ASHA SC Handout

Filling Your Fluency Files Affordably (For Free!)

by Judy Maginnis Kuster
ASHA Short Course - Boston, MA
November 17, 2007

(Disclaimer: The URLs on the handout were all functioning October 18, 2007. Because of the nature of the internet, here is no guarentee they will be functioning in the future. Judy Kuster)

FINDING RELIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT STUTTERING ON THE INTERNET

On-line Collaborations

ASHA's guidelines for evaluating any treatment procedure, product (http://www.asha.org/members/evaluate) - members only
Campbell Collaboration - (http://www.campbellcollaboration.org) watch for protocol on stuttering (http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/doc-pdf/Stuttering_protocol_130407.pdf)
EBP Briefs - (http://www.speechandlanguage.com/ebp/index.asp)
ASHA's N-CEBP (http://www.asha.org/members/ebp/compendium/) members only
Clinical Guidelines, Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (2005) (http://www.rcslt.org/resources/RCSLT_Clinical_Guidelines.pdf) - pages 73-82 - Guidelines for Stammering and Cluttering based on levels of evidence.

On-line bibliographies/journals/convention papers

Efficacy in Stuttering Treatment - (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/efficacy/stutteringefficacy.html)
Callier library - (http://www.utdallas.edu/library/callier/SLPEBM.htm)
Cluttering bibliography - (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/cluttering/clutterbib.html)
Bibliography on Neurogenic Stuttering (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/related/neurobib.html)
Kuster's classes annotated bibliography (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Bibliography/Bibliography.html)
Abstracts of stuttering research from Doctor's Guide to the Internet (http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/SearchResults?openform&Query=stuttering&so=date&id=48DDE4A73E09A969852568880078C249)
ASHA Journals - (AJA (complete -1991-present), AJSLP (complete 1992-present) , SLHR (complete 1997-present), LSHSS - 1990-present) Also has archive of back journals - JSHD - 1990 (last year printed) and JSHR from 1990-1996. Great member benefit! (http://www.asha.org/members/deskref-journals/)
Journal of Fluency Disorders (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0094730X)
JSTAR - Journal of Stuttering Therapy, Advocacy and Research (http://www.journalofstuttering.com/ListofArticles.html)
ASHA Convention Papers - Abstract archives starting with 2002 ASHA convention (http://search.asha.org/?col=conv&ql=a) plus some convention handouts and some PPTs are available for recent the conventions (2007 handouts are available at http://convention.asha.org/handouts.cfm)
ERIC database - (http://www.eric.ed.gov/)
PubMed - (http://clinical.uthscsa.edu/pubmed/) (interface for MEDLINE, National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database)

On-line CEUs

SpeechPathology.com - (http://www.speechpathology.com) (free for students)
Linguisystems - (http://www.linguisystems.com/ceu_intro.php)
ISAD on-line conferences (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/isadarchive/onlineconference.html)

Using Search Engines

Google
- http://www.google.com
- http://news.google.com
- http://froogle.com/
- http://video.google.com
- http://usgov.google.com
- http://print.google.com
- http://scholar.google.com/ - a specialized search function that enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Features "cited by."
Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com
Clusty - http://www.clusty.com
Gigablast - http://www.gigablast.com

Hints for when a site disappears

Check URL very carefully
- htm vs. html
- . not / : not ; // not \\ or /
- many URLs are case sensitive
- try deleting /
- check for underscore ( _ )
- More tricks to try
  - move backwards
  - add http://www at beginning of URL
  - use search engine
- The site may be gone
  - check "cache" in google, yahoo, or gigablast
  - check Way Back Machine - http://www.archive.org
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Mailing lists
- Listservs
  - STUTT-L@LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU is a mailing list for consumers and professionals interested in stuttering. To subscribe send the following message to listserv@listserv.temple.edu, subscribe stutt-l firstname lastname
  - SID4@LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU is a closed mailing list for SID4 members. To subscribe send the following message to listserv@listserv.temple.edu, subscribe sid4 firstname lastname
- Yahoo groups - A few examples
  - http://groups.yahoo.com - for creating independent mailing lists. You can subscribe through a web-based subscription http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/nameofthelist or by sending the following message to nameofthelist@yahoogroups.com nameofthelist-subscribe@yahoogroups.com/.
    - SLPSSTUTTERING is for SLPs who are interested in stuttering
    - STUTTERINGCHAT - very active list with over 3700 members
    - CLUTTERING - on-line list about cluttering
    - PARENTS-W - for parents of children who stutter
    - COVERT-S - about covert stuttering
    - INDIANPWS
    - LIDCOMBE - closed list for those trained in Lidcombe
    - SHADYTRAILS
    - WOMENLIVINGWITHSTUTTERING
  Creating Your Own Mailing List
  Creating your own mailing/discussion list -- http://groups.yahoo.com -- Follow the directions to create your own mailing list (Start a New Group).
Newsgroups - http://groups.google.com/
- alt.support.stuttering
Threaded discussions
- This Works For Me (http://www.speakingofspeech.com/generic.html?pid=1)
- BrainTalk Communities - (http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums)
- ASHA's discussion forums - (http://www.asha.org/forums) (members only)
- ISAD conferences - linked to (http://www.stutteringhomepage.com)
Blogs
- Finding Blogs
  - http://scienceblogs.com
  - http://technorati.com
- Clinical cases and images (http://clinicalcases.blogspot.com)
- The Stuttering Blog - (http://dimka.wordpress.com/) - a teen's journaling, not very active
- Stuttering Forum - (http://www.stutteringforum.com)
- Pebbles Under My Tongue - (http://pebblesunderthetongue.blogspot.com/) journaling after Precision Fluency Shaping Program
- A Secret Stutter Exposed - (http://closetstutterer.blogspot.com/) a covert stutterer's self therapy - active
- Kids Speak - (http://kidsspeakblog.blogspot.com/) good idea, but inactive
Text/video messaging
- Instant messaging (IM) - a form of real time, text-based communication between two or more people who sign up a "friends" group to participate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging)
  - skype (http://www.skype.com)
Professionals who have special expertise and/or interest in stuttering
- Specialty Board on Fluency Disorders (http://www.stutteringspecialists.org/specialists_list.html)
- SFA Referral Lists (http://www.stuttersfa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=109)
ON-LINE DIAGNOSTIC MATERIALS
SCWP's Diagnostic Intake Form for Preschool and School-Age Children (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/childintake.pdf)
SCWP's Diagnostic Intake Form For Teens Who Stutter (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/adolescentintake.pdf)
Starbuck Fluency Clinic - Case History Information Form - Adolescent/Adult Program (http://web.archive.org/web/20000607201450/http://www.geneseo.edu/~cds/CDS_Forms/Stbk_Adult_Case_Hx.pdf)
Janice Westbrook's Parent-Clinician Fluency Assessment (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/gjohnson/parentsknowbest.html)
Rating my child's stuttering, a form for parents (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/parents.pdf)
Risk Factors Chart - (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=111)
SCWP's Stressor Inventory Handout (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/stressorinventory.pdf)
