The Dysfluency Resource Book 2nd revised edition

 Comprehensive resource book for treating adults who stammer Completely revised and updated to take account of current practice, this new edition draws together the latest information on therapy for adults along with practical examples of exercises, tasks and activities that can be used for both individual and group programmes. With new chapters and therapy ideas, this is an extremely useful resource for all speech & language therapists and students working with adults who stammer. This useful resource seeks to explain techniques for treating people who stammer and the rationale for their use. This volume forms a catalogue of treatment options from which clinicians may choose to use all of the techniques or pick out particular sections according to their clients’ special requirements. The first edition of this book proved to be a very useful tool for speech and language professionals, and this new edition has come about largely because clinicians, speech and language therapists and teachers have requested it. With the inclusion of 50 photocopiable handouts and the presentation of the chapters in the order they would use with their own group programmes, the authors set out the principles of therapy in such a way that the treatment techniques fit into a clear management approach.

1 Principles of therapy 2 Communication skills 3 Information on stammering 4 Variation: non-speech and speech 5 Identification 6 Covert identification 7 Desensitisation 8 Voluntary stammering 9 Avoidance reduction therapy 10 Relaxation 11 Breathing 12 Rate control 13 Easy onset 14 Block modification 15 Maintenance: a continuing process of change 16 Working in groups Handouts: 1 Non-verbal behaviour 2 Increasing eye contact when stammering 3 People’s bingo: eye contact exercise 4 Sentences for facial expression exercise 5 Feedback sheet 6 Gesture 7 Gesture cards 8 Activities to act out using gesture alone 9 Good posture 10 Posture exercise 11 Posture questionnaire 12 Posture: home practice 13 Observer checklist 14 Story for listening exercise 15 Checklist for listening exercise 16 Listening skills observation exercise 17 Keeping the conversation going 18 Basic information on stammering 19 Normal speech production: questionnaire 20 Normal speech production: answers to questionnaire 21 Speech production 22 Guidelines for experimenting with change 23 Experimenting with your speech 24 Describing overt stammering symptoms 25 Checklist of overt stammering behaviours 26 An example of a stammering iceberg 27 The iceberg (blank) 28 Identifying your hidden emotions about stammering 29 Exploring the hidden part of your stammer 30 Important situations 31 Avoidance checklist 32 Noticing your unhelpful thinking 33 Desensitisation 34 Voluntary stammering 35 Making a hierarchy 36 Diary sheet for avoidance reduction exercises 37 Sentence completion exercise 38 Progressive relaxation 39 Techniques for head and neck relaxation 40 Breathing exercises: a 10-point programme 41 Good breathing 42 Why should I pause? 43 Ways to change the speed of your speech 44 Practising easy onset at monosyllabic word level 45 Block modiication 46 Grid for a toolbox 47 Emma’s toolbox 48 Problem solving 49 A sample hierarchy 50 Strategies for developing positive thinking