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Nature and Treatment of Stuttering, The: New Directions, 2/E
Richard F. Curlee, University of Arizona
Gerald M. Siegel, University of Minnesota

ISBN-10: 020516336X
ISBN-13: 9780205163366

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 1997
Format: Cloth; 452 pp
Published: 07/31/1996

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This long awaited revision was written based on the belief that clinical professionals should have specialized knowledge about a disorder, the people it affects, and how it can be managed effectively, and that such knowledge should be based on empirical scientific studies. The best and most authoritative sources for such information are the individuals who have been involved in its acquisition. Thus, this book's authors include researchers who gathered much of the data that are discussed, theorists who attempt to explain such data, and clinicians who developed and tested many of the assessment and management procedures currently employed with children and adults who stutter.

This contributed text covers the epidemiology, characteristics, etiological accounts and treatment of stuttering. It provides thorough, scholarly reviews of what is known about stuttering and its clinical management. It is informative, comprehensive, current, and authoritative in its coverage. It is intended to be both a reference for professionals and a text for students in graduate research and clinical training programs.

  • Each of the authors of The Nature and Treatment of Stuttering, Second Edition was selected for their expertise, and together, they comprise a preeminent collection of recognized experts in the field of stuttering.
  • The book's organization into five sections, each of which has a common focus, provides logical divisions for their use in classes on stuttering and for examining students' understanding of an area of information. Editors Curlee and Siegel have written introductory commentaries to each section that provide a frame of reference for the chapters included in that section.
  • Each chapter includes introductory and summary sections to assist understanding of important issues. Lists of suggested readings are provided for readers who wish more information on a topic. Additionally, numerous vignettes and case studies are presented throughout clinically oriented chapters to illustrate discussions in a practical, easily understood manner.

  • While the book's emphasis on empirically supported information remains the same as the First Edition's, almost all of the material in this book is new.
  • The book's initial section, devoted to new understandings of childhood stuttering, was prompted by an ongoing longitudinal study of children soon after stuttering onset and gives readers a new perspective on this critical area of information.
  • The two treatment sections now include chapters on cluttering (Ch. 16), on instrumental assessment and management (Ch. 19), on measuring speech naturalness (Ch. 20), and on stutterers' self-measurement (Ch. 21), none of which were covered in the first edition of the book.



Contributors.


Preface.

I.  CHILDHOOD STUTTERING.

 1. Epidemiology and Genetics of Stuttering, Susan Felsenfeld.

 2. Home Environments and Parent-Child Interaction in Childhood Stuttering, Ehud Yairi.

 3. Disfluency Characteristics of Childhood Stuttering, Ehud Yairi

 4. Learning and Its Role in Stuttering Development, C. Woodruff Starkweather.

II.  STUTTERER-NONSTUTTERER DIFFERENCES.

 5. Stuttering: A Psycholinguistic Perspective, Nan Bernstein Ratner.

 6. Respiratory and Laryngeal Control in Stuttering, Margaret Denny & Anne Smith.

 7. Brain Imaging Contributions, Ben C. Watson & Francis J. Freeman.

III.  ETIOLOGICAL VIEWS OF STUTTERING.

 8. Stuttering as an Anticipatory Struggle Reaction, Oliver Bloodstein.

 9. Stuttering as a Covert Repair Phenomenon, Herman Kolk & Albert Postma.

10. Stuttering: A Dynamic, Multifactorial Model, Anne Smith & Ellen Kelly.

11. Stuttering: Why Science Hasn't Solved It, William H. Perkins.

IV.  CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN.

12. Evaluating Childhood Stuttering, Edward G. Conture.

13. Therapy for Younger Children, C. Woodruff Starkweather.

14. Therapy for Children's Stuttering and Emotions, Barry Guitar.

15. Clinical Management of Children: Direct Management Strategies, Peter R. Ramig & Ellen M. Bennett.

16. Managing of Cluttering and Related Fluency Disorders, Kenneth O. St. Louis & Florence L. Meyers.

V.  CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF ADULTS.

17. Modifying Stuttering — The Stutterer's Reactive Behavior: Perspectives on Past, Present, and Future, David Prins.

18. Designing and Implementing a Strategy to Control Stuttered Speech in Adults, Mark Onslow & Ann Packman.

19. Instrumentation for the Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering, Klaus Bakker.

20. Stuttering and the Measurement of Speech Naturalness, Nicholas Schiavetti & Dale Metz.

21. Self-Measurement and Evaluating Stuttering Treatment Efficacy, Roger J. Ingham and Anne K. Cordes.

Afterword.

Index.

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