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No Miracle Cures: A Multifactoral Guide to Stuttering Therapy

by Thomas David Kehoe

Stuttering is caused by at least five factors: genetics, two neurological abnormalities, responses to stress, and speech-related fears and anxieties. But most stuttering therapy programs address only one issue, such as breathing a certain way, or not hiding your stuttering. Each might help you in some situations, but you still stutter in other situations. No Miracle Cures No Miracle Cures breaks down stuttering into many small problems and shows you how to solve each one. It instead guides you through treatments for all five factors that contribute to stuttering. You'll find the best treatments for children, teenagers, adults who stutter mildly, and adults who stutter severely. Stuttering may seem like one big problem to you.

Understanding and Controlling Stuttering: A Comprehensive New Approach Based on the Valsalva Hypothesis

by William D. Parry

Puzzled about stuttering? If so, here is a book, written in clear, every-day language, that fits together the pieces of the stuttering puzzle as never before. The key to its approach is the Valsalva Hypothesis. This exciting new theory proposes that stuttering blocks may result from a neurological confusion between the voice and the Valsalva mechanism (which normally assists us in exerting effort and forcing things out of the body). The book demonstrates how physical and psychological factors may interact to stimulate and perpetuate stuttering through a "Valsalva-Stuttering Cycle."

The book sheds new light on virtually every aspect of stuttering behavior - its causes, its paradoxes (e.g., why it's worse in some instances but not others), and its many forms of treatment. Finally, it suggests an experimental self-therapy program, called Valsalva Control, aimed at controlling the Valsalva mechanism, breaking the stuttering cycle, and freeing the stutterer's inherent fluency.

Living with Stuttering (Triumph Series)

by Kenneth O. St. Louis

This book is for and about people who stutter as well as those who seek to understand and help them. It puts a human face on a problem that has afflicted untold millions of people through the ages. The stories of twenty-five diverse individuals tell the reader that stuttering is not a simple problem of nervousness, as many believe it to be.

The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide

by Peter R Ramig and Darrell Dodge

The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide responds to the continuing demand from speech-language pathologists for specific, hands-on activities that can be used in the evaluation and treatment of fluency disorders (stuttering and cluttering) in children. The guide provides specific decision-making information to help clinicians choose the goals to address, and provides ideas on activities and strategies that can be used to meet these goals. An applied book about therapy, it is full of practical therapeutic ideas, substantiated by solid research information and explanations.

The Lidcombe Program of Early Stuttering Intervention: A Clinician's Guide

by Mark Onslow

The Treatment of Stuttering in the Young School Aged Child

by Roberta Lees

The contributors, as well as describing their treatment approaches, have considered the theoretical models on which their approaches are based and ways of measuring outcomes, an important topic in an age of evidence based practice. In order to gain a more comprehensive view of the school aged child, one chapter considers epidemiology of stuttering, whilst two chapters address the issue of concomitant problems such as other language problems and ADHD.

Stuttering: An Integrated Approach to Its Nature and Treatment

by Barry Guitar

A Handbook on Stuttering

by Oliver Bloodstein and Nan Bernstein Ratner

Rarely does a textbook transcend the ordinary to be universally considered a aclassica. The esteemed A Handbook on Stuttering, now in its 6th edition, continues to be the only existing work that offers a comprehensive review of evidence-based knowledge about the etiology, nature, and treatment of stuttering. Since the last edition was published there have been numerous important advances in research on stuttering, particularly with regard to brain research and language development. This edition captures these new developments, without losing the historical information that makes it so unique.

Stuttering: Its Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment

by Edward G. Conture

This highly readable, clinically oriented book combines theory and therapy and examines all facets of stuttering, from possible etiologies through assessment to treatment. While considerable uncertainty still exists regarding the precise cause(s) of stuttering, Conture provides the reader with an even-handed coverage of fundamental knowledge, methodology, and procedures for effectively dealing with stuttering in children, teenagers, and adults. The book goes beyond a "how to" manual. Rather, Conture's clinical handbook provides both students and clinicians a source for principle-based procedures and strategies for the management of stuttering. Focusing on people who stutter as people first and people who stutter second, the material covers assessment and management of stuttering within the realities of everyday living, concomitant speech and language problems and clinical practice. For those in the fields of communication science and disorders and speech pathology.

