Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom - Softcover

Publications, StutterTalk; Alexander, Taro; Korte, Joel; Schneider, Phil; Tetnowski, John; Mitchell, David; Manning, Walter H.; Quesal, Robert W.; Yaruss, J. Scott; Reitzes, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615689523 ISBN 13: 9780615689524

Publisher: StutterTalk Publications, 2012

Synopsis

This book reflects a wide range of experiences and knowledge found in the stuttering community and includes 25 chapters written by people who stutter and leading professionals. In the first section of the book (16 chapters), people who stutter share their inspiring stuttering stories. Topics include growing up stuttering, chasing fluency, facing fears, covert stuttering, voluntary stuttering and other speech tools, avoiding stuttering, making productive changes, advertising stuttering (telling others that you stutter), meeting others who stutter, passing as fluent, the importance of being a good listener, substance abuse and stuttering, LGBT issues in the stuttering community, using acting to help cope with stuttering, a letter to "fluency," learning from children who stutter, stuttering paradoxes and much more. The second section of the book (9 chapters) delves into some current and exciting issues in stuttering and treatment. These chapters reflect the deep knowledge of well respected speech-language pathologists and researchers and a disabilities rights lawyer. Authors include Walter H. Manning, Phil Schneider, J. Scott Yaruss, Bob Quesal, John A. Tetnowski and others. Topics covered are the acceptance of stuttering, the therapeutic alliance (the relationship between client and therapist), considerations in choosing a speech-language pathologist, the body and soul of speech therapy, mindfulness in stuttering treatment, the biggest mistakes made in stuttering treatment, people who stutter becoming speech therapists, disability issues and stuttering, a conversation about “fluency” and much more.

About this title

About the Author:

StutterTalk, INC is a 501 c-3 nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people who stutter, their families, professionals, students, and the general public by talking openly about stuttering and by stuttering openly. Since 2007, StutterTalk has published more than 350 free, weekly podcasts. This is StutterTalk's first book publication. We are proud to present 25 powerful chapters.

Review:

"We all - people who stutter and therapists, will learn something useful in this book...The inspiring stories are honest, funny, full of insights and wisdom and represent a diverse view point...Each essay has something to offer on a diverse range of topics..."-Dr. Satyendra Srivastava for The Indian Stammering Association. 

 "...a uniquely diverse collection of quality perspectives..." -Uri Schneider, Schneider Speech Pathology

"Students will find the chapters enlightening. Readers will gain insight into the world of people who stutter. Fluency Course Instructors could include many of these chapters in the course curriculum." -Melissa C. Bruce, University of Houston Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The Journal of Fluency Disorders, in press

"This book is highly recommended as a valuable and very affordable resource for people who stutter and their families who may be seeking to learn more about advanced stuttering, the importance of acceptance, and some constructive therapy goals...this text should be required reading for any clinician who wants to work with children and adults who stutter. The authors do an excellent job of giving the reader a deeper understanding of the stuttering disorder..." -Jim Tsiamtsiouris, Dept. of Communication Disorders, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, Journal of Fluency Disorders, in press

About this edition

• Publisher: StutterTalk Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0615689523
• ISBN 13: 9780615689524
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 310