Pakistan Stammering Association

7th Support Group Meeting in Islamabad

The Pakistan Stammering Association held its seventh support group meeting in Islamabad on the 11th of May, 2008. .

Unfortunately we were again short of some people at the last minute but still we had a group of 3 very motivated individuals and the meeting went great.

This time there we 2 new members - very encouraging and positive.

We went through the meeting plan which was the same as before, except that we combined the theme of the meeting and theme of the previous meeting. The theme of the meeting was "Assertiveness". We did our best to follow the theme and had a great time.

Again, there were a few documents distributed among the participants.

1. Meeting Plan
2. What happens at a self-help group meeting? (Courtesy: Keith Boss, International Stuttering Association, UK)
3. Assertiveness - What, Why and How?
4. Why the breathing?
5. Information for adults who stammer (Source: British Stammering Association website)
6. Message to a stutterer, by Joseph Sheehan
7. Using the telephone (Source: British Stammering Association website)<
8. What is a Harrison's Workshop?
9. Challenges until next support group meeting
10. Why the challenges?

I would especially like to thank the Serena Hotel Management for providing us a magnificent room and refreshments, all free of cost. Thanks to all the staff at the hotel, they were really helpful to us.

Hope to see you guys soon again and just keep moving forward!

Hammad