The Dysfluency Resource Book

The Dysfluency Resource Book is a comprehensive resource for treating adults who stammer. Completely revised and updated to align with current practice, this new edition integrates the latest information on therapy for adults. It includes practical examples of exercises, tasks, and activities that can be utilised in both individual and group programmes.

With new chapters and therapy ideas, this is an extremely useful resource for all speech & language therapists and students working with adults who stammer. This valuable guide explains techniques for treating people who stammer and provides the rationale for their use.

This volume serves as a catalogue of treatment options from which clinicians can choose to use all techniques or select particular sections according to their clients' specific needs. The first edition of The Dysfluency Resource Book was a vital tool for speech and language professionals, and this updated edition was created in response to requests from clinicians, speech and language therapists, and teachers.

The inclusion of 50 photocopiable handouts and the sequential presentation of chapters—organised as therapists might use them in their own group programmes—ensures that the principles of therapy are presented clearly, allowing treatment techniques to fit into a structured management approach.

Trudy Stewart is a specialist in dysfluency and has been a service manager since 1986. She studied in America and obtained her PhD in 1991. Jackie Turnbull retired from SLT in July 2009 after 40 years in the profession, over 35 of which were spent as a specialist in dysfluency, working with both children and adults. She served for many years as a staff counsellor in a large hospital.

The collaboration between Stewart and Turnbull has inspired further study into stammering. Together they have developed a highly creative clinical practice that has achieved national recognition.