Reviews
"Reader-friendly and practical, Ramig and Dodge eliminate much of the mystery out of assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with fluency disorders. From assessment strategies to developing an appropriate IEP to working with parents and teachers to providing basic treatment strategies explained in Part 1, this book is already worth its weight in gold. But even more exciting is Part 2, where the authors supply references to the research data and share hundreds of treatment ideas from their own and other clinicians' experience, providing the rational and support from experts in the field of fluency disorders for each treatment goal."Students in practicum and beginning clinicians will be able to adapt an appropriate treatment plan for their clients, and experienced clinicians will find a wealth of new ideas and creative approaches."This book is a gem and belongs in every clinician's library."Judith Kuster, Associate ProfessorMinnesota State University, Mankato, "Authors Peter Ramig and Darrell Dodge have created an outstanding resource for therapists and parents alike, one that is thorough yet readable, detailed yet practical, and helpful without understating what a complex and encompassing disorder stuttering can be. Packed with sound advice, useful information, therapeutic activities, and other diagnostic and treatment resources, The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide should be regularly consulted by every speech-language pathologist treating children who stutter." --Dale Williams, Associate ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University., "The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide is a gold mine of therapy techniques and activities in which to teach them. The authors' clinical experiences shine through in their clear explanations of why, when, and how to employ a multitude of tools to increase fluency and make stuttering easier and more like normal speech. Anyone working with children or adolescents who stutter�using almost any treatment approach�will find Ramig and Dodge's book to be a resource brimming with ideas for evaluation, treatment planning, and report writing." �Barry Guitar, Professor University of Vermont., Reader-friendly and practical, Ramig and Dodge eliminate much of the mystery out of assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with fluency disorders. From assessment strategies to developing an appropriate IEP to working with parents and teachers to providing basic treatment strategies explained in Part 1, this book is already worth its weight in gold. But even more exciting is Part 2, where the authors supply references to the research data and share hundreds of treatment ideas from their own|9781435481176|, 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 Speech12. 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 CompetenceGoal 15. Transfer and Maintenance of Fluency into Everyday Speaking Situation.Goal 16:Cluttering TherapyHandout 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 RatingHandout J: Available Resources.Handout A: (Spanish) Historial Médico del Habla, Lenguaje y Audición.Handout B: (Spanish) Preguntas Recomendadas para Entrevistas con los Padres.Handout C: (Spanish) Examen de ASHA del Mecanismo Oral para Niños y Adultos.Handout D: (Spanish) Resultados de la Evaluación de la Fluidez.Handout E: (Spanish) A los Padres del Niño con Desfluidez.Handout F: (Spanish) Al Maestro del Niño 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., "We have a crisis need for helping SLPs work with children and adolescents who stutter and their families and teachers. This need is especially strong in the schools."This book will be very useful for practicing SLPs or graduate courses in stuttering. It will enhance knowledge about stuttering and improve skills in diagnostics, treatment, counseling, and goal writing."The book is well organized, is rich in practical material for diagnostics, therapy, and counseling, has 'state of the art' information for goal writing, and has excellent references for additional learning." --Judith Eckardt, M.S., CCC-SLP Board Recognized Fluency Specialist., "I would recommend this book to all clinicians who work with children and adolescents who stutter. It is packed with information and practical activities that will give clinicians confidence and competence in working with this often complex disorder of communication. The authors' writing style ensures that the reader is offered clear guidance as well as choice about the range of therapy options. In addition to the direct speech modification and fluency shaping aspect, clinicians will gain skills in managing the cognitive and affective components of the problem and discover the importance of involving parents and teachers throughout the therapy process. It is an excellent book."Frances Cook, Principal Speech and Language Therapist, The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children., "We have a crisis need for helping SLPs work with children and adolescents who stutter and their families and teachers. This need is especially strong in the schools."This book will be very useful for practicing SLPs or graduate courses in stuttering. It will enhance knowledge about stuttering and improve skills in diagnostics, treatment, counseling, and goal writing."The book is well organized, is rich in practical material for diagnostics, therapy, and counseling, has 'state of the art' information for go, "Authors Peter Ramig and Darrell Dodge have created an outstanding resource for therapists and parents alike, one that is thorough yet readable, detailed yet practical, and helpful without understating what a complex and encompassing disorder stuttering can be. Packed with sound advice, useful information, therapeutic activities, and other diagnostic and treatment resources, The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide should be regularly consulted by every speech-language pathologist treating children who stutter." —Dale Williams, Associate ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University., "We have a crisis need for helping SLPs work with children and adolescents who stutter and their families and teachers. This need is