⚡Are you tired of the struggle every day to talk?
⚡Are you ready to take BIG action to speak more easily, enjoyably, and effortlessly?
⚡Want SLP Stephen to help you make a BIG communication change?
📍Held June 2nd-8th and June 9th-15th, 2024 in the “Coolest Small Town in America,” Lititz, PA.
1. Pick your week and grab your spot.
2. Do big work with SLP Stephen and others just like you.
3. Speak easier, think less, and feel better about stuttering.
The Week’s Itinerary
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1. What is Stuttering?
2. Why Do you Stutter?
3. How Speech Works
4. Stuttering Genetics, Neurology, and the Physiological Fight-or-Flight Response
5. The SLP Stephen Stuttering Treatment Model
6. Pre-Week Video Recording
7. Three Pre-Week Self-Rating Questions
8. Your “Speech Stress Thermometer”
9. Your “List of Listeners Target”
10. Three Stuttering Solidarity Videos
11. Group Introduction Dinner in Lititz
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1. How Every “Fluency Technique” Works
2. The Single, Simplified (Natural) Similar Syllables Fluency Technique
3. Visual Biofeedback
4. Speech Naturalness
5. Reading Alone
6. Reading With Another
7. Three Conversations
8. One Challenge Situation
9. One Stuttering Solidarity Video
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1. Attention-Shifting to Defuse the Fight-or-Flight Response
2. Focus on a Freeing Feeling
3. Make a Movie in Your Head
4. Picnic in Lititz Springs Park
5. Reading Alone
6. Reading With Another
7. Three Conversations
8. One Challenge Situation
9. One Stuttering Solidarity Video
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1. Sharing Your Stutter
2. Listener Benefit Statistics
3. Speaker Benefit Statistics
4. The 3 Big Moments to Share Your Stutter
5. The 3 Parts of a Share Your Stutter Script
6. Make Your Own “Sharing Your Stuttering Script”
7. Bully Responses Brainstorm
8. Share Your Stutter With 3 People
9. Reading Alone with Similar Syllables and Attention-Shifting
10. Reading With Another
11. Three Conversations
12. One Challenge Situation
13. One Stuttering Solidarity Video
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1. Five More Ways to Defuse the Fight-or-Flight Response
2. Base Breathing
3. Progressive Muscle Relaxation
4. Continual Muscle Movement
5. Voluntary Stuttering
6. Cold Water Treatment
7. One Stuttering Solidarity Video
8. Rock Climbing at Spooky Nook Sports
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1. Create Your “Personalized Stuttering Stockpile.”
2. Make Your Daily “Personalized Practice Plan.”
3. Three Conversations
4. One Challenge Situation
5. One Stuttering Solidarity Video
6. Graduation Dinner in Lititz
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1. Create Your Personalized “Relapse Reset Plan.”
2. Practice Your “Personalized Practice Plan.”
3. Three Conversations
4. One Challenge Situation
5. Post-Week Video Recording
7. Three Post-Week Self-Rating Questions
Where Will You Learn?
The “7-Day Stuttering Shift LIVE” is held at Linden Hall School, one of the oldest private schools in the United States, founded in 1746. It rests on 49 beautiful acres in the heart of town and is less than a block from the cafes, eateries, shops, and parks of Lititz, Pennsylvania.
1:30 hours from Philadelphia
45 minutes from Harrisburg
1:45 hours from Baltimore
2:45 hours from New York
In 7 life-changing days with others, you’ll learn:
Why you stutter
Why you stutter more at certain times than others
The one, simple physical technique you need to not get stuck
7 ways you can turn down the temperature of your fight-or-flight response
How to talk about stuttering without wanting to disappear
How to make a personalized speech workout plan for life
All while making lifelong friends with others who stutter just like you
Under the guidance expert SLP and lifelong stutterer, Stephen Groner, who speaks easily and enjoyably now.
Hey, I’m Stephen
I'm a licensed speech-language pathologist and pretty easily-speaking person who stutters who helps people who stutter actually enjoy speaking through online stuttering courses and week-long stuttering intensives. I’ve personally been honing my own speech for over 15 years, so I know exactly what you’re going through. I like cookies and cream ice cream and any mountain and I can actually say those those words now thanks to what I’ll teach you this week.
What’s In Lititz?
— Lititz, PA was voted the “coolest small town” in America in 2013.
— With a charming main street, mouth-watering food, bespoke shopping, and centuries of history, Lititz is a place you want to spend your time.
