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Welcome to The McGuire Programme Ireland.
The McGuire Programme delivers practical training devised & developed to promote recovery from stuttering. Throughout the world, thousands of people who stammer or stutter have benefited from the McGuire Programme & its unique, positive approach.
Our intensive courses are the entry point into an ongoing Programme of consistent, continuous follow-up activity designed to support long-term recovery. By encouraging eloquent speech & personal development, we aim to go beyond stammering.
Latest News:
An Open Information Evening on the McGuire Programme will be held in Limerick in March.
Date: Monday 05th March 2012
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Kilmurry Lodge Hotel, Dublin Road, Castletroy, Limerick City
Light Refreshments will [More...]
An Open Information Evening on the McGuire Programme Ireland will be held in Cork in March.
Date: Wednesday 07th March 2012
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Montenotte Hotel, Montenotte, Cork City.
Light refreshments will be served.
Everyone [More...]
An Open Information Day on the McGuire Programme will be held in Dublin in March.
Date: Saturday 10th March 2012
Time: 1.30pm-2.30pm
Venue: Wynns Hotel, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1.
Everyone is welcome!
Scholarships
Are you really motivated to do something about your stammer, but can't afford the membership fee? A number of partial scholarships are available per course.
Contact the Regional Director, Joe O Donnell in [More...]
UPDATE: An Open Information Evening on the McGuire Programme will be held in Limerick in March.
Date: Monday 5th March 2012
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Kilmurry Lodge Hotel, Dublin Road, Castletroy, Limerick City
Light Refreshments [More...]
Scholarships
Are you really motivated to do something about your stammer, but can’t afford the membership fee? A number of partial scholarships are available per course.
Contact the Regional Director, Joe O Donnell in complete confidence via email mcguireprogramme@rocketmail.com
Take control of your stammer or stutter…
stutter – verb (also known as stammer in the Ireland & the UK)
- to speak in such a way that the rhythm is interrupted by repetitions, blocks or spasms, or prolongations of sounds or syllables, sometimes accompanied by contortions of the face & body.
stutter – noun
- distorted speech characterized principally by blocks or spasms interrupting the rhythm.
Some facts about Stuttering
- 1% of the world is afflicted with stuttering, that’s approximately 66 million worldwide.
- Despite decades of research, experts cannot determine the cause of stuttering. However, there is no proven link between childhood trauma or parenting.
- There is no known cure for stuttering. There are many therapies available but they require hard work & perserverance.
- Different people stutter to varying degrees. Some are more severe to the listener, overt stutterers, whereas others hide their stutter very well, these people are known as covert stutterers.
- Four times as many males are affected than females.
- Generally people do not stutter when they sing, whisper or speak in chorus.
- Although stuttering may seem like a relatively superficial problem, for the stutterer it can influence career choices, relationships & all aspects of daily speaking life.
- Many famous people have stuttered including Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Willis & more recently, Gareth Gates. Gareth is now an instructor on the McGuire Programme.
