The Science And Practice Of Stuttering Treatment -A Symposium

Edited by the President of the Croatian Association for People Who Stutter and the Director of the Australian Stuttering Research Centre, this book brings together professionals from Europe, North America, and Australia to describe different theories of stuttering treatment and offer evidence for their effectiveness in practice. Each chapter of the book describes the theory behind one type of treatment. It outlines the treatment program, documents scientific evidence for the treatment's effectiveness, offers information on its advantages and disadvantages, and gives information about how the author believes the treatment may be developed in the future. The final chapter, Innovations, Watersheds, and Gold Standards by editor Mark Onslow (University of Sydney, AU), gives a critical review of the evidence presented. He reports the field still has no conclusive evidence for which treatment, if any, is the "right one," but treatments that work better have some features in common. The book is well-organized and clear, and will allow both stutterers and professionals in the field to quickly understand and evaluate a wide variety of treatment options for stuttering in both children and adults. Treatments considered include: Camperdown, Altered Auditory Feedback, Lidcombe, Student-delivered Intensive Speech Restructuring, the Successful Stuttering Management Program, the Comprehensive Stuttering Program, Telehealth Treatments, an art-mediated program, Self-modeling, multifactoral treatment for preschoolers, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Westmead, and approaches focused on holistic treatment and gradual increase in length and complexity of utterances. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the editors

Suzana Jelcic Jaksic is a Speech pathologist at the Children's Hospital Zagreb, Croatia. She is President of the Croatian Association for People Who Stutter "Hinko Freund" and Director of Logopedski Centar, Zagreb.

Mark Onslow is Professor and Founding Director of the Australian Stuttering Research Centre at The University of Sydney. He is a clinical researcher and leads a team that develops treatments for adults and children who stutter.