1st Edition

Current Issues in Stuttering Research and Practice

Edited By Nan Bernstein Ratner, John A. Tetnowski Copyright 2006
304 Pages
by Psychology Press

304 Pages
by Psychology Press

304 Pages
by Psychology Press

This state-of-the art volume is a follow-up to the 1999 publication, Stuttering Research and Practice: Bridging the Gap , edited by Nan Ratner and E. Charles Healey. Like its predecessor, the current book is an edited collection of the presentations from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Annual Leadership Conference in Fluency and Fluency Disorders.   Among the topics... Read more
Contents: N.B. Ratner, J.A. Tetnowski, Stuttering Treatment in the New Millennium: Changes in the Traditional Parameters of Clinical Focus. E.G. Conture, T.A. Walden, H.S. Arnold, C.G. Graham, K.N. Hartfield, J. Karrass, Communication-Emotional Model of Stuttering. A.A. Pietranton, An Evidence-Based Practice Primer: Implications and Challenges for the Treatment of Fluency Disorders. K.O. St. Louis, Measurement Issues in Fluency Disorders. N.G. Ambrose, Early Stuttering: Parent Counseling. N.B. Ratner, B. Guitar, Treatment of Very Early Stuttering and Parent-Administered Therapy: The State of the Art. W. Manning, Therapeutic Change and the Nature of Our Evidence: Improving Our Ability to Help. C.S. Montgomery, The Treatment of Stuttering: From the Hub to the Spoke. K. Bakker, Technical Support for Stuttering Treatment. C.L. Ludlow, Neuropharmacology of Stuttering: Concepts and Current Findings. L. Reeves, The Role of Self-Help/Mutual Aid in Addressing the Needs of Individuals Who Stutter.

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Nan Bernstein Ratner, John A. Tetnowski

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