Straight talk on stuttering information, encouragement, and counsel for stutterers, caregivers, and speech-language clinicians / [electronic resource] :
by Lloyd M. Hulit.
- 2nd ed.
- Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, c2004.
- 1 online resource (x, 328 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317) and index.
Stuttering : up close and personal -- In search of a definition -- The behaviors of stuttering -- What causes stuttering? -- Stutterers are ordinary people too -- The development of stuttering -- Can stuttering be prevented? -- Helping the stuttering child -- Treating the adult stutterer : a brief history -- Self-help for the adult stutterer -- Stuttering in the future -- Living with stuttering -- Charles van Riper therapy : in introduction -- Motivating the adult stutterer -- Identification -- Desensitization -- Modification -- Stabilization -- Therapy for children who stutter : an introduction -- Therapy for the young beginning stutterer -- Therapy for the young advanced stutterer -- Interviewing and counseling -- Evaluating people who stutter.