Written for people who stutter, families dealing with the daily struggle of the loved one who stutters, and speech professionals, this book is a summary and an introduction of a breakthrough in speech science and education of an experienced speech expert Anna Deeter, a Founder, Director and a Speech Educator of the English Language Division of the Speech Education Program for the Elimination of Stuttering "ETALON", Russia. She shares her unique knowledge gained over the last two years of her intensive study and practical work under the guidance of her Mentor - a Russian scientist, researcher and the Program author Dr. Roman Alekseyevich Snezhko, who has become the first man to solve the mystery of stuttering by discovering a definitive scientific solution for speech perfection for any human being. Since 1998, over 2000 Russian and nearly 30 English speaking stutterers have graduated from the "ETALON" Program with 100% successful outcome and have been enjoying their stutter-free speech for months and years. Readers will... * Discover why the concept of stuttering as a neurological disorder confused so many scientists worldwide. * Find 100% scientifically proven information ending the mystery of stuttering and explaining speech as a learned skill.*Understand the phenomenon of stupor and its types as the nature, mechanism and the cause of stuttering. *Become familiar with and improve their speech by applying a few basic natural speech rules followed by every normally speaking individual.*Discover what it takes to develop, control, maintain, and master speaking actions naturally and enjoy them till the rest of the life. *Realize the harm of conventional medical approach (therapy, cure or management of stuttering) towards stuttering.*Educate themselves about the only possible 100% effective way to end stuttering completely and permanently through the natural process of SELF-education.*Learn about the first in the world coordinating Speech Education Program "ETALON" for the Elimination of Stuttering, its 100% success guarantees and how anyone can utilize the scientific ETALON information to enable him/herself to stop stuttering in a 3-day intensive study course taught in the individual setting of the Skype classroom by an ETALON Speech Educator.

Feel like your stutter dominates every waking second of your life? You’re not alone. An estimated 70 million adults world-wide have a stutter. Many believe their lives will be significantly limited by the way they speak, but it doesn’t have to be that way . Aged 17, Paul stopped trying to ‘fix’ his stutter, and over a long and succesful career has designed a unique, five-step road map to help him become so much more than his stutter : it can help you do the same. This is a powerful and practical book that focuses on what you love to do and guides you to create the life you really want and deserve.

This textbook presents a new paradigm for understanding the nature and treatment of stuttering based on recent discoveries in neuroscience. The authors illustrate how visible stuttering manifestations are actually a solution to a central problem, acting as a compensatory mechanism for a central involuntary block, rather than a problem in themselves. This book features methods that reduce stuttering by inhibiting this central block, through the use of sensory and motor tools, notably mirror neurons, and shows readers that stuttering is not a condition that can be effortlessly "trained out" of the system or eliminated via simple speech retraining.

Malcolm Fraser knew from personal experience what the person who stutters is up against. His introduction to stuttering corrective procedures first came at the age of fifteen under the direction of Frederick Martin, M.D., who at that time was Superintendent of Speech Correction for the New York City schools. A few years later, he worked with J. Stanley Smith, L.L.D., a stutterer and philanthropist, who, for altruistic reasons, founded the Kingsley Clubs in Philadelphia and New York that were named after the English author, Charles Kingsley, who also stuttered. The Kingsley Clubs were small groups of adult stutterers who met one night a week to try out treatment ideas then in effect. In fact, they were actually practicing group therapy as they talked about their experiences and exchanged ideas. This exchange gave each of the members a better understanding of the problem. The founder often led the discussions at both clubs. In 1928 Malcolm Fraser joined his older brother Carlyle who founded the NAPA-Genuine Parts Company that year in Atlanta, Georgia. He became an important leader in the company and was particularly outstanding in training others for leadership roles. In 1947, with a successful career under way, he founded the Stuttering Foundation of America. In subsequent years, he added generously to the endowment so that at the present time, endowment income covers over fifty percent of the operating budget. In 1984, Malcolm Fraser received the fourth annual National Council on Communicative Disorders' Distinguished Service Award. The NCCD, a council of 32 national organizations, recognized the Foundation's efforts in "adding to stutterers', parents', clinicians', and the public's awareness and ability to deal constructively with stuttering." Book jacket.

In the years prior to publication ‘cures’ for stuttering seemed to appear constantly, but many were of limited value, were poorly evaluated and gave only a temporary alleviation that was not transferred to daily life. More responsible clinicians produced publications expounding one particular approach to therapy but less was available giving a balanced overview which was of practical help to therapists. Originally published in 1983, this book aimed to provide such an overview, with a focus on practical intervention rather than on theory. The need for careful assessment is particularly stressed and also the need for flexibility in the choice of treatment for any one client. Changes in fluency are looked at in relation to the effects they might have on the person’s life as a whole and factors involved in the maintenance of this change are discussed. In addition, adjuncts to speech therapy, such as drugs, hypnosis and various forms of masking are evaluated. Issues of the training of therapists are raised and suggestions made as to the nature of the therapeutic relationship when working with people who stutter.