Coping Strategies and Adolescents: Learning to Take Care of Self and Stuttering during Treatment

• DOI: 10.1044/ffd21.3.68
• Publication Date: 2011-11-01T05:20:37Z
• Authors: Gordon W. Blood; Ingrid M. Blood; Sarah Dorward; Michael P. Boyle; G. Michael Tramon...
• Keywords: Stuttering; Stressor; Maladaptive coping

The purpose of this paper is to describe coping in the context adolescence and stuttering. Adolescents who stutter are a unique group individuals dealing with an episodic, variable, chronic disorder during critical developmental stage their lives. We provide brief review adolescence, constructs, programs. highlight role speech-language pathologist as advocate/guide assisting adolescents develop appropriate, adaptive strategies for everyday stressors added potential stress associated