The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in Stuttering Self-Help Groups

Hugo H. Gregory

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1064084

Seminars in Speech and Language, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Semin Speech Lang 1997; 18(4): 401-410
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1064084

The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in Stuttering Self-Help Groups

Hugo H. Gregory

Emeritus Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This article reviews definitions of self-help and support groups, describes some basic views that speech-language pathologists and self-help groups have of each other, then comments on ways in which professionals are relating to self-help groups. These comments are based on answers to a questionnaire distributed to a sample of speech-language pathologists who interact with self-help groups. It is recommended that speech-language pathologists should relate to the self-help movement in stuttering as consultants.

KEY WORDS

stuttering - speech-language pathologists - self-help

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