Current Issues in Stuttering Research and Practice

Nan Bernstein Ratner, John A. Tetnowski

• Contents: N.B. Ratner, J.A. Tetnowski, Stuttering Treatment in the New Millennium: Changes in the Traditional Parameters of Clinical Focus. E.G. Conture, T.A. Walden, H.S. Arnold, C.G. Graham, K.N. Hartfield, J. Karrass, Communication-Emotional Model of Stuttering. A.A. Pietranton, An Evidence-Based Practice Primer: Implications and Challenges for the Treatment of Fluency Disorders. K.O. St. Louis, Measurement Issues in Fluency Disorders. N.G. Ambrose, Early Stuttering: Parent Counseling. N.B. Ratner, B. Guitar, Treatment of Very Early Stuttering and Parent-Administered Therapy: The State of the Art. W. Manning, Therapeutic Change and the Nature of Our Evidence: Improving Our Ability to Help. C.S. Montgomery, The Treatment of Stuttering: From the Hub to the Spoke. K. Bakker, Technical Support for Stuttering Treatment. C.L. Ludlow, Neuropharmacology of Stuttering: Concepts and Current Findings. L. Reeves, The Role of Self-Help/Mutual Aid in Addressing the Needs of Individuals Who Stutter.

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