Kristin Chmela published this practical set of materials with Super Duper, Inc. to provide clinicians with the “stuff” they might need to do successful stuttering therapy.  The kit comes in a box with individual drawers for each of the 5 areas of activity that may be incorporated into a child’s therapy plan. 

These areas include Education, or learning about talking and stuttering; Desensitization, or maintaining or developing healthy feelings about stuttering; Basics, or general communication skill work such as eye contact, rate, and overall organization of language, and Fluency Shaping and Stuttering Modification. 

The following products are from  The Stuttering Foundation.  Kristin Chmela has had the opportunity to collaborate on a number projects with this non-profit organization. 

To view its entire collection of helpful products, visit The Stuttering Foundation's Online Store.  To purchase one of the items listed below, follow the link, call 1-800-992-9392, or e-mail info@stutteringhelp.org.

 
Kristin Chmela is senior author of this book, edited by Lisa Scott Trautman, Ph.D., focused on helping clinicians understand healthy ways to explore feelings and attitudes about stuttering with children.  It is packed with practical, concrete ideas for documenting present levels of feelings and beliefs, their contribution to the overall problem, and strategies to achieve change and document therapy outcomes.  Reproducible pages throughout the book help clinicians provide more successful stuttering therapy!

This 40 minute videotape features speech-language pathologists who share practical ideas and strategies for working with classroom teachers to meet the needs of children who stutter.

Live presentations by Kristin Chmela, M.A. and Ann McKeehan, M.A., both well-known speech-language pathologists who specialize in stuttering. A handout accompanies this excellent new videotape offer.

In this powerful 20-minute DVD, students who stutter talk to teachers about their experiences and experts in the field of speech pathology answer questions about what works and what doesn't in the classroom.  It is the perfect length for an after-school in-service and short enough for a teacher to watch alone. The DVD and accompanying 42 page book answer common questions.

The free 42-page book includes a resource section specifically for teachers, and a resource section for SLP's on how to lead an in-service or work individually with classroom teachers.  Produced by Lisa Scott, Ph.D., The Florida State University and Carroll Guitar, M.L.S., University of Vermont; in collaboration with Kristin Chmela, M.A., Northwestern University; Jane Fraser, president, The Stuttering Foundation; and Bill Murphy, M.A., Purdue University.  Additional footage provided by Barry Guitar, Ph.D., University of Vermont; Diane Hill, M.A., Northwestern University; Peter Ramig, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder; and Patricia Zebrowski, Ph.D., University of Iowa. 

Meet Swish and his young friends! They talk about stuttering, dealing with teasing, what helps, and how to teach others about stuttering.  Cartoon animation and real children come together to help other kids who stutter in this lively and engaging video. 

Produced by Lisa Scott Trautman, Ph.D., The Florida State University and Carroll Guitar, M.L.S., University of Vermont; with footage provided by Bill Murphy, M.A., Purdue University and Kristin Chmela, M.A., private practice, in collaboration with Lee Caggiano, M.A., private practice, Joe Donaher, M.A., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Jane Fraser, Stuttering Foundation of America.  Animation by the Computer Graphics Technology Department of Purdue University, with special thanks to Dr. Mark Bannatyne, Michelle Jackson, Helen Kang, Ali Modara, and Rich Sun.

 
This one hour and 45 minute DVD and accompanying booklet offer comprehensive and practical strategies for working with young children and improving an SLP's ability to successfully treat stuttering in preschoolers.

Demonstrations help you see and successfully model easy relaxed speech. The video includes excerpts with parents sharing their personal stories about being involved in treatment. Produced by The Stuttering Foundation.

This 79-minute DVD is an ideal tool for clinicians who work with the school-age child who stutters. 

It is part of a series of DVDs from the Stuttering Foundation annual conference, "Stuttering Therapy: Practical Ideas for the School Clinician".