This site is designed as a resource for clinicians interested in stuttering therapy for adults and adolescents. My overall approach to therapy directs clients through three primary components of stuttering intervention: (1) becoming better able to manage existing stuttering behaviors [stuttering modification], (2) learning new, fluency-embedded speaking behaviors [fluency shaping], and (3) re-adjusting feelings, attitudes, and emotions that have developed in response to stuttering. The first two components address the overt aspects of stuttering, and the third, the covert aspects. While speaking fluently is a goal of almost all people who stutter, it is but one facet of the total problem.

Stuttering is loaded with complexities and each person experiences it uniquely. Consequently, therapy cannot be a "one size fits all" proposition. Effective clinician's must evaluate each client's experience with their stuttering and adapt the treatment principles to the needs of the individual.

This site has been structured into components (see the navigation bar above) which are described briefly below:

	Provides the fundamental premises upon which this approach to stuttering therapy is structured
	Offers information on the overt and covert features of stuttering
	Presents some fundamental competencies for stuttering therapy and basic clinical skills for clinicians
	Offers direction in implementing the components of stuttering therapy
	Discusses ways of helping clients resolve problems related to their stuttering
	Provides information on a broad spectrum of feelings and emotions that frequently accompany stuttering
	Offers an overview of the components of assessing a stuttering problem
	Provides linked web resources for additional information to support therapy including stuttering organizations, resources for therapy materials, and insights into people who stutter.
	Activities for individual and group therapy sessions.

Your feedback and suggestions to improve this site are helpful in making it more functional.

Download slides and handouts from the
New Hampshire Speech-Language-Hearing Convention Workshop
October 3, 2008

Treatment Strategies for the Emotional Aspects of Stuttering - Handout
Treatment Strategies for the Emotional Aspects of Stuttering - Slides

Download slides and handouts from the
New Rochelle School District
Westchester County Speech-Hearing-Language Association Workshop
October 24, 2008

Stuttering Therapy: What They Don't Teach You in Grad School - Handout
Part 1: Treatment Model and Philosophy - Slides
Part 2: Speech Therapy for Stuttering - Slides
Part 3: Affective Therapy for Stuttering - Slides
Part 4: Activities for Stuttering Therapy - Slides

Download slides from the
Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Workshop
February 14 & 15, 2009

Effective Activities for Stuttering Therapy
Clinical Skills that Make Stuttering Therapy More Successful

© Rentschler, 2009