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An Introduction to Class (6:38 min)

Teaching this course again has made me appreciate what I've learned and how much my ideas about stuttering have changed over the years. Preparing for the class has been a good opportunity for me to restructure and reorganize both my thinking and my teaching materials related to stuttering.

I mention this because putting together a course takes time, usually years until things get “tried out” and “tweaked” to see they work as intended… which is a way of begging your indulgence, should the “bugs” need to get worked out of a few things I'll be presenting.

I'm trying to incorporate some new things into the course. For example, the “Clinical Connections” –-- issues and information relative to stuttering that usually doesn't appear anywhere else; insights into working with stuttering that have come from years of experience. I hope that you will also appreciate guest tele-lectures too… several well-known and well-regarded people in the field of stuttering from around the country who will giving brief guest lectures in class via the phone.

I do appreciate your feedback and constructive criticism in working to improve the course, whether it comes in the TEQ or just via other forms of communication.

I'm looking forward to a good semester!

The textbook for this class is:
Stuttering: An Integrated Approach to Its Nature and Treatment
(3rd Edition)
by Barry Guitar, Ph.D.

Published by
Lippicott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 0-7817-3920-9

This textbook was selected for several reasons. Most importantly, the information it contains is current and relevant to the topic. Second, the author is a remarkable clinician and the text is very "treatment oriented". Finally, the book is very readable and has a warm style that I think you will find both easy to read and engaging. Each of these factors is coincident with my perspectives on teaching this class.

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