Spanish Phrasing for SLPs (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/spanish.html)
Teacher Checklist for Fluency by Nina Reardon-Reeves (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/checklist.html)
Las Cruces Public Schools Teacher's Rating Scale - Fluency evaluation (http://lcps.k12.nm.us/Departments/SPED/Spedform/static/PDF/SLPF_TeacherRatingScale_Fluency.pdf)
Checklist for Preschool Teachers (http://www.latrobe.edu.au/hcs/projects/preschoolstuttering/files/checklist.pdf)
Child Disfluency Analysis Using 20 Questions For Testing (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/childdisfluencyanalysis.pdf)
Dean Williams' Suggested Diagnostic Methods (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/deanwilliamssuggestions.pdf)
SCWP's Disfluency Count Sheet(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/countsheet.pdf)
Sampling Speech Behaviors (http://www.fluencyfriday.org/realtimeanalysis.pdf) includes Normative data by Hugo Gregory, Bloom/Cooperman's counting disfluencies Real time analysis, 300 syllable analysis form, and Timed sample form
Tests to differentiate an incipient stutterer (http://www.asha.org/members/deskref-journals/)
- Pearl A. Gordon and Harold L. Luper, "The Early Identification of Beginning Stuttering I: Protocols" Am J Speech Lang pathol, May 1992; 1:43-54 (article include Riley's PSI, Cooper's CPC, and Pinzola's protocol)
A-19 Scale (http://www.fluencyfriday.org/A19scale.pdf) and form (http://www.fluencyfriday.org/A19scale2.pdf)
Gene Brutten's Communication Attitude Test (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/test.pdf)
- CAT answers (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/answers.pdf)
- CAT scoring (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/CAT-A.pdf)
Erickson S24 Scale (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/erickson.pdf) and Erickson S24 Scale Answers (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/ericksonkey.pdf)
Situational Fears/Avoidance (http://www.fluencyfriday.org/SITUATIONAL%20FEARS.AVOIDANCE.pdf)
Situational Anxiety Hierarchy (http://www.fluencyfriday.org/Situational%20Anxiety%20Hierarchy.pdf)
Social Phobia Inventory by John Davidson (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad6/papers/molt6.html) in Larry Molt's "Stuttering and Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder): Background Information and Clinical Implications"
Assessment of the Child's Experience of Stuttering (ACES) (draft) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/acesdraft.pdf)
Perceptions of Stuttering - (http://www.stutteringevaluator.org/about.php)
Connie Dugan's Teasing Inventory (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/teasinginventory.html)
Rating my speech (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/MySpeech.pdf) a form for clinicians to use with children who stutter.
Rating of Stuttering Scale (http://www.fluencyfriday.org/StutteringScale.pdf)
Test for Facts About Stuttering-School-age Children (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/Test4Kids.pdf)
CALMS Profile (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/calms.pdf)
CALMS Assessment Rating Scale for School-Age Children Who Stutter (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/calmsrate.pdf)
David Daly's Cluttering Inventory-R (2006) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/daly10/dalycluttering2006R.pdf)
Computer Aided Assessment of Cluttering Severity by Klaas Bakker, Florence Myers, Larry Raphael, and Kenneth St. Louis (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/bakker8/bakker8.html)
On-line stopwatch (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/stopwatch)
Age calculator (http://ags.pearsonassessments.com/calc/calc.asp) from AGS may be helpful in diagnostic evaluation scoring.
The CHOPPER Fluency Meter by Joseph Donaher (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/donaher8/donaher8.html)
Measures Of Severity Of Stuttering (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/measuresofsevertiy.pdf)
Differentiating Developmental, Neurogenic, Psychogenic Stuttering and Malingering by Seery. The entire article available on-line from the ASHA journal site - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 2005 Nov; 14(4) 284-297- (http://www.asha.org/members/deskref-journals/)

