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self-therapy for the stutterer MALCOLM FRASER

THE

STUTTERING
FOUNDATION

®

PUBLICATION NO. 0012

This book has been provided in part through the generosity of the
Genuine Parts Company

THE

STUTTERING
FOUNDATION

A Nonprofit Organization
Since 1947—Helping Those Who Stutter

TENTH

EDITION

self-therapy for the stutterer By

Malcolm Fraser, L.H.D.
Life Member
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Founder
Stuttering Foundation of America

THE

STUTTERING
FOUNDATION

®

PUBLICATION NO. 0012

self-therapy for the stutterer
Publication No. 0012

First Edition—1978
Tenth Edition—2002
Revised Tenth Edition—2007

Published
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Minimum and Maximum Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Sample Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Rewards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Desirable Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Voluntary Stuttering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using The Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Analyzing Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 and 107
Block Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Post-Block Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
In-Block Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Pre-Block Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Do You Get Discouraged? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Let’s Review, What’s Been Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Freund)
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“There is no quick and easy way to tackle stuttering, but with the right approach, self-therapy can be effective.” 12

On This Approach to Self-Therapy
This book is written to and for the many adults and teenagers who stutter 1,3—and is addressed in the second person to describe what you can and should do to control your stuttering. We state confidently that as a stutterer, you do not need to surrender helplessly to your speech difficulty because you can change the way you talk.
You can learn to communicate with ease rather than with effort. There is no quick and easy way to tackle stuttering, but with the right approach, self-therapy can be effective.
Experience may have caused you to be skeptical about any plan which claims to offer a solution. You may have tried different treatment ideas and been disappointed and disillusioned in the past. This book promises no quick magical cure and makes no false claims.2
It describes what you can and should do to build selfconfidence and overcome your difficulty.
It offers a logical practical program of therapy based on methods and procedures that have been used