— In the heart of the rolling fields of Lancaster County, PA, just an hour or two from the major cities of the eastern seaboard, you’ll find the incredible peace you need.
⚡Have you held off getting help for a long time?
⚡Or been in speech therapy for a while?
⚡Are you ready to take a new, big leap in your communication?
The Science Behind “The Stuttering Shift”
“The 7-Day Stuttering Shift” takes the best of numerous therapies that help stuttering, synthesizes them together, and makes them easy to understand, personalize, and put into practice, so you can see a BIG change in a short time.
1. Making physical changes to your speech to strengthen your brain’s timing system.
Brown et al. (2022), Ingham et al. (2001), and Ingham et al. (2015).
2. Changing what your attention is focused on to free up more automatic speech.
Eichorn et al. (2016), Iimura et al. (2016), and Sakai et al. (2020).
4. Defusing your overactive “fight-or-flight” response so speaking flows and feels better.
Packman (2012), Zaccaro et al. (2017), Tan et al. (2022), Saltuklaroglu et al. (2004), and Lunt et al. (2010).
3. Increasing courage to share about stuttering so less fear leads to more fluency.
Boyle et al. (2018), Byrd et al. (2017), and Lieberman et al. (2007).
5. Using visual biofeedback so you can see what your speech is doing and how to change it.
What to Bring
1. A personal device with a camera and access to the Internet
For recording yourself on the first and last day, for visual biofeedback, and for accessing homework, like a smartphone, iPad, or laptop with built-in camera
2. Three things you enjoy reading
For practice and homework, like books, magazines, graphic novels, etc.
3. Readiness to work hard for a week
For persevering in practice, taking leaps of courage, and finishing strong
I will provide:
4. The course materials, both in print and online
For accessing anytime, anywhere
5. A branded notebook and pen
For taking impactful notes, tracking homework, making personal practice and relapse plans, etc.
Where to Stay
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This hip hotel is seated in the fully renovated former Wilbur Chocolate Factory and is directly adjacent to the county-famous and relaxing Lititz Springs Park. With tasty, new eateries right out front and just half a block off the main street, this is the gem of Lititz.
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Offering lodging at the head of main street, Lititz since 1764, this bespoke inn isn’t to be missed. With charm and grandeur (and the shortest walk to Linden Hall), the Lititz Springs Inn is a delightful option.
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This rockin’ hotel just a 6 minutes’s drive from Linden Hall is located at Rock Lititz, the light and sound creation campus for most music tours in the U.S. With incredible food in-house, games and excitement built in, this is one fun place to stay.
FAQs
If you’re savvy, then you’ve got some questions right now. I wanna knock them out of the park for you.
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People who stutter age 12 and up who are: 1) frustrated with the way they’re communicating right now, 2) have good self-awareness, and 3) are motivated to change.
Certain 10 and 11 year olds with excellent awareness, aptitude, and motivation could also benefit and will be allowed at their parents’ discretion.
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The “7-Day Stuttering Shift” is being held:
Sunday afternoon, June 2nd, 2024 - Saturday, June 8th, 2024
Sunday afternoon, June 9th, 2014 - Saturday, June 15th, 2024
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A spot at the “7-Day Stuttering Shift LIVE” costs $1,497 and is not currently covered by insurance, but costs less than many other courses of stuttering therapy that can run between $2,000-$4,000. A 3-month payment plan is also available to soften the landing.
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While there is currently no known cure for stuttering that makes it so you never feel stuck in your speech ever again, people can make HUGE changes in how easily they can get their thoughts and words out, and sometimes even stuttering below the normal threshold of the population at large.
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Major Airports:
Harrisburg, PA (MDT): 45 minutes away
Philadelphia, PA (PHL): 1:30 hours away
Baltimore/D.C. (BWI): 1:45 hours away
Minor Airports:
Lancaster, PA (LNS): 10 minutes away
Reading, PA (RDG): 35 minutes away
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Look, I’ve stuttered since I was three and now speak successfully every day to thousands of people. I’m a licensed speech-language pathologist and own a private practice that treats solely people who stutter. I’ve been taking charge of my speech for 15 years, learning more, trying more, and succeeding more than I ever thought possible. Now, I want to share it with you.
My signature Stuttering Shift program incorporates the best facets of numerous other approaches and makes them simpler to understand and utilize. This is the program I would have wanted when I was 17.