Machine generated contents note: Section I Nature of Stuttering -- 1. Introduction to Stuttering -- Perspective -- Overview of the Disorder -- Definitions -- The Human Face of Stuttering -- Basic Facts about Stuttering and Their Implications for the Nature of Stuttering -- 2. Primary Etiological Factors in Stuttering -- What Do We Know about Constitutional Factors in Stuttering? -- Hereditary Factors -- Congenital and Early Childhood Trauma Studies -- Brain Structure and Function -- 3. Sensorimotor, Emotional, and Language Factors in Stuttering -- Sensorimotor Factors -- Language Factors -- Emotional Factors -- 4. Developmental and Environmental Factors in Stuttering -- Developmental Factors -- Environmental Factors -- 5. Learning and Unlearning -- Learning -- Unlearning -- 6. Theories about Stuttering -- Theoretical Perspectives about Constitutional Factors in Stuttering -- Theoretical Perspectives on Developmental and Environmental Factors Note continued: Integration of Perspectives on Stuttering -- 7. Typical Disfluency and the Development of Stuttering -- Overview -- Typical Disfluency -- Younger Preschool Children: Borderline Stuttering -- Older Preschool Children: Beginning Stuttering -- School-Age Children: Intermediate Stuttering -- Older Teens and Adults: Advanced Stuttering -- Section II Assessment and Treatment of _Stuttering___ -- 8. Preliminaries to Assessment -- The Client's Needs -- Insurance Considerations -- The Client's Right to Privacy -- Multicultural and Multilingual Considerations -- The Clinician's Expertise -- Assessing Stuttering Behavior -- Assessing Speech Naturalness -- Assessing Speaking and Reading Rate -- Fluency Bank -- Assessing Feelings and Attitudes -- Continuing Assessment -- 9. Assessment and Diagnosis -- Preschool Child -- School-Age Child -- Adolescent/Adult -- 10. Preliminaries to Treatment -- Clinician's Attributes -- Clinician's Beliefs -- Treatment Goals Note continued: Therapy Procedures -- 11. Treatment of Younger Preschool Children: Borderline Stuttering -- An Integrated Approach -- Other Clinicians -- 12. Treatment of Older Preschool Children: Beginning Stuttering -- An Integrated Approach -- Another Clinician's Approach: Sheryl Gottwald -- Treatment of Concomitant Speech and Language Problems -- 13. Treatment of School-Age Children: Intermediate Stuttering -- An Integrated Approach -- Approaches of Other Clinicians -- 14. Treatment of Adolescents and Adults: Advanced Stuttering -- An Integrated Approach -- Other Approaches -- 15. Related Disorders of Fluency -- Neurogenic Acquired Stuttering -- Psychogenic Acquired Stuttering -- Malingering -- Cluttering.
Summary:
"This updated edition of the most comprehensive, pedagogically sound textbook in the field provides an overview of stuttering's etiology and development, details the latest approaches to accurate assessment and treatment, and provides new case studies and online videos that illustrate different levels and ways of treating stuttering. Exploring a variety of practice settings, the book covers evidence-based practice, counseling, IEPs, and assistive devices and has been thoroughly updated to address all current methodologies"--Provided by publisher.
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