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Bullying in Children Who Stutter: Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions and Intervention Strategies
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Blood, Gordon W.; Boyle, Michael P.; Blood, Ingrid M.; Nalesnik, Gina R. – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2010
Bullying in school-age children is a global epidemic. School personnel play a critical role in eliminating this problem. The goals of this study were to examine speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perceptions of bullying, endorsement of potential strategies for dealing with bullying, and associations among SLPs' responses and specific demographic…
Descriptors: Intervention, Stuttering, Bullying, Communication Disorders
Phoneme Monitoring in Silent Naming and Perception in Adults Who Stutter
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Sasisekaran, Jayanthi; De Nil, Luc F. – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2006
The present study investigated phonological encoding skills in persons who stutter (PWS). Participants were 10 PWS (M=31.8 years, S.D.=5.9) matched for age, gender, and handedness with 12 persons who do not stutter (PNS) (M=24.3 years, S.D.=4.3). The groups were compared in a phoneme monitoring task performed during silent picture naming. The…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Phonemes, Phonology, Nouns
School Administrators' Perceptions of People Who Stutter.
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Lass, Norman J.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1994
A questionnaire asking respondents to list adjectives describing four hypothetical stutterers (a female child, male child, female adult, and male adult) was completed by 42 school administrators in Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, and West Virginia. The majority of reported adjectives were negative stereotypical personality traits. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adults, Children, Individual Characteristics
Stutterers' Self-Ratings of How Natural Speech Sounds and Feels.
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Finn, Patrick; Ingham, Roger J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
Twelve adult stutterers were instructed to self-rate the speech naturalness (how natural their speech sounds) and feel naturalness (the amount of attention they are paying to the way they are speaking) of their speech under a variety of conditions across repeated rating occasions. Results showed that subjects were relatively consistent and valid…
Descriptors: Adults, Perception, Reliability, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Acknowledgment and Severity of Stuttering as Factors Influencing Nonstutterers' Perceptions of Stutterers.
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Collins, Constance R.; Blood, Gordon W. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
Eighty-four female nonstutterers examined videotapes of two mild and two severe male stutterers acknowledging and not acknowledging their stuttering. Nonstutterers preferred to interact with acknowledging stutterers and gave them more favorable ratings on intelligence, personality, and appearance. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Intelligence, Perception
Teachers' Perceptions of Stutterers.
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Lass, Norman J.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1992
A questionnaire asking respondents to list adjectives describing 4 hypothetical stutterers (2 8 year olds and 2 adults) was completed by 103 elementary and secondary teachers. The majority of reported adjectives were negative stereotypical personality traits, indicating perceptions of stutterers similar to other groups including speech-language…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children, Elementary Secondary Education