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The following section is designed to provide materials,
readings, and approaches to assessment and therapy for speech-language
pathologists who work with people who stutter. It is not to be considered a
"recipe book" to stuttering therapy, but contains resources which may
be adaptable to specific clients. It is more extensive than other therapy
sections because I have been building this information personally for more than
ten years. Previously it was part of the
Stuttering Home Page
(www.stutteringhomepage.com), but it was too difficult to continue to
maintain the information in two different places so it has been integrated
here. If others have materials they would like to share, please contact
Judy Kuster
· Prevention
Materials
· Diagnostic
materials
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Intake, interview, and case history forms and
information
§ Parent-ClinicianFluency Assessment
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/parentsknowbest.html) by Janice Westbrook
is designed to be used in three meetings with parents of children who stutter.
§ StressorInventory Handout PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western
Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/stressorinventory.pdf)
§ Spanish Phrasingfor SLPS (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/spanish.html) - the 20 page
section on stuttering from a book by Dorothy Miranda Esckelson and Adulfa
Aguirre Morales, includes the yes/no questions for parents and
Information/Suggestions to the Parents and Form letters.
§ ParentInterview (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/parentinterview.html) -
suggestions from Gerald Johnson
§ TeacherChecklist for Fluency
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/checklist.html) - designed by Nina
Reardon to facilitate information sharing and consultation with the teacher of
a child who stutters.
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Suggestions to include in diagnostic format
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Sampling speech behaviors
§ DisfluencyCount Sheet PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania
(PDF) (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/countsheet.pdf)
§ Sampling Speech Behaviors
(www.fluencyfriday.org/realtimeanalysis.pdf) - includes Normative data by Hugo
Gregory, Bloom/Cooperman's counting disfluencies Real time analysis, 300
syllable analysis form, and Timed sample form from
Fluency Friday Plus - a
website by Diane Games
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Tests of attitude
§ Social PhobiaInventory by John Davidson in Larry Molt's "Stuttering and Social
Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder): Background Information and Clinical
Implications" (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad6/papers/molt6.html)
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Additional diagnostic tools
§ Rating my speech
(www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/MySpeech.pdf) a form for clinicians to use with
children who stutter.
· Materials
designed to educate children and adults about stuttering and how to recognize
fluency disorders
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Just for Kids (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html)
- section of Stuttering Home Page for children
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FAQs for Kids
(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kidfaq.html) - Frequently Asked
Questions from Kids Who Stutter answered in language they can understand.
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StutteringJeopardy by Judy Kuster (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/kuster92.html)
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You AreIn Control, (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/youareincontrol.pdf) a
game for children who stutter, their families, and friends. This activity first
appeared in STAFF, February 1992 (a newsletter from Aaron's Associates). It is
reprinted here for non-commercial use only with the permission of the editor,
Janice Westbrook. You will have to do some cutting and pasting to make the game
board.
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Stuttering:A Webquest
(http://web.archive.org/web/20010515211829/http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/wquest/maryann/stuttering.htm)
by Mary Ann Filipkowski provides thirteen questions as well as websites for
exploring the answers. The student is provided with a step-by-step process and
challenged to write a five paragraph paper on stuttering with at least 25
sentences.
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CatGot Your Tongue? ,
(http://web.archive.org/web/20030830021021/http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webchildrensa.html)
an Internet WebQuest on Children Who Stutter created by Savita Bissoondatt,
Charles W. Flannigan High School with projects to help individual or groups of
high school students learn about stuttering.
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Stuttering
(http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/stuttering.html) from KidsHealth.
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Video
§ YouTube
and Google videos
§ Stuttering:For Kids, By Kids -
(www.stutteringhelp.org/default.aspx?tabindex=486&tabid=496) a video
produced by the Stuttering Foundation of America is freely available to view
online.
