An accessible resource filled with advice and techniques to help alleviate a child's stammer and improve their self-esteem

Parents and teachers of children who stammer (or stutter) may see their child suffering with embarrassment, frustration or anxiety but feel at a loss as to how best to help.

This book explains the characteristics of stammering and uses illuminating first-hand accounts to demonstrate the common feelings of anguish experienced and provide clarity on what the child is likely to need in terms of support at home, school and in social situations. Packed with helpful advice for carers about how to build a child's confidence, it presents a variety of techniques and tips to alleviate the stammer and improve self-esteem and school performance.

This accessible resource will shed light on the perplexing nature of stammers, enabling those who care for children affected to find answers and get the best possible help.

"The book is co written by a specialist speech and language therapist and by a journalist and health writer who is a parent of child who stammers... The authors sensitively reflect the views of children... The book gently and emphatically explore how it feels to stammer, what helps those who stammer, what is found to be unhelpful, explore myths and challenges assumptions. There are useful factual sections on prevalence, what causes stammering and likely prognosis, as well as written chapters which give it support and advice to parents and teachers... All in all an easily accessible, highly insightful, emotional read. I would recommend the book for any EP who might be working with a child who stammers." - Debate - British Psychological Society