Letters to the Editor of the AAS Newsletter: A Personal Story

Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy Volume 6 ◽

10.1007/1-4020-4056-3_14 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 175-189

Author(s):

Jeffrey L. Linsky

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Letters To The Editor ◽

Personal Story

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Letters to the Editor

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.0303.38 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 38-39

Author(s):

Jean L. Anderson ◽

Clara B. Weir ◽

Marvin Schnur

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Letters to the Editor

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.0503.180 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 180-181

Author(s):

T. E. Borton ◽

Mary K. White

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Training Methods With Clinicians and Students—A Personal Story and Change: Narrative Therapy for Stuttering

Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders ◽

10.1044/ffd18.1.37 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 37-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Margaret Leahy

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Narrative Therapy ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Theoretical Background ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Training Methods ◽

Sense Of Control ◽

Case Description ◽

General Outline ◽

Personal Story ◽

Fluency Disorders

Abstract Educating students and informing clinicians regarding developments in therapy approaches and in evidence-based practice are important elements of the responsibility of specialist academic posts in universities. In this article, the development of narrative therapy and its theoretical background are outlined (preceded by a general outline of how the topic of fluency disorders is introduced to students at an Irish university). An example of implementing narrative therapy with a 12-year-old boy is presented. The brief case description demonstrates how narrative therapy facilitated this 12-year-old make sense of his dysfluency and his phonological disorder, leading to his improved understanding and management of the problems, fostering a sense of control that led ultimately to their resolution.

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