Purpose: This study investigated the complexity of stuttering behavior. It described and classified the complexity of stuttering behavior in relation to age, behavioral treatment outcomes, stuttering severity, anxiety-related mental health, impact of stuttering, and gender. Method: For this study, a taxonomy was developed--LBDL-C7--which was based…

Described is a procedure for the reduction of stuttering behavior by means of reality confrontations in structure verbal exchanges, which has been used by the author as treatment with over 200 adolescent stutterers. (Author/IM)

Article examines the effects of self-modeling from repeated observations of oneself on edited videotapes as an intervention for stuttering in three adolescent students. After viewing intervention tapes, students' stuttering fell substantially below baseline levels. A two-year follow-up indicated that Student 3 did not stutter in conversational…

The influence of the variable of duration on the effects of time-out from speaking was investigated with 45 adolescent and adult stutterers. (Author/SBH)

A fluency therapy process for adolescents who stutter is described and illustrated by a case history that applies a four-stage process for structuring, targeting, adjusting, and regulating behaviors. The affective, behavioral, and cognitive components of fluency are considered, along with behavior techniques for eliciting a feeling of fluency…