ON-LINE INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND TEACHERS
Several information-rich sites
- Stuttering Home Page (http://www.stutteringhomepage.com)
- Stuttering Foundation (http://www.stutteringhelp.org)
- British Stammering Association (http://www.stammering.org)
- National Stuttering Association (http://www.westutter.org)
Educating Parents (and others) About Stuttering
- Starkweather, et. al. Stuttering Prevention: A Manual for Parents (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/starkweather.html)
- Hood's Helping Children Talk Fluently: Suggestions for Parents (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/Parentsinfo.html)
- A Guide For Parents Of Children Who Stutter (NSA information) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Parents/Parentsguide.html)
- Ramig's To the Parents of the Nonfluent Child (http://stutteringrecovery.com/parent.html)
- by Dorvan Breitenfeldt, Ph.D. (from SpeakEasy (http://www.geocities.com/se1984_99/Parents.html)
- BSA's Parents of School-Age Children (http://www.stammering.org/parents_info.html)
- BSA's The first time... How do I start a conversation with my child about stammering? (http://www.stammering.org/first_time.html)
- Stuttering and Your Child: Help for Parents (SFA video) - English (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=492) - (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=536) - Spanish)
- Translations of Two Stuttering Foundation Brochures - information for people from other cultures (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/translation10/translation10.html) 6 Tips For Speaking With Someone Who Stutters - in English, Dutch, French, Russian, German, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Icelandic, Japanese, Albanian, Danish, Hebrew, Czech, Portuguese, Napalese, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Korean 7 Ways to Help the Child Who Stutters - in English, Dutch, French, Russian, German, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Icelandic, Japanese, Albanian, Danish, Hebrew, Czech, Portuguese, Nepalese, Chinese, Hindi, Korean
Educating Teachers About Stuttering
- Ramig's To the Teacher of the Nonfluent Child (http://stutteringrecovery.com/teacher.html )
- Stuttering Information for Teachers and Parents of Preschoolers (http://www.latrobe.edu.au/hcs/projects/preschoolstuttering)
- Lesson plan for teacher/parent inservice by Brenda Zenorini (http://web.archive.org/web/20050408210226/http://udel.edu/~16641/stutteringlink.htm)
- BSA's Information for Teachers (http://www.stammering.org/teachers_info.html)
- NSA's The School-Age Child Who Stutters: Information for Educators (http://www.nsastutter.org/pdfs/newsletters/m_177.pdf)
- SFA brochure - Notes to the Teacher: The Child Who Stutters at School (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/download/0042nttt.pdf) also available in Spanish (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/download/0049enqt.pdf)
- Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teachers -SFA video and book (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=519)
TREATMENT IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES
Approaches To Therapy
- Listing of many commercial therapy programs (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/allpgms.shtml) by Charles Healey
- Posters and PowerPoint on various stuttering therapy programs Charlie Osborne's and Linda Hallen's class projects (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/journal/journal.html)
- Manual for the Lidcombe Program (http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/asrchttp://www/downloads/index.htm)
- Manual for the Camperdown Program (http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/asrchttp://www/downloads/Camperdown_Tmt_Manual.pdf) plus a movie and transcript are available (http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/asrchttp://www/downloads/index.htm)
- A Model for Manipulating Linguistic Complexity in Stuttering Therapy by E. Charles Healey, Lisa Scott Trautman and James Panico (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad4/papers/healey4.html)
- Normalization of Speech Patterns in People Who Stutter: A Treatment Process by Michael Susca (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/susca/msusca.html)
- Altered Auditory Feedback a free software program for PCs designed by Richard Arenas (http://myweb.uiowa.edu/rarenas/index.htm)
- Study Guide for Charles Van Riper's The Treatment of Stuttering by Darrell Dodge (http://members.aol.com/dmdodge/dw/vriper.htm)
Writing goals and objectives
- IEP Goal Bank (http://www.bridges4kids.org/IEP/iep.goal.bank.pdf) - 177 page
- Stuttering Treatment Goals (http://www.stutteringcenter.org/PDF/clarion%20-%20writing%20goals.pdf)
- Writing behavioral objectives by Gary Rentschler (http://www.home.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/basic_skills/behavioral_objectives.htm)
Educating Children and Adults About Their Stuttering
- Recognizing/evaluating stuttering/cluttering behaviors
  - Audio
    - Podcast by Greg Snyder and Peter Reitzes (http://www.StutterTalk.com)
    - Voices - Past and Present (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/voices/voices.html)
  - Video
    - YouTube videos
      - Stammering is no joke by Les Geddes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-epHaW8nTJQ)
