The Nature and Treatment of Stuttering: New Directions (2nd Edition)

This contributed book covers the epidemiology, characteristics, etiological accounts, and treatment of stuttering. It provides thorough, scholarly reviews of what is known about stuttering and its clinical management. It is comprehensive, current, and authoritative in its coverage with contributions from recognized experts in the field. The two treatment sections now include chapters on cluttering, on instrumental assessment and management, on measuring speech naturalness, and on stutterers' self-measurement. Intended to be both a reference for professionals and a text for students in graduate research and clinical training programs. cover contents preface PART ONE - CHILDHOOD STUTTERING ch1 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF STUTTERING CHAPTER 2 HOME ENVIRONMENT ANDPARENT-CHILD INTERACTION IN CHILDHOOD STUTTERING _______ CHAPTER 3 _____ _DISFLUENCY CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDHOOD STUTTERING ______ CHAPTER 4 ____ _LEARNING AND ITS ROLE IN STUTTERING DEVELOPMENT PART TWO - STUTTERER-NONSTUTTERER DIFFERENCES ch 5 STUTTERING: A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 6 _____ _RESPIRATORY AND LARYNGEAL CONTROL IN STUTTERING ch 7 BRAIN IMAGING CONTRIBUTIONS PART THREE - ETIOLOGICAL VIEWS OFSTUTTERING ch 8 - STUTTERING AS AN ANTICIPATORYSTRUGGLE REACTION ch 9 STUTTERING AS A COVERT REPAIR PHENOMENON CHAPTER 10 _____ _STUTTERING: A DYNAMIC, MULTIFACTORIAL MODEL INTRODUCTION A LOOK AT THE THEORETICAL LANDSCAPE A MULTI FACTORIAL, NONLNEAR, DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK FOR STUTTERING The Problem With Defining Stuttering Figure 10.1 Stuttering as a Nonlinear, Emergent Phenomenon Implications of Nonlinear Dynamics for Stuttering Theory Figure 10.2 Implications of a Nonlinear, Dynamic Theory for Experimentation in Stuttering New Methods of Analysis Generated from Nonlinear Dynamics. Figure 10.3 Figure 10.4 SUMMARY REFERENCES SUGGESTED READINGS CHAPTER 11_____ _HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF WHY SCIENCE HAS NOT SOLVED STUTTERING PART FOUR - CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN CHAPTER 12.~~~~~-EVALUATING CHILDHOOD STUTTERING ch 13 - THERAPY FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN ch 14 - THERAPY FOR CHILDREN'S STUTTERING AND EMOTIONS CHAPTER 15 ~~~~~-CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF' CHILDREN: DIRECT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES CHAPTER 16 ----------MANAGEMENT OF CLUTTERING AND RELATED FLUENCY DISORDERS PART FIVE - CLINICAL MANAGEMENTOF ADULTS ch 17 MODIFYING STUTTERING - THE STUTTERER'S REACTIVE BEHAVIOR: PERSPECTIVES ON PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE CHAPTER 18 - DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A STRATEGY TO CONTROL STUTTERED SPEECH IN ADULTS CHAPTER 19 - INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENTOF STUTTERING CHAPTER 20 - STUTTERING AND THE MEASUREMENT OF SPEECH NATURALNESS ch 21 - SELF-MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATING STUTTERING TREATMENT EFFICACY AFTERWORD INDEX back cover