiring fluency and other maladaptive responses that has absolutely nothing to do with speech initiation as a non-stutterer). Then switch between the mental states "stutterer" and "non-stutterer" until you are able to speak fluently for 5 minutes, then 1 hour and then a whole day. In conclusion, personally I think that people who stutter the same in all situations are closer to subconscious fluency (than other PWS), simply because we have linked less fluency demands to speech-specific domains, such as "I need to self-confirm that I'm truly alone in order to speak fluently", basically a maladaptive demand limiting speech performance to certain conditions. The “talk-alone-effect”—phenomenon is investigated in this research study and findings show that people who stutter **require** a **belief** that they are truly alone - to increase fluency (see [Yaruss](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2021.105878)). Third, address **speech-block-type-B** by replacing a maladaptive "timing rule/demand" with a helpful one. Such as: Maladaptive timing demand: "I first need to measure the perfect glottal air pressure against my speech muscles to initiate motor programs". Helpful timing demand: "I move my speech muscles immediately, whenever my articulatory starting position is set - despite being triggered, without reducing triggers, without implementing techniques or any tricks to execute speech movements". Fourth, do the exercises in [this](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A0tKkg0MnyRRnOP-JQGwx1IhREmfrnd8/view?usp=sharing) PDF ebook to address **speech-block-type-C**.