especially strong in the schools."This book will be very useful for practicing SLPs or graduate courses in stuttering. It will enhance knowledge about stuttering and improve skills in diagnostics, treatment, counseling, and goal writing."The book is well organized, is rich in practical material for diagnostics, therapy, and counseling, has 'state of the art' information for goal writing, and has excellent references for additional learning." ?Judith Eckardt, M.S., CCC-SLP Board Recognized Fluency Specialist., Authors Peter Ramig and Darrell Dodge have created an outstanding resource for therapists and parents alike, one that is thorough yet readable, detailed yet practical, and helpful without understating what a complex and encompassing disorder stuttering can be. Packed with sound advice, useful information, therapeutic activities, and other diagnostic and treatment resources, The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide should be regularly consulted by every speech-language pathologist treating children who stutter., 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 Speech12. 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 CompetenceGoal 15. Transfer and Maintenance of Fluency into Everyday Speaking Situation.Goal 16:Cluttering TherapyHandout 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 RatingHandout 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., "I would recommend this book to all clinicians who work with children and adolescents who stutter. It is packed with information and practical activities that will give clinicians confidence and competence in working with this often complex disorder of communication. The authors' writing style ensures that the reader is offered clear guidance as well as choice about the range of therapy options. In addition to the direct speech modification and fluency shaping aspect, clinicians will gain skills in managing, "The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide is a gold mine of therapy techniques and activities in which to teach them. The authors' clinical experiences shine through in their clear explanations of why, when, and how to employ a multitude of tools to increase fluency and make stuttering easier and more like normal speech. Anyone working with children or adolescents who stutter--using almost any treatment approach--will find Ramig and Dodge's book to be a resource brimming with ideas for evaluation, treatment planning, and report writing." --Barry Guitar, Professor University of Vermont., I would recommend this book to all clinicians who work with children and adolescents who stutter. It is packed with information and practical activities that will give clinicians confidence and competence in working with this often complex disorder of communication. The authors' writing style ensures that the reader is offered clear guidance as well as choice about the range of therapy options. In addition to the direct speech modification and fluency shaping aspect, clinicians will gain skills in managing|9781435481176|, "Reader-friendly and practical, Ramig and Dodge eliminate much of the mystery out of assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with fluency disorders. From assessment strategies to developing an appropriate IEP to working with parents and teachers to providing basic treatment strategies explained in Part 1, this book is already worth its weight in gold. But even more exciting is Part 2, where the authors supply references to the research data and share hundreds of treatment ideas from their own and other clinicians' experience, providing the rational and support from experts in the field of fluency disorders for each treatment goal."Students in practicum and beginning clinicians will be able to adapt an appropriate treatment plan for their clients, and experienced clinicians will find a wealth of new ideas and creative approaches."This book is a gem and belongs in every clinician's library."--Judith Kuster, Associate ProfessorMinnesota State University, Mankato, "Authors Peter Ramig and Darrell Dodge have created an outstanding resource for therapists and parents alike, one that is thorough yet readable, detailed yet practical, and helpful without understating what a complex and encompassing disorder stuttering can be. Packed with sound advice, useful information, therapeutic activities, and other diagnostic and treatment resources, The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide should be regularly consulted by every speech-language pathologist treating children who stutter." Dale Williams, Associate ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University., "Authors Peter Ramig and Darrell Dodge have created an outstanding resource for therapists and parents alike, one that is thorough yet readable, detailed yet practical, and helpful without understating what a complex and encompassing disorder stuttering can be. Packed with sound advice, useful information, therapeutic activities, and other diagnostic and treatment resources, The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide should be regularly consulted by every speech-language pathologist treating children who stutter.", "The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide is a gold mine of therapy techniques and activities in which to teach them. The authors' clinical experiences shine through in their clear explanations of why, when, and how to employ a multitude of tools to increase fluency and make stuttering easier and more like normal speech. Anyone working with children or adolescents who stutterusing almost any treatment approachwill find Ramig and Dodge's book to be a resource brimming with ideas for evaluation, treatment planning, and report writing." Barry Guitar, Professor University of Vermont., "The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide is a gold mine of therapy techniques and activities in which to teach them. The authors' clinical experiences shine through in their clear explanations of why, when, and how to employ a multitude of tools to increase fluency and make stuttering easier and more like normal speech. Anyone working with children or adolescents who stutter—using almost any treatment approach—will