Stammering: Advice for All Ages

Author:	Byrne, Renee Wright, Louise
Binding:	Paperback
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ISBN:	9781847090201
Publisher:	Sheldon Press
Language:	English
Page Count:	135
Publication Date:	7/2/2008
Size:	8.50" l x 5.50" w x 0.50"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
Self-Help	Communication & Social Skills
Psychology	Neuropsychology
Self-Help	Personal Growth

Stammering affects around 450,000 adults and nearly 300,000 children in the UK.

In its mild forms, stammering, or stuttering, makes communication difficult; in the severer forms it makes it impossible, affecting in social, educational and work life. This book offers simple, jargon-free advice to people who had resigned themselves to a life limited by stammering, with a wealth of practical exercises. As well as information about fluency techniques, it includes methods for dealing with the underlying anxiety that can make or break attempts to overcome stammering.

Topics covered include:

Thoughts and beliefs
questionnaires to help define feelings about stammering The mechanics of speech and stuttering
the speech mechanism and vocal cords
how speech sounds are made
psychological effects on speech
habit factors.
Different types of therapy - eg, fluency shaping techniques, modification therapies
Emotional and practical requirements for success
characteristics of those who succeed.
Other help - counselling; hypnosis; social skills training; speaking circles
Anxiety, relaxation and other self-help suggestions
Techniques for children, teenagers and adults