Present Trends in the Treatment of Stuttering

Ainsworth Stanley . Speech Correction Methods. Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York, N. Y., 1948.

Chapter VI of this textbook for clinicians describes goals, techniques, and therapies in common usage in the treatment of stuttering.

Johnson Wendell ; Brown Spencer ; Curtis James ; Edney Clarence ; and Keaster Jacqueline . Speech Handicapped School Children. Harper and Brothers, New York, N. Y., 1948.

Chapter II provides a sound point of view for assisting children to make better adjustments in the classroom. Chapter V deals with the problems of stuttering. The entire book was written expressly for the classroom teacher who is interested in helping children with speech problems. It represents the coordinated thinking of several highly competent individuals in the field of speech and hearing disorders.

Van Riper Charles . Stuttering. The National Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc., 11 S. La-Salle St., Chicago, Ill., 1948. 35c.

This inexpensive, sixty-page booklet should be read by all teachers and parents who come in contact with stutterers. It is designed particularly to give parents a better understanding of the nature of stuttering, how it develops, and how it is treated.

Van Riper Charles . Speech Correction: Principles and Methods. Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York, N. Y., 1947.

For those who wish a more detailed presentation of the nature and treatment of stuttering, Chapters X and XI in this textbook are authoritative and easily understood.