find Ramig and Dodge's book to be a resource brimming with ideas for evaluation, treatment planning, and report writing." —Barry Guitar, Professor University of Vermont., "The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide is a gold mine of therapy techniques and activities in which to teach them. The authors' clinical experiences shine through in their clear explanations of why, when, and how to employ a multitude of tools to increase fluency and make stuttering easier and more like normal speech. Anyone working with children or adolescents who stutter'using almost any treatment approach'will find Ramig and Dodge's book to be a resource brimming with ideas for evaluation, treatment planning, and report writing." ?Barry Guitar, Professor University of Vermont., "Authors Peter Ramig and Darrell Dodge have created an outstanding resource for therapists and parents alike, one that is thorough yet readable, detailed yet practical, and helpful without understating what a complex and encompassing disorder stuttering can be. Packed with sound advice, useful information, therapeutic activities, and other diagnostic and treatment resources, The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide should be regularly consulted by every speech-language pathologist treating children who stutter." ?Dale Williams, Associate ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University., I would recommend this book to all clinicians who work with children and adolescents who stutter. It is packed with information and practical activities that will give clinicians confidence and competence in working with this often complex disorder of communication. The authors' writing style ensures that the reader is offered clear guidance as well as choice about the range of therapy options. In addition to the direct speech modification and fluency shaping aspect, clinicians will gain skills in managing the cognitive and affective components of the problem and discover the importance of involving parents and teachers throughout the therapy process. It is an excellent book., The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide is a gold mine of therapy techniques and activities in which to teach them. The authors' clinical experiences shine through in their clear explanations of why, when, and how to employ a multitude of tools to increase fluency and make stuttering easier and more like normal speech. Anyone working with children or adolescents who stutter—using almost any treatment approach—will find Ramig and Dodge's book to be a resource brimming with ideas for evaluation, treatment planning, and report writing., Authors Peter Ramig and Darrell Dodge have created an outstanding resource for therapists and parents alike, one that is thorough yet readable, detailed yet practical, and helpful without understating what a complex and encompassing disorder stuttering can be. Packed with sound advice, useful information, therapeutic activities, and other diagnostic and treatment resources, The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide should be regularly consulted by every speech-language patho|9781435481176|, "We have a crisis need for helping SLPs work with children and adolescents who stutter and their families and teachers. This need is especially strong in the schools."This book will be very useful for practicing SLPs or graduate courses in stuttering. It will enhance knowledge about stuttering and improve skills in diagnostics, treatment, counseling, and goal writing."The book is well organized, is rich in practical material for diagnostics, therapy, and counseling, has 'state of the art' information for goal writing, and has excellent references for additional learning." —Judith Eckardt, M.S., CCC-SLP Board Recognized Fluency Specialist., "Reader-friendly and practical, Ramig and Dodge eliminate much of the mystery out of assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with fluency disorders. From assessment strategies to developing an appropriate IEP to working with parents and teachers to providing basic treatment strategies explained in Part 1, this book is already worth its weight in gold. But even more exciting is Part 2, where the authors supply references to the research data and share hundreds of treatment ideas from their own and other clinicians' experience, providing the rational and support from experts in the field of fluency disorders for each treatment goal."Students in practicum and beginning clinicians will be able to adapt an appropriate treatment plan for their clients, and experienced clinicians will find a wealth of new ideas and creative approaches."This book is a gem and belongs in every clinician's library."—Judith Kuster, Associate ProfessorMinnesota State University, Mankato, "We have a crisis need for helping SLPs work with children and adolescents who stutter and their families and teachers. This need is especially strong in the schools."This book will be very useful for practicing SLPs or graduate courses in stuttering. It will enhance knowledge about stuttering and improve skills in diagnostics, treatment, counseling, and goal writing."The book is well organized, is rich in practical material for diagnostics, therapy, and counseling, has 'state of the art' information for goal writing, and has excellent references for additional learning." Judith Eckardt, M.S., CCC-SLP Board Recognized Fluency Specialist., "I would recommend this book to all clinicians who work with children and adolescents who stutter. It is packed with information and practical activities that will give clinicians confidence and competence in working with this often complex disorder of communication. The authors' writing style ensures that the reader is offered clear guidance as well as choice about the range of therapy options. In addition to the direct speech modification and fluency shaping aspect, clinicians will gain skills in managing the cognitive and affective components of the problem and discover the importance of involving parents and teachers throughout the therapy process. It is an excellent book."--Frances Cook, Principal Speech and Language Therapist, The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children.
