Self-Therapy for the Stutterer

by Frasher, Malcolm

• ISBN13: 9780933388451
• ISBN10: 0933388454
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Wilshire Book Co

Summary

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.

Author Biography

In 1989, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, presented Fraser with the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for his outstanding work on behalf of those who stutter. Malcolm Fraser was honored posthumously with the Charles Van Riper Award, presented by actor James Earl Jones at the 16th annual NCCD Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., September, 1997. Established by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 1995, the Van Riper Award was given to Fraser for "his outstanding commitment to people who stutter."

Table of Contents

On Self-Therapy	p. 11
On This Approach to Self-Therapy	p. 13
Original Cause of Your Stuttering	p. 18
Factors Affecting Therapy	p. 19
Your Feelings and Emotions	p. 19
Tension and Relaxation	p. 21
Distractions	p. 25
Enlisting the Support of Others	p. 26
The Premise and The Program	p. 29
A Helpful Therapy Procedure	p. 33
The All Important Ground Rules	p. 37
Talking Slowly and Deliberately	p. 41
Stuttering Easily	p. 42
Admitting That You Stutter	p. 43
Eliminating Secondary Symptoms	p. 45
Eliminating All Avoidances	p. 46
Maintaining Eye Contact	p. 48
Finding Out What You Do When You Stutter	p. 49
Using Block Corrections	p. 51
Moving Forward	p. 52
Using Inflection	p. 53
Listening to Your Fluent Speech	p. 53
Talking All You Can	p. 54
Voluntary Stuttering	p. 72
Analyzing Your Blocks	p. 107
Block Corrections	p. 113
Post-Block Correction	p. 115
In-Block Correction	p. 121
Pre-Block Correction	p. 123
Do You Get Discouraged?	p. 129
Let's Review, What's Been Done	p. 133
Where Are You--Conclusion	p. 137
Appendix	p. 143
Self-Help Groups	p. 144
On Breath Control	p. 146
What Causes A Child To Stutter	p. 147
Relevant and Interesting Quotations	p. 151
Glossary	p. 169
Authors of Quotations	p. 185
Index	p. 189
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