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School Age Stuttering Therapy: A practical guide
Reeves, N.A. & Yaruss, J.S., (in process).
Formerly known as The Source for Stuttering: Ages 7-18. Moline , IL: Linguisystems, Inc
Effective treatment for school age children who stutter must focus on the entire stuttering disorder - not just the observable speech behaviors. This resource highlights clinical skills and strategies that foster long-term success in all areas of a student's life.
Read what Nina's customers have to say:
The best material I have ever used—and I use it for all of my elementary fluency students with good success- is the Scott Yaruss and Nina Reardon's [Reeves] The Source for Stuttering. [NOW: School Age Stuttering Therapy: A practical guide] It's based on the latest research on fluency and treatment and is simply outstanding. It's great because the scope is the whole disorder (the impairment, the child's reactions and environmental reaction), not just speech difficulties themselves. I've had students go from speech avoidance and severe stuttering to a sense of empowerment (as they understood what was happening when they stutter) and talking freely in class—with stuttering of course—in a month. Of course, they are still working on their fluency enhancing and stuttering modification techniques, but the “own” a lot of their therapy and are emotionally so much better off in a relatively short time. It's been encouraging to watch! - Jennifer V.; Wisconsin
Yaruss, J.S., Murphy, W.P., Quesal, R., & Reardon, N.A. (2004). Bullying and Teasing: Helping Children who Stutter. New York, NY: National Stuttering Association
This book has several sections, each written for specific people who are important in the life of a child who stutters. There is a section for parents, a section for teachers, a section for SLPs, a section for administrators, and, finally, a section for children.
Chmela, K., & Reardon, N. (2001). The School-Age Child Who Stutters: Working Effectively with Attitudes and Emotions. Memphis, TN: Stuttering Foundation of America
This exciting workbook offers you a powerful tool for stuttering diagnostics and therapy, focusing exclusively on assessing and treating feelings and beliefs in school-age children. It contains practical, concrete ideas for documenting present levels of feelings and beliefs, their contribution to the overall problem, and strategies to achieve change and document therapy outcomes.
Reardon-Reeves, Nina. (2008) More Friends for Jackson. Anaheim, CA: National Stuttering Association
This new 16 page booklet is about a young boy named Jackson who attends a meeting for kids who stutter. As the story progresses we learn about Jackson's initial apprehension over attending the meeting, his experience during the course of the event, and the resulting friendships made by those in attendance.
Reardon, N.A. (2002) Angel Loves to Talk. Anaheim, CA: National Stuttering Association
This little nine page coloring book is perfect for children who stutter. Angel Loves to Talk is a story brought to life in hopes of carrying the message that all types of talking are OK, and that no matter what, your child's love of communication is most important.
Reardon-Reeves, N.A. (2008) Rucus Talks and Talks. Anaheim, CA: National Stuttering Association
Similar to Angel Loves to Talk, this coloring book tells the story of a young boy with bumpy speech and can be used to highlight the message of acceptance for whatever types of speaking experiences a young child is having at any given moment in time.