This article presents a variety of treatment approaches based on an understanding of four components of communication, and describes cluttering intervention focusing on problem identification, speech rate reduction, appropriate pausing, appropriate monitoring, and addressing story narrating skills. Therapeutic considerations, taking into account the specific characteristics of cluttering, will also be presented. Finally, building clients' confidence, emotional skills, and sense of accomplishment will turn the therapeutic process into awareness of realistic expectations and motivation to pursue challenging goals.
The global emphasis of the International Cluttering Association (ICA) is manifested in multiple dimensions. This article focuses on two of them, namely, resources available through the ICA Web site and the results of an International Cluttering Survey (ICS), which had been presented to 25 members of the Committee of the International Representatives of the ICA. The answers of the representatives to questions regarding awareness of cluttering, definitions, professional preparation, goals for education about cluttering and approaches for achieving goals, are compared and analyzed.
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