Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-353) and indexes

Introduction to stuttering -- Constitutional factors in stuttering -- Research findings about constitutional factors in stuttering -- Developmental, environmental, and learning factors in stuttering -- Research findings on developmental, environmental, and learning factors in stuttering -- Theories about stuttering -- Normal disfluency and the development of stuttering -- Preliminaries to assessment -- Assessment and diagnosis -- Preliminaries to treatment -- Treatment of stuttering in younger preschool children : borderline stuttering -- Treatment of stuttering in older preschool children : beginning stuttering -- Treatment of school-age children : intermediate stuttering -- Treatment of stuttering in adolescents and adults : advanced stuttering -- Related disorders of fluency

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