Youth Day on Saturday 10/8/11

The NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association will co-sponsor a Youth Day on Saturday October 8th from 8:30am to 2pm at 310 South Tremont Drive in Greensboro, NC.  This event is open to children and teenagers who stutter and their parents.  It will be a time to meet others who are living with stuttering, learn about stuttering, and gain support.  Lunch will be provided and financial assistance is available.  For more information or to register, please visit NSA NC Youth Day 2011.  If you are interested in helping out, please email nsagso at yahoo dot com.

July 12th Recap and August Meeting Information

The NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association met on Tuesday July 12, 2011 from 7-9pm in the Phillips room at Elliott University Center at UNCG.  This meeting had our highest attendance for a summer meeting ever!  The meeting was attended by 5 people who stutter, 1 SLP, and 1 parent.  We also welcomed two new comers.  The meeting began with a round robin reading of the welcome words.  A round of introductions followed for our first timers.  We discussed experiences with public speaking and presenting for classes after one attendee expressed concern about this issue for the upcoming semester.  We also talked about our experiences with attending the NSA conference and encouraged those who have not gone to come to Tampa next year.  Then we watched some segments from the Stuttering Foundation's dvd "If You Stutter: Advice for Adults."  Some great discussion was generated by the segment about people saying "slow down" or "just relax" in response to a disfluency.  The meeting was closed by a round robin reading of the closing words.

The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday August 9th from 7-9pm.  However, I will not be able to facilitate the meeting because of a personal emergency.  If you would like to meet informally as a group somewhere, then leave a comment or send an email to nsagso at yahoo dot com.  I can send out an email next week if people respond that they would like to meet.

June Meeting Cancelled

We have lost our meeting space for his month, so the June meeting is canceled. We will resume our regular meetings next month on Tuesday July 12th.

May Meeting has Moved

Our usual meeting room is not available this month so we will be meeting at Panera off Wendover Avenue in Greensboro starting at 7pm. Drop by whenever you can and stay for as long as you'd like. This will be a more informal meet and greet meeting because of the location. Hope you can stop by!

March Meeting Recap

The NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association met last Tuesday March 8th from 7-9pm in the Phillips room at UNCG's Elliott University Center. The meeting was attended by 3 people who stutter and 1 SLP. We opened the meeting by reading the welcome words in a round robin style. One person shared his experience of attending his first NSA conference last summer. He reported really enjoying the experience overall and plans on trying to attend the conference this summer in TX. The chapter leader shared about the Our Time summer camp for children who stutter that is moving to the mountains of NC for the first time this summer. More information can be found at www.ourtimecamp.org. Our chapter also talked about starting to plan the 2nd NSA Youth Day and CEU workshop in Greensboro, NC. We're hoping to have the Youth Day on Saturday October 15th and the CEU workshop the day before. The majority of our meeting was spent discussing the Oscar-winning The King's Speech using questions developed by the Dallas NSA chapter. Everyone at the meeting had seen the film and loved it. I wanted to share this clip of actual footage of King George VI speaking publicly. It was mentioned at the meeting.

THE KING'S SPEECH

If you're having trouble viewing the clip, the direct link is: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=50494

At the end of the meeting, we read the closing words round robin a little early so that we could walk around Elliott University Center, the building where we meet, to look at options for our meeting room next year. Our regular meeting space will be closing to be incorporated into another space. We like the informality and comfort of the Phillips Room, so this is our new permanent meeting space starting next month. Our next chapter meeting will be Tuesday April 12th from 7-9pm in the Phillips Room on the ground floor of Elliott University Center on the campus of UNCG.

Local News Report about Stuttering

Here is a link to a local news story that showed on WFMY News 2 recently about stuttering. It features two people who stutter and the speech-language pathologist who is the clinical director for UNCG's Speech Clinic.


If you would rather read the transcript or are having trouble viewing the video, it can be found at http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=161395&catid=57&provider=email

March Meeting *Different Room*

The NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association will meet next Tuesday March 8th from 7-9pm in the Phillips room on the ground floor of Elliott University Center on the campus of UNCG. Please note that this month we will be meeting in a different room. It is located near our regular room. We will be discussing future chapter plans and the Oscar-winning movie "The King's Speech."

January Meeting Cancelled

The winter storm has closed UNCG's campus today. So the January meeting of the NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association that was planned for tonight is canceled. If you are interested in getting together a chapter outing to see "The King's Speech" please email me (nsagso@yahoo.com). Stay safe and warm!

Possible Cancellation of January Meeting and "The King's Speech"

The NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association is scheduled to meet next Tuesday 1/11/11 from 7-9pm in the Benbow Room on the ground floor of Elliott University Center on the campus of UNCG. However, the potential winter weather may cancel our meeting. If you are on our chapter listserve, you will get an email on Tuesday if the meeting is cancelled. An announcement will also be posted on this webpage.

On a separate note, if you haven't gotten a chance to go see the movie "The King's Speech" it is playing at Carousel Cinemas (www.carouselbattleground.com) off Battleground. I highly recommend it!