The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment & Activity Resource Guide

Peter Ramig is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he teaches and specializes in stuttering issues in children, teens, and adults. He is also a member, fellow, and board-recognized fluency specialist of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The majority of Dr. Ramig's professional writings and publications pertain to treatment and efficacy issues related to intervention with persons who stutter. As a working therapist and recognized authority on stuttering, he annually presents many workshops and seminars focused on specific treatment strategies for working with children, teens, and adults who stutter. Darrell Dodge is a certified speech-language pathologist with a private practice in the Denver Metro area. He is an associate of Peter R. Ramig, Ph.D. and Associates at the Greenwood Speech Language Center, a specialty clinic focusing on the evaluation and treatment of children, teens, and adults who stutter. Mr. Dodge received his MA degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Colorado-Boulder and returned later as a lecturer teaching the graduate stuttering course. Voted National Stuttering Association Member of the Year in 1998, he has facilitated numerous adult stuttering support groups and has served as web developer for a website that explores the many aspects of stuttering and includes the essay, The Veils of Stuttering"."

Preface.
Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Testimonials.
Foreword.
About the Authors.
Part I.
1. Helping Parents Learn about Stuttering in Children: Information for Clinicians, Students, and Parents.
2. Strategies for Counseling Parents of Children Who Stutter.
3. Strategies for Assessment of Fluency Disorders.
4. Explaining the Progress of Treatment and Recovery to Children and Parents.
5. Strategies for Developing Individualized Education Programs.
6. Working with Teachers.
7. Basic Stuttering Therapy Skills: Therapy Principles, Activities, and Evidence-Based
8. Direct and Indirect Therapy for Preschool Children.
9. Strategies for Teaching Normal Speech Production and Fluency-Enhancing
10. Strategies for Desensitization and Teaching the Causes of Stuttered Speech
11. Strategies for Modifying Stuttered Speech
12. Transfer and Maintenance.
13. Strategies for Cluttering Evaluation and Therapy.
14. Stuttering and the Brain: Contemporary Neuroimaging Research.
15:The In-The-Ear SpeechEasy Device and the Influence of Altered Auditory Feedback.
Part II.
Goal 1: Parent and Caregiver Involvement.
Goal 2: Teacher and Peer Education.
Goal 3: Success in Working with Young Children.
Goal 4: Determining What Is Interfering with Normal Speech Production.
Goal 5: Establishing Fluency Through Increasingly Longer and More Complex Stimuli.
Goal 6: Facilitating Adequate Breath Support.
Goal 7: Controlling Speaking Rate.
Goal 8: Establishing Light Articulatory Contacts and Movements.
Goal 9: Facilitation of Oral Motor Planning and Coordination.
Goal 10: Desensitization Intervention.
Goal 11: Reduction of Avoidance Behaviors.
Goal 12: Modification of the Stuttering Moment.
Goal 13: Facilitation of Development of Self-Awareness and Self-Monitoring Skills
Goal 14: Facilitation of a Positive Attitude toward Communication and Improved Self-Confidence in Communicative Competence
Goal 15. Transfer and Maintenance of Fluency into Everyday Speaking Situation.
Goal 16:Cluttering Therapy
Handout A: Children's Speech, Language, and Hearing History (English).
Handout B: Recommended Parent Interview Questions (English).
Handout C: ASHA Oral Mechanism Examination for Children and Adults (English).
Handout D: Fluency Evaluation Results (English).
Handout E: To the Parents of the Nonfluent Child (English).
Handout F: To the Teacher of the Nonfluent Child (English).
Handout G: Follow-Up and Fluency Maintenance(English).
Handout H: Fluency Information from the Teacher.
HANDOUT I: Stuttering Severity Rating
Handout J: Available Resources.
Handout A: (Spanish) Historial M�dico del Habla, Lenguaje y Audici�n.
Handout B: (Spanish) Preguntas Recomendadas para Entrevistas con los Padres.
Handout C: (Spanish) Examen de ASHA del Mecanismo Oral para Ni�os y Adultos.
Handout D: (Spanish) Resultados de la Evaluaci�n de la Fluidez.
Handout E: (Spanish) A los Padres del Ni�o con Desfluidez.
Handout F: (Spanish) Al Maestro del Ni�o con Desfluidez.
Handout G: (Spanish) Resultados y Mantenimiento de la Fluidez.
APPENDIX.
An Example of a Comprehensive Instruction Package for School-Age Stuttering: Reproducible Worksheets for Clinicians, Clients, and Family.
References.
Index.