      - Transcending Stuttering by Phil Schneider (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3145208862063452157&q=stuttering&hl=en)
      - Taro Alexander from Transcending Stuttering Personal Journey (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5060503130305482689&q=stuttering&hl=en)
      - Frankie Jones from Transcending Stuttering (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7213687540474522967&q=stuttering&hl=en)
    - Messages About Self-Help From Around The World - 20 3-minute videos of stuttering in 16 different languages (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/videos10/videos10.html)
    - Putting Cluttering on the World Map contains an audio example of cluttering (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/myers10.html)
    - Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teens (SFA video) (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=491)
- On-line books/materials/activities
  - Just for Kids (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html)
  - Frequently Asked Questions from Kids Who Stutter (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kidfaq.html)
  - Stuttering from KidsHealth (http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/stuttering.html)
  - Children's books/stories on-line
  - Sometimes I Just Stutter (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=209)
  - Jeremy and the Hippo (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/jeremybook/jeremy1.html)
  - Changing the words around (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/badmington7/badmington17.html)
  - Angel Loves to Talk (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.interactivedesigns.org/nsa-caz/angel.pdf)
  - Stuttering Awareness Game (http://www.quia.com/cb/2807.html)
  - Stuttering Jeopardy example (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/stutteringjeopardy.ppt)
  - Some Things Everyone Should Know About Stuttering - a PPT by Diane Games (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/ppt/ppt8.html#games)
  - Time Pressure Power Point by Diane Games (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/games10.html)
Educating About The Normal Speaking Process
- Our First Talk About Talking (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/ourfirsttalk.pdf)
- How do People Talk? (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/howtalk.shtml) by E. Charles Healey
- Teaching the Normal Speaking Process by Gary Rentschler (http://www.slp.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/therapy_skills/normal.htm)
- Phonetics: The Sounds of American English (http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/)
Therapy Activities/Ideas
Treating the School-Age Stutterer by Peter Ramig (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/components/treatschoolage.html)
A Continuum of Linguistically Simple to Complex Speech Tasks - Healey (http://www.unl.edu/fluency/pdfs/contin.pdf)
Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted for Therapy by Judy Kuster (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html)
- single syllable/word level
  - ABC dot-to-dot(http://www.kidsrcrafty.com/dot-to-dot.htm)
  - Hangman activities (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster4/part64.html)
  - Nina loves to name things (http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/nina/index.htm)
  - Rebus Rhymes (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html)
  - What doesn't belong (http://www.dotolearn.com/games/whatsdifferent/index.htm)
  - picture cards
    - Beyond Autism Pecs Pictures (http://trainland.tripod.com/pecs.htm)
    - Materials Exchange (http://www.speakingofspeech.com/generic.html?pid=26)
  - phrase level
    - DLTK's Custom Bingo Cards (http://www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/bingo1.asp)
    - What's in the Bag? (http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/in_the_bag/index.html)
    - But That Wasn't the Best Part (http://www.meddybemps.com/8.1.html)
  - sentence level
    - Colored verb cards (http://www.kizclub.com/verbcards.htm)
    - Sentence Sequencing DLTK (http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/sequence/sentence.htm)
    - Speech Teach UK downloads (http://www.speechteach.co.uk/p_general/downloads.htm)
  - story level
    - Brown Bear (http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/brownbear/index.htm)
    - Little Red Riding Hood (http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/littlered/1.htm)
    - Three Little Pigs (http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=storyseq)
  - conversation level
    - Story starters (http://atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/Story_Starters/index.shtml)
    - What If (http://www.kinderkorner.com/starters.html)
    - Story Start (http://www.sutton.lincs.sch.uk/sas/index.php?section=12)
    - Thinkquest - You're the Detective Story Starters (http://library.thinkquest.org/5109/)
    - Storystarters (http://www.meddybemps.com/9.700.html)
Techniques for working on specific behaviors/goals
Increasing Awareness of the complex nature of stuttering
- Fluency Rubrics by Wendy Burns (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/burns10/burns10.html)
- Using infomercials in therapy by Nina Reardon-Reeves (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/reardon210.html)
