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Cooper, Eugene B. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1971
Difficulities in conceptualizing a total therapy process for stutterers within the framework of behavior therapy are examined. (Author/KW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Speech Handicaps, Speech Therapy, Stuttering

McReynolds, Leija V.; Huston, Kay – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1971
Use of tokens as positive reinforcers for correct responses in speech therapy and no consequences for incorrect responses was compared with the use of tokens contingent upon correct responses and loss of tokens for incorrect responses. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Negative Reinforcement, Reinforcement, Speech Handicaps

Adams, Martin R.; Popelka, Gerald – Behavior Therapy, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Reinforcement, Research Projects, Speech Handicaps

Blonigen, Julie A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1978
There are a number of methods and activities clinicians can use to overcome vocal abuse in school-age children. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Speech Handicaps, Speech Therapy
Pedrini, Bonnie C.; Pedrini, D. T. – 1972
Stuttering is explained to be a time and rhythm speech disorder. The overview in outline form on stuttering notes the nature of the disorder, primary and secondary types, incidence, age of onset, stutterer's profile, intelligence, psychological traits, physiological traits, sociological traits, predisposing conditions, precipitating conditions,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Etiology, Exceptional Child Education, Speech Handicaps

Ryan, Bruce P. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Operant Conditioning, Speech Handicaps

Rosenbaum, Edward; Kellman, Marianne – Journal of School Psychology, 1973
A third-grade girl who did not speak in school was treated by school personnel using principles of behavior modification. A step-by-step procedure was designed which first encouraged speech in a one-to-one setting with an adult. Gradually elements of the regular school situation were introduced. Several months following termination of treatment,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Consultants, