Stuttering Recovery: Personal and Empirical Perspectives

227 Pages·2006·1.21 MB·English

by  Dale F. Williams

STUTTERING RECOVERY
Personal and Empirical
Perspectives
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STUTTERING RECOVERY
Personal and Empirical
Perspectives
Dale F. Williams, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
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2006 Mahwah, New Jersey London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Williams, Dale F.
Stuttering recovery : personal and empirical perspectives /
Dale F. Williams.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8058-5734-6 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 0-8058-4771-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Stuttering. 2. Stuttering—Treatment. I. Title.
RC424.W495 2005
616.85’5406—dc22 2005051041
CIP
ISBN 1-4106-1724-6 Master e-book ISBN
To my wife Misty,
for maintaining such patience during
(and with) the writing process.
It couldn’t have been that easy.
To my children Brennan, Blaine, Cayley, and Caysey:
If my life’s work elicits in you only indifference,
hey, there’s a lot that’s OK with that.
To Dale L., Christel, Sue, Pete, and Andy,
because a funny family never hurts.
And, finally, to the terrific storytellers in the stuttering
support group that meets at Florida Atlantic University
and to anyone else who is wrestling with this
mysterious disorder, whether or not you choose to seek help.
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The journey is the reward.
Chinese Proverb
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Contents
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Acknowledgments xi
Prologue: Start Here xiii
1 What Is Stuttering? What Is Recovery? 1
2 Eighth-Grade English Class 11
3 How to Read Research (and Non-Research) 16
4 An Empirical Investigation: Analyzing the
Effectiveness of a Self-Help Application Method
for Treating Stuttering 32
5 Recovery and Therapy 36
6 The Depo 52
7 Support Groups 61
8 The Meeting 68
9 The Stereotyping of People Who Stutter 75
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