Stuttering Perspectives - A Journey Through Research, Treatment, Controversies, Personal

Stuttering Perspectives is a highly engaging book that interweaves discussion and research about stuttering with personal accounts.
Written in a reader-friendly and informal style, the book considers stuttering from a variety of angles, providing the reader with a nuanced and holistic view. In this way, topics such as therapy, support groups, listener reactions, and many others are not only explained within the context of current research, but also illustrated with lively examples demonstrating the stuttering experience. Fully updated in its second edition, the book includes new stories, additional discussion questions, and inclusion of contemporary stuttering issues not contained in the original version.
This book is highly relevant reading for speech and language professionals, as well as students of communication sciences and disorders. It will also be of great interest to people who stutter and anyone with an interest in fluency disorders.

List of contents

 

1. The Start



2. What is Stuttering?



3. Eighth Grade English Class



4. How to read research (and non-research)



5. The First Research Article Everyone Reads



6. Therapy



7. The Pianist



8. Support Groups



9. The Meeting



10. The Stereotyping of People Who Stutter



11. Dialogue



12. Listeners



13. Stories of Listeners



14. Friends, Family, and Significant Others



15. Losing a Life



16. Self-Improvement is Worth the Risk



17. The Match of a Lifetime



18. Odds 'n' Ends



19. The Bottom Line



20. Other Resources

References

About the author

Dale F. Williams, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Florida Atlantic University, USA. A board-certified specialist in fluency and person who stutters, Dr. Williams is a past president of the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders. In addition, he has coordinated the Boca Raton chapter of the National Stuttering Association since 1996. His publications include four textbooks, a stuttering workbook, and a children’s story about stuttering, in addition to numerous research articles.

Summary

Stuttering Perspectives is a highly engaging book that interweaves discussion and research about stuttering with personal accounts.

Product details

• Authors: Dale F. Williams, Dale F. (Florida Atlantic University) Williams, Williams Dale F.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032021287
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3202128-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, EDUCATION / Special Education / Communicative Disorders, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Speech and language disorders and therapy, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Speech & language disorders & therapy