Sunday, March 13, 2011

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.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

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."

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

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!

Saturday, September 11, 2010

September Meeting Agenda

The NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association will be meeting next Tuesday September 14th from 7-9pm in the Benbow room on the ground floor of Elliott University Center on the campus of UNCG. We will be watching the video from the closing ceremony of this year's NSA conference and talk about our first stuttering therapy technique in our series on various techniques taught in stuttering therapy. Additionally, we will be talking about an exciting opportunity that will happen in October. Come to the meeting (or email me at nsagso at yahoo dot com) to find out more about how you can meet some NSA VIPs!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

June Meeting Agenda

The NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association will meet next Tuesday June 8th from 7-9pm in the Benbow Room on the ground floor of Elliott University Center on the campus of UNCG. We will be discussing a study from the NSA about the benefits of support group participation for stutterers, the latest genetics research findings (there is a great link to a video about it below), and a roundtable discussion on techniques taught in speech therapy. Hope you can join us!