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Audio
§ Podcast by Greg Snyder and Peter Reitzes
(www.StutterTalk.com)
· Educating
About The Normal
Speaking Process
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SpeechGuy, free sample from Therasimplicity (www.therasimplicity.com)
· Specific
treatment suggestions
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Clinical Nuggets
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/clinicalnuggets.html) from ASHA Division 4
newsletter - for stuttering - where clinicians share their therapy ideas for
working with adults and children who stutter
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Treatingthe School-Age Stutterer
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/components/treatschoolage.html) by Peter
Ramig, et. al. is a 40-page handout filled with suggestions focusing on twelve
components of stuttering intervention. Also available in
PDF format
(www.stutteringrecovery.com/childinterv.PDF)
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fluency therapyideas (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/fluencyrx.html) extracted from
GRNDRNDS mailing list
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Working on speaking rate
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InterruptionsChart PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/2004%20Interruptions%20Chart.htm)
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"Bucket"Analogy Handout PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western
Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/bucket.pdf)
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CommunicationWellness Handout PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western
Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/communicationwell.pdf)
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HomeCharting Exercise PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western
Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/homecharting.pdf)
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EasyTalking Practice PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western
Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/easytalking.pdf)
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ModifyingQuestions Handout PDF format from The Stuttering Center of Western
Pennsylvania (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/modifyingquestion.pdf)
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From the British Stammering Association, an
article,
Facing theAuthorities by Stuart Ford, Ron Kennedy and Carl Robison
(www.stammering.org/facing_authorities.html) about a workshop who aim was for
participants to practice "newly acquired communication skills by 'acting
out' stressful situations with the authority figures who were not actors but
volunteers from real life."
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Jock Transfer
by Dale Williams (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/williams9.html)
· Group
activities and workshops
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Ice Breakers
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Organizing YourWorkshop (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/workshop/intro.html) a practical guide
to organizing a local or regional workshop for Children Who Stutter, compiled
by Michael Sugarman.
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Jokes
(http://thinks.com/jokes/index.htm)
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The Chicken and the Alligators - or - How to
Facilitate a Support Group Meeting
(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad4/papers/hicks2.html) by Russ Hicks (2001)
provides several group meeting ideas
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SpeakingFreely (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/speakingcircles.html) by John
C. Harrison.
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NSA Chapter MeetingActivity (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/croll.html) designed by
Angus Croll from the
San Francisco
chapter.
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StutteringWord Find by Tanya Banks can be adapted for a group meeting - find the
words and discuss what they mean to you. Additional word search activities can
be developed using the word search generators listed on this page.
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Support Group Activities
collected by Judy Kuster's Undergraduate Class in Fluency Disorders and
submitted by many people from support groups
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/kuster8.html)
· Special
Challenges: Self-esteem/Working on Attitudes and Feelings
· Teasing
and Bullying
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Dealing withTeasing - (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html#teasing) an
internet site where children have shared how they have been teased, how they
feel when they are teased, and what they do when they are teased. Clinicians
have used this site in therapy to help children open up about being teased and
to brainstorm some ways they might handle being teased.
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BullyingActivity (http://www.bullying411.com/gamesFun/images/Fortune%20Teller.gif)
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Four papers from ISAD online conferences are
available with excellent information about dealing with bullying and teasing.
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Connie Dugan's book review and application to a
client of
TheMeanest Thing to Say (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/dugan.html) by
Bill Cosby.
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Connie Dugan's "Teasing Inventory"in
html
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/teasinginventory.html) or
PDF
format (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/teasinginventory.html).
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Trouble atRecess - free download from the Stuttering Foundation about being teased.
· Dealing
with feelings about stuttering
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Teasing fromkids for kids (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html#teasing) - how
I've been teased, how I feel when I'm teased, and what I can say or do when I
get teased.
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Galleryof Childrens' Art (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/gallery/albumindex.html)
about stuttering. When words aren't enough, it has been suggested that children
draw pictures to express themselves. This "gallery" contains over 50
pictures of stuttering drawn by children and teens. Other pictures are welcome.
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Making My OwnWay: Empowering Children Who Stutter - by Jackie Biagini and Judy Butler,
(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/butler.pdf) is a workbook "designed
to foster trust, self-confidence, and interpersonal communication skills with
set goals and a plan to achieve them." . Use of this manual is explained
in an article by
Butler
and Biagini,
JournalWriting for Children Who Stutter
(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/butler.html)
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Stutteringis Okay by Luc Tielens and Timothy (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/tielens9.html)
· Children
And Teens Who Stutter Connect With Others Who Stutter .
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The Stuttering Home Page provides opportunities
for children to become "key pals" with others who stutter. Names of
children are added to the keypals page with parental permission. Key Pals/Pen
Pals for
children
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html#key).
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There are at least two online discussion forums
designed specifically for teens who stutter. They may or may not be very
active.
§ NSA-Teens
is a "virtual chapter" for teens in the National Stuttering
Association. It consists of both email broadcasts and text chat. It is
restricted to members of the National Stuttering Association. Contact Russ
Hicks at russhicks@mail.com for further information.
§ WORDFREE@LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU
is a small and inactive mailing list designed for people under the age of 20.
Members can read what others talk about or join in any discussion. It is
functional and has potential to serve teens who stutter. To join, email the
following message to listserv@listserv.temple.edu subscribe wordfree
yourfirstname yourlastname.
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ISAD Online Conferences may be a place for
clients to ask questions (from October 1-22). The conferences are linked to the
Stuttering Home Page.
(www.stutteringhomepage.com). The
ISAD3 Online Conference
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/isadcon3.html) and
ISAD8 Online Conference
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/isadcon8.html) focused on children who stutter. They
are freely accessible to anyone and have papers for clinicians, parents,
teachers, and even for children who stutter.
· Enhancing
self esteem
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Presentations in the Classroom
§ John
Ahlbach, a high school teacher who stutters, has written a
Stuttering PresentationGuide (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/ahlbachguide.html)
§ stuttering awareness game
(www.quia.com/cb/2807.html) - created on QUIA by Tammy Bryant-McMillin uses
facts, myths, etc. about stuttering
§ Stuttering Jeopardy
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/jeopardy.html) - a PowerPoint activity to be
used as is or adapted to help people learn about stuttering.
§ Sample
Projects by Kids Who Stutter
§ A Playabout Stuttering
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/goodstuff/valerieplay.html) by a 4th grader
named Valerie
§ Stuttering
a hypercard program by Tim, 5th grade
(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/goodstuff/tim.html)
· Supplemental
materials
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Posters
§ Danger SignsPoster (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/dangersigns1.html) - by Gerald
Johnson, for kids who stutter
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Online Books and Stories for Children
§ Our FirstTalk About Talking is a six page booklet, with pictures children can color.
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/ourfirsttalk.pdf)
§ FunnyBunny's Better Ideas,
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/funnybunny.pdf) a 4-page
"story" with many suggestions for children who stutter. This story
first appeared in STAFF, March 1992 (a newsletter from Aaron's Associates). It
is reprinted here for non-commercial use only with the permission of the
editor, Janice Westbrook. You must have Adobe's Free Acrobat Reader. You can
download it at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
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Materials for Teachers of Children Who Stutter
There is a wealth of materials
to help teachers understand stuttering and the special needs of students in
their classroom who stutter. The materials listed are of varying lengths, and
can be matched to the interest and information needs of the teacher.
§ Brenda
Zenorini has developed a lesson plan to explain stuttering disorders with
suggestions for teachers and parents
(web.archive.org/web/20041028101150/http://udel.edu/~16641/stutteringlink.htm)
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Materials for Parents
All of the suggestions below
contain excellent information for parents of children who stutter. The
clinician is encouraged to study what is available and match it to the needs of
the family.
§ Stuttering
Foundation of America
Downloadable brochure(http://www.stutteringhelp.org/download/iytycis.pdf)
§ Translationsof Two Stuttering Foundation Brochures - information for people from other
cultures (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/translation10/translation10.html) 6
Tips For Speaking With Someone Who Stutters - in English, Dutch, French,
Russian, German, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Icelandic, Japanese, Albanian, Danish,
Hebrew, Czech, Portuguese, Napalese, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Korean 7 Ways to
Help the Child Who Stutters - in English, Dutch, French, Russian, German,
Bulgarian, Norwegian, Icelandic, Japanese, Albanian, Danish, Hebrew, Czech,
Portuguese, Nepalese, Chinese, Hindi, Korean
§ Stuttering
and Your Child: Help for Parents (SFA video) -
English
(www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=492) -
Spanish
(www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=536)
§ ChildManagement For Parents PDF format from Judith Eckhardt
(www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/childmanagementforparents.pdf)
§ The
Top10" List For Teens PDF format from Judith Eckhardt
(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/nsateens.pdf)