Goal setting suggestions
- Conversations About Stuttering by Judy Butler (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/butler10.html)
- Goal Setting: Optimism sprinkled with a pinch of realism by Andy Floyd (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/floyd210.html)
- Do you really know what your client thinks?: Therapy by Listening by Lynne Shields (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/shields10.html)
- Which Behavior Can I Change? by Diane Games (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/games102.html)
Controlling speaking rate
- Working on Speech Rate Program by Joseph Kalinowski and colleagues (http://www.speechrate.com)
- Motormouths Don't Make Sales (http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/speakforsuccesscourse/a/speechlesson4.htm)
- Help for the Speedy Speaker: Techniques for Slowing Down a Fast Rate (http://members.aol.com/cillae/)
- Read along with familiar on-line audio books
  - On-line collection of Aesop's Fables - (http://www.aesopfables.com/aesopsel.html)
  - Electronic Books and On-line Reading (http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic93.htm)
  - Gutenberg project audio books (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1)
  - The Journal of Stuttering Therapy, Advocacy and Research - two articles on teaching pauses (http://www.journalofstuttering.com/ListofArticles.html)
  - Tips for Teaching Therapy Targets by Gary Rentschler - Using Slow Speaking Rate (http://www.slp.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/therapy_skills/techniques.htm)
Modifying the stuttering moment
- Tips for Teaching Therapy Targets by Gary Rentschler - Using light articulatory contacts, pull-outs, syllable stretch, etc. (http://www.slp.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/therapy_skills/techniques.htm)
- Fluency Yahtzee: A Game of Choice by Ellen Bennet (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/bennett9.html)
Transferring
- Speaking Outside the Box by Joan Cahalan (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/cahalan10.html)
- Jock Transfer (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/williams9.html) by Dale Williams
- Employing the MSAM in Attaining, Maintaining and Transferring Fluency in the Schools(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/monkhouse/monkhouse7.html) by Kay Monkhouse
- Self & Double Charting: A Self-Monitoring Strategy for School-Age Children Who Stutter (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/chmela9.html) by Kristin Chmela
- A Social Interaction activity for teens and adults who stutter by Lori Melnitsky (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/melnitsk10.html)
Desensitization
- Stuttering Survey For Desensitization Work PDF format from Judith Eckardt (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/stutteringsurvey.pdf)
- Dealing with Avoidances, Fears, and Attitudes Through a Hierarchy by Michael Nawrocki and Katie Dauer (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/dauer10.html)
- The Why and the How of Voluntary Stuttering (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/reitzes8.html) by Peter Reitzes and Massimiliano Marcchiori
- Knowing that the stutterer is not alone
  - Famous People Who Stutter by Nina Reardon-Reeves (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/reardon10.html)
  - PWS Speak for Themselves (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/PWSspeak/PWSspeak.html)
  - Just for Kids (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html)
  - Looking Back and Looking Forward: It Gets Easier (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/bridgebuilders7/bridgebuilders7.html)
  - The Real World: Some occupations of PWS (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/teens.html#jobs)
  - Stuttering Didn't Stop Them! (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/famous7/famous7.html)
  - Penpal Opportunities
    - Key pals for kids (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html#key)
    - Friends teen yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/friends_teens/)
  - Stutter Buddies (http://www.nsastutter.org/subcat/index.php?subid=226) NSA newsletter for kids
  - Reaching Out (http://www.friendswhostutter.org/reachout.asp) A Friends newsletter for kids
- Self-esteem issues
  - Journal Writing for Children Who Stutter by Judy Butler and Jackie Biagini (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/journal/journal.html)
  - All About Me activities
    - Me Book (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/allaboutme/)
    - All about me book (http://www.kidprintables.com/allaboutme/)
    - Everyone's Different (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/badmington7/badmington27.html)
  - Being Real by David Shapiro (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/messages10/shapiro10.html)
- Opening up to others about stuttering
  - Pictures of stuttering gallery (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/gallery/albumindex.html)
  - Write your own Dear Abby letter (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/reitzes29.html)
  - My Story: A PowerPoint Teaching Tool (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/games9.html)
  - Allison's Play about Stuttering (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/goodstuff/allison.html)
  - FRIENDS Stuttering Presentation Guide by John Ahlbach (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/ahlbachguide.html)
  - Stuttering Interviews by Peter Reitzes (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/reitzes10.html)
  - Stuttering is Okay (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/tielens9.html)
- Ideas for working on telephone fears
  - Using the Phone (from SFA) (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=154)
  - Phone Problem Suggestions (from Fred Dietrich) (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Infostuttering/dietrich.html)
  - Helping Children Deal with Teasing and Bullying by Marilyn Langevin (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad4/papers/langevin.html)
  - What Parents Can Do for your Child when he is being Teased for Stuttering by Gail Wilson Lew (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/lew.html)
  - Speech Pathologists can Help Children who are Teased because they Stutter by Bill Murphy (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/murphy.html)
  - Teasing Inventory (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/therapy/teasinginventory.html) by Connie Dugan
  - Teasing (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html#teasing)
  - An Interview with Caroline: You can do something about being teased by Lynne Shields and Caroline (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad5/papers/shields/shields2.html)
  - The Don't Laugh at Me (http://www.dontlaugh.org/) program is part of the Operation Respect project, whose goal is to eliminate bullying in the schools.
  - Its My Life - (http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/parents/lesson_plans/bullies_classroom_community.html)
- - Clinical Nuggets (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/clinicalnuggets.html) from ASHA Division 4 newsletter
  - Fluency Therapy: Do We Need to Re-Invent the Wheel?- PPT by Chris Heximer and Gary Rentschler (open "Fluency Therapy" link on http://www.nysslha.org/pages/cmt/show_page.asp?pg=p3.htm)
  - Activities for Individual Stuttering Therapy by Gary Rentschler (http://www.slp.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/therapy_skills/act_individ.htm)
  - Working With Kids who Stutter in After-School and Summer Camp Groups (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/sable.html) by Julie Sable
  - Treating School-Age Children Who Stutter: Objectives and Activities a powerpoint and handout with lots of therapy ideas by Craig Coleman, Rebecca Roccon, and Amy Zerhusen (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/ppt/ppt8.html#coleman)
  - These are a few of my favorite things by Judith Eckardt (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/eckhardt7/eckhardt7.html)
  - Hidden Treasure of Stuttering Resources by Greg Coleman (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/coleman8/coleman8.html)
- Group activities and workshops
  - Group Activities from Gary Rentschler (http://www.slp.duq.edu/rentschler/STUTTERING/therapy_skills/act_group.htm)
  - My Favorite Activity for Stuttering Therapy: Lost at Sea by Gary Rentschler (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/therapy9/rentschler9.html)
  - International Stuttering Support Group Project by Michael Sugarman (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/sugarman8.html)
  - Speaking Freely by John C. Harrison (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/speakingcircles.html)
  - Support Group Activities collected by Judy Kuster's Undergraduate Class in Fluency Disorders and submitted by many people from support groups (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad8/papers/kuster8.html)
  - The Chicken and the Alligators - or - How to Facilitate a Support Group Meeting (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad4/papers/hicks2.html) by Russ Hicks
  - Over 100 Things to do at an NSA chapter meeting (http://www.nsastutter.org//search/dsp_results.php?tbl=subcategory&mixid=233)
  - Celebrating Me/Taming The Speech Monster Workshop (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/TherapyWWW/reedworkshop.html) - ideas for a day-long workshop for children who stutter by Lucy Reed.
  - Organizing Your Workshop compiled by Michael Sugarman (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/workshop/intro.html)
  - FRIENDS & Family Day: One-Day Workshop for Supporting Children Who Stutter & Their Families by Lynne Shields, Susan Short, Ro Ostergaard, Lee Caggiano, and Bill Shannon (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/shields7.html)
  - A Group Therapy Experience for Adults Who Stutter a powerpoint by Ken St. Louis (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/therapy10/stlouis.ppt)
Many of the URLs in this handout are hotlinked on the following web sites:
- Stuttering Home Page - http://www.stutteringhomepage.com
- Materials That Can Be Adapted for Therapy - http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html
Van Riper's Guest Editorial: To Our Clinicians (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/vanriper/articles/editorial.html)

Copyright Judy Kuster 2007

Filling Your Fluency Files Affordably (For Free!)

by Judy Maginnis Kuster ASHA Short Course - Boston, MA November 17, 2007

by Judy Maginnis Kuster
ASHA Short Course - Boston, MA
November 17, 2007