Stammering, Its Cause and Cure

by Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue

Written by a chronic stammerer for almost 20 years; originator of the Bogue Unit Method of Restoring Perfect Speech; Founder of the Bogue Institute for Stammerers and Editor of the Emancipator, a magazine devoted to the interests of perfect speech. Contents: Part I. My Life as a Stammerer; Part II. Stammering and Stuttering: The Causes, Peculiarities, Tendencies and Effects; Part III. The Cure of Stammering and Stuttering; and Part IV. Setting the Tongue Free.

The Dysfluency Resource Book

by Jackie Turnbull and Trudy Stewart

Coping with Stammering (Overcoming Common Problems)

by Trudy Stewart and Jackie Turnbull

This is a self-help book for anyone, particularly adults, who has a stammer and has questions and concerns about the personal and practical aspects of coping with stammering. Trudy Stewart and Jackie Turnbull, both speech therapists of many years' standing, offer help and support for the issues that concern most people - including coping at work, handling phone calls, job interviews, making friends and being relaxed in social situations. Taking the first steps towards getting help can be the most difficult part, and this book will enable you to get the best.

Helping Children Cope With Stammering (Overcoming Common Problems)

Stammering makes life miserable for an estimated 5% of children, and worried parents often feel they are responsible. Helping Children Cope with Stammering is a practical book for parents which puts the record straight. It explains why stammering happens, and how parents can help their children overcome it. There is practical advice on the benefits of speech and language therapy and on coping with stammering at school, as well as how to deal with the emotional reactions to stammering. This supportive and jargon-free book will enable you and your child to develop a strategy for success.

Stammering: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Other Professionals (Resource Materials for Teachers)

by Lena Rustin

This book provides essential information and guidance about stammering for those working in educational settings. The highly experienced team of authors demonstrates how early intervention is essential if children who stammer are to have the best chance of recovery; the practical strategies that can help with children's oral participation in class, particulary in the light of recent innovations such as the literacy hour and national numeracy strategy; the ways in which teachers can address the educational and social implications of stammering, and reverse the risk of underachieving if these children become isolated, anxious, withdrawn or disruptive; how to influence the climate in schools so that children who stammer are better understood and can be helped to their full potential; and how to prepare pupils for exams, particularly in secondary schools where they may be taking oral examinations. Throughout the text, reference is made to new government initiatives where appropriate, and each chapter includes case studies, practical tasks and activities that can be used in the school setting.

Working with People Who Stutter: A Lifespan Approach (Paperback)

by Ellen M. Bennett

"Working with Children Who Stutter will undoubtedly become one of the classic introductory texts on stuttering. The author is clearly an expert--both in the realm of understanding the scientific bases of stuttering, but also in the art of clinical application. That fact comes through in every chapter. I see this text supplanting other standard text in the field. Students, and instructors, will appreciate the clear writing and logical organization of topics. Perhaps one of the main strengths of this book, however, is the "fair and balanced" presentation of varying treatment approaches. It is hard to pigeonhole this author in terms of treatment bias--and that is how it should be for an introductory text! She should be congratulated for creating an excellent, cogent, survey text! I'm certain it will become a highly recognized book in the area of stuttering. The availability of various books dealing with stuttering is quite high right now -- to succeed, any new book needs to rise above the rest. This book does that." -- Michael Blomgren, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, University of Utah

Stuttering and Related Disorders of Fluency

by Edward Conture, Klaas Bakker, Nan Bernstein Ratner, and Courtney Byrd

A clinical handbook that is designed to be a useful resource for a student in a speech pathology program or for the practicing clinician. The book is concise and current with information on the treatment of stuttering disorders. It presents a broad range of clinical management perspectives from experts in the field, while the volume selectively samples from the variety of clinical management procedures used with children and adults who stutter or who have fluency disorders.

Stuttering Self-Help for Adults

by Morris Val Jones

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