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Evidence-Based Practice in Stuttering: Some Questions to Consider
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2005
A recent forum in "JFD" (28/3, 2003) evaluated the status of evidence-based practice in fluency disorders, and offered recommendations for improvement. This article re-evaluates the level of support available for some popular approaches to stuttering therapy and questions the relative value placed on some types of programs endorsed by the forum.…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Educational Objectives, Language Fluency, Communication Disorders
Language Complexity and Stuttering in Children.
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Topics in Language Disorders, 1995
This article evaluates the extent to which syntactic, lexical, and conversational factors can significantly predict the frequency and loci of stuttered moments in children's speech. A synthesis of the experimental and clinical evidence suggests ways in which the assessment and remediation of fluency disorders in children can be tailored to…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Difficulty Level, Evaluation
Treating the Child Who Stutters with Concomitant Language or Phonological Impairment.
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1995
This article discusses diagnostic considerations in identifying coexisting communication disorders and in differentiating between stuttering and secondary fluency disorders related to language formulation. Options for structuring therapy for coexisting problems are evaluated, including blended, lagged, and cycled approaches. Concerns implicit in…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders, Disability Identification
Measurable Outcomes of Instructions to Modify Normal Parent-Child Verbal Interactions: Implications for Indirect Stuttering Therapy.
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1992
This study of 20 mothers and their fluent children (ages 3-5) found no significant differences between the effects of instructions to slow maternal speech rate and instructions to slow and simplify maternal speech. Children's speech rate and language complexity did not parallel maternal adjustments, which is problematic for parental involvement in…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Language Fluency