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Understanding Stammering or Stuttering: A Guide for Parents, Teachers an

d Other Professionals
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Parents of children who stammer (also called a stutter) may see their child suffering with embarrassment, frustration or anxiety but feel at a loss as to how best to help.The book explains stammering from a child's point of view, using firsthand accounts to demonstrate the common feelings of anguish experienced, and clarifying what the child is likely to want and need in terms of support at home, school and in social situations. The book is full of helpful advice for carers about how to build a child's confidence with techniques and tips to alleviate the stammer and improve self-esteem and school performance.This accessible resource will shed light on the perplexing nature of stammers, enabling those who care for children affected to find answers and get the best possible help.
1. What is a stammer/stutter?. 2. Why do I stammer?. 3. What makes me stammer?. 4. What makes things worse?. 5. What makes things better?. 6. How parents may feel. 7. How parents can support me at home. 8. How parents can support me at school. 9. How parents can support me socially. 10. At school. 11. Getting therapy/other help.
The book is co written by a specialist speech and language therapist and by a journalist and health writer who is a parent of child who stammers... The authors sensitively reflect the views of children... The book gently and emphatically explore how it feels to stammer, what helps those who stammer, what is found to be unhelpful, explore myths and challenges assumptions. There are useful factual sections on prevalence, what causes stammering and likely prognosis, as well as written chapters which give it support and advice to parents and teachers... All in all an easily accessible, highly insightful, emotional read. I would recommend the book for any EP who might be working with a child who stammers.
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