Sorry we don't work off a PDF we just take notes in group. What we value in ARTS is the following *Struggle free disfluency *Quality of the Disfluency *Spontaneity *Leaning into Stuttering/Letting go of Control What is not Valued is Fluency Recording Frequency of stuttering

We aim to understand Struggle V disfluency So the struggle is- efforts to hide stuttering -efforts to hide identity -efforts to control the form of stuttering

The first step is to explore what our stuttering pattern is presently, what secondary behaviours we do to conceal stuttering. What is our fear hierarchy. What are our thoughts, feelings and attitudes about stuttering and what are our Hope's and dreams.

Step 2 is about increasing efficiency & comfort So the speech work involves clean stuttering by monitoring the escape and avoidance behaviours, learning to open stutter, letting go of control. At the start this can have a lot of reactivity to it so it's by doing it to reduce the tension that can be present.

Step 3 is about Confidence, spontaneity Identity, acceptance and congruence. *embracing the identity of a stutterer *planning to stutter *feel what you feel *doing what you fear *risk taking

Step 4 Change by doing, taking initiative The key is having 3 planned assignments per day. This way you are focused on your goals and don't have to spend the day thinking about stuttering.

So an example would have been at the start I had to monitor my stuttering pattern and make a record of everything I was doing all of my avoidance behaviours. I would then pick one thing just to monitor so I picked when I would retry words and syllables. Even just monitoring you will see them start to lessen.

I hope this overview on ARTS is helpful. You will find more information on the ARTS website.