A Handbook on Stuttering (Paperback)

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A Handbook On Stuttering was written to guide the reader to the edge of our knowledge about stuttering and, where the edge is not well defined, to point out where the footing is insecure and where we stand on solid ground. Dr. Bloodstein continues to produce a manual that is at once thorough and enjoyable to read for both the fledgling clinician and the seasoned pro. TEXTBOOK

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Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Product Details

• Paperback: 596 pages
• Publisher: Singular; 5 edition (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565933958
• ISBN-13: 978-1565933958
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,404,852 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Authoritative but dry as a bone, February 1, 1999

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This is probably the most important book on stuttering in print today. It is also one of the driest volumes in speech-language pathology I have ever read. Will tell you more about stuttering than you may want to know. Significantly, the material on treatment covers only 50 pages out of 600, so this is not the book you want to spend your money on if you are a speech therapist looking for treatment material. This is more of an overview of every scrap of research done on the subject since day one. Touches on every study ever done on the subject. Difficult reading because of its very dry, academic nature. Reads like one long journal article. ZZzzzzzz

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for older research, September 17, 2005

By	Thomas D. Kehoe (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This book will make you an expert on stuttering research from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Some later research is covered, but much is missed. This might sound like a problem, but there was much fascinating, now ignored research done in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Digging through this book you'll find some real surprises, e.g., two studies that unsuccessfully attempted to "distract" stutterers into fluency, or a study finding that stutterers are fluent when crawling. Reading this book makes you realize how the Ph.D.s ignored the research when touting their theories of stuttering (and that hasn't changed). But no one can accuse Bloodstein of ignoring research, at least before 1960.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bible for Stuttering Information, May 2, 2009

By	Robert W. Quesal "Bob Q." (Macomb, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Handbook on Stuttering (Paperback)

This should be titled "Everything you wanted to know about stuttering but were afraid to ask." I own every edition of this book, going back to when it was a little pamphlet published by Chicago Easter Seals. Each edition has gotten better and this most recent one, obviously, is the best. There is no more comprehensive review of stuttering research available anywhere. A must-have for anyone who is seriously interested in the disorder of stuttering.