Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom: Volume 1 - 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

Verlag: StutterTalk Publications, 2012

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Book by Publications StutterTalk Alexander Taro Korte Joel

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Reseña del editor:

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.

Biografía del autor:

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.

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• Verlag: StutterTalk Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0615689523
• ISBN 13: 9780615689524
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310