A study was conducted on the use of audiotape and videotape self-confrontation techniques in training speech and hearing therapy clinicians. The dissemination phase of the study consisted of a conference held in October, 1970 at the University of Denver entitled "Videotape and Audiotape Confrontation in Clinical Training." The findings and…

Because reading is a language-based skill and many communicatively handicapped youngsters experience difficulties with it, speech-language pathologists have important roles in assisting with reading development for these children. Suggestions are offered for use in speech-language sessions and with teachers or parents. (Author)

In the public school, the speech and hearing therapist attempts to foster child growth and development through the provision of services basic to awareness of self and others, management of personal and social interactions, and development of strategies for coping with the handicap. (MM)

Presents suggestions aimed at helping peripheral workers to strengthen their role identification by attendance at an service in organization meetings. (CJ)

Stresses the need for local materials centers which loan speech and hearing materials to therapists for trial and evaluation. Borrowing privileges enhance the probability of careful selection and purchase of needed materials. (MB)

The purpose of this survey was to assess the current supply of speech and hearing manpower, and to develop a profile of characteristics for these professionals in the state of Washington. A mail-back questionnaire containing both open-ended and structured questions was used to survey all the active and inactive speech and hearing professionals in…

Addressed primarily to the prospective as well as the working, speech and hearing clinician, the study investigated the current practices and status of public school speech and hearing programs in Mississippi. A questionnaire was forwarded to 49 speech and hearing clinicians to determine professional title and relationships, screening and…

Four years of work on a technique designed to improve the training of speech and hearing therapists are summarized here. The technique reported involves the use of audiotapes and videotapes to allow the trainee to observe himself in therapeutic interactions along with a series of scoring systems to provide quantitative data about therapy.…

THIS HANDBOOK OUTLINES THE PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES IN THE OPERATION OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAMS IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, SCHOOL SYSTEM AND DESCRIBES THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPERVISOR OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAMS, SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPIST, HEARING THERAPIST, SPECIAL CLASS TEACHER, AND AUDIOMETRIST. A…

Speech and hearing therapists investigated the effectiveness of video taping as a multisensory approach to therapeutic procedures aimed at developing adequate communication skills for students with speech or hearing difficulties. They also studied the usefulness of such taping for parent counseling and inservice training of therapists and…