The city of Guadalajara in Mexico was the place where the last intensive course from the McGuire Programme in Latin America was held. On December the 13th, 11 people with unique stories came together to work hard and take control of their speech and their lives.
The Peruvian capital, Lima, welcomed 6 new students to the McGuire Programme intensive course, from November the 29th to December the 2nd, 2017. It took place at the Hotel San Blas, located in Miraflores.
There was one graduate in the course, who travelled from Arequipa (South of Peru) to support in the learning process of the new students, three of them came from Chile, two from Peru and one from Ecuador, the age of the new students were between 23 and 38, most of them with an overt stutter.
The white city had the presence of 6 new brave students that decided to start the process of taking control of their speech, only one lived in Merida, the others 5 travelled from Valladolid, Guatemala, Chetumal, Ciudad del Carmen and Cancun.
There were 4 men and 2 women, 2 of them children which age range was from 7 to 9 years, they went accompanied by their parents. The ages of the other 4 students were between 17 and 40 years. The students had two types of stutter, covert and overt.
3 new students for this course in Monterrey, after 2 years we came back to carry out this new course from the 11th-14th of October. It was small course but filled with emotion.
2 New Students (NS) travelled, one from Torreon and one from Texas, 1 more from Monterrey: all men from ages 17 through 59 – all of them filled with courage to start their process towards taking control of their stutter.
On Thursday we had the sessions as usual. Before lunch we practiced the names, addresses and phone numbers with the learnt techniques – to continue with the practice when we return.
