2015 LWW Medical and Health Professions Education Catalogue

SPEECH, LANGUAGE & HEARING

Stuttering: An Integrated Approach to Its Nature and Treatment Fourth Edition, International Edition Barry Guitar, PhD Department of Communication Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

January 2013 / Softbound / 8.375 x 10.875 376 pp. / Approx. 85 Illus. / Approx. 30 Tables 978-1-4511-8928-5

DESCRIPTION Stuttering: An Integrated Approach to Its Nature presents the most comprehensive textbook on the topic today, providing an overview of the etiology and development of stuttering and details, appropriate approaches to accurate assessment and treatment. Exploring a variety of practice settings, this core introductory book grounds all topics in a firm basis of the disorder’s origin and nature. This edition has been thoroughly updated to address all current methodologies. FEATURES f f New four-color design to engage students f f Condensed and expanded explanations of the most up- to-date research f f Case studies giving examples for real-world application f f Online videos tied into text to give students audio and visual examples f f Contains a wide overview of the theories for stuttering and the different ways to treat it

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Nature of Stuttering

Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering Chapter 8:Preliminaries to Assessment Chapter 9:Assessment Chapter 10:Preliminaries to Treatment Chapter 11:Treatment of the Young Preschool Child Chapter 12:Treatment of the Older Preschool Child Chapter 13:Treatment of the School-Age Child Chapter 14:Treatment of Adolescents and Adults Chapter 15:Other Fluency Disorders Chapter 1:Introduction to Stuttering Chapter 2:Constitutional Factors Chapter 3:Research Findings on Constitutional Factors Chapter 4:Developmental, Environmental, and Learning Factors Chapter 5:Research Findings on Developmental, Environmental, and Learning Factors Chapter 6:Theories about Stuttering Chapter 7:Normal Disfluency and the Development of Stuttering

HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Wolters Kluwer

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