LA BALBUZIE OGGI, by Oskar Schindler and Pier Giuseppe Carando, is the first training e-book on stuttering to be published in Italy: an innovative formula in which the video part, rich in dialogue and with numerous significant participations by people who stutter or their families, is decidedly preponderant over the written text.
From a single main-topic, the course is divided according to the target audience directly interested in the problem: speech therapists, paediatricians, families and teachers.
For the speech therapist
From ‘basic knowledge’ to treatment techniques used in stuttering therapy: dozens of specific videos of therapy techniques exemplified in concrete terms, plus more than 3 hours of audio video descriptions of techniques and clinical approaches to treatment.
For the Paediatrician
Section of the book dedicated to Paediatric Surgeons and Specialists that includes testimonials, clarifications and clinical indications, updated according to the latest International Guidelines
For the family
Testimonials, clarifications, advice and indirect communicative – relational and social – intervention strategies that parents can apply in the family to help their child improve their fluency.
For the teacher
Clarification and guidance on stuttering, tips and intervention strategies that teachers can apply in the classroom to help children and young people with stuttering problems.
Multitarget
If on paper the work is all-inclusive, in its digital version it is usable through customised paths or in relation to the specific target group: speech therapists, families, paediatricians and teachers.
Multi-format
Each macro-section is distributed in an enhanced fixed layout or accessible liquid book version: all accompanying multimedia materials are punctually referenced in the pages of the book and delivered asynchronously in special training kits.
Ecommerce ready
The platform is integrated with a native ecommerce system that allows the work to be purchased in its entirety or in partial sections, defined by target audience, format and topic.
Pier Giuseppe Carando is a speech therapist specialised in Stuttering Therapy at the ‘Stuttering Foundation of America’ and at the ‘European Clinical Specialisation in Fluency Disorder’. He introduces us to the project by stating that “in this manual, I have tried to collect and recount more than 35 years of work with people with stuttering and their families, teachers, educators. The aim, hopefully achieved, is to properly provide all those interested in the problem of dysfluency/stuttering (neurological or acquired stuttering is not addressed here) with a body of up-to-date, reliable, practical and concrete information and data”.
“The text is wide-ranging and detailed, but with a concise and approachable style; the clarifications contained in the audio/video clips are also of great and irreplaceable help. My personal and strong motivation was to share experiences and ideas with those who read and use this manual. The treatment of stuttering is a complex area that often leads to confusion; with Prof. Schindler, we have made a choice of field, which may therefore present biases or inaccuracies, but which has the advantage of clarity – we hope – and applicability”.
Enhanced Fixed layout
The print-to-digital version with multimedia elements, insights, exercises linked directly ‘on page’, to maintain the cognitive flow and not disperse attention.
Accessible reflowable
The accessible reflowable version is perfectly suited to a ‘mobile first’ use: it allows you to change background, font, increase font size and contrast, for the best reading experience on any mobile device.
Multilingualism and text to speech
The reflowable version of the work just described allows switching from one language to another, as well as enjoying content in text-to-speech mode via an effective neural vocaliser.
TRAIN AS IF YOU HAD NEVER WON. PLAY AS IF YOU HAD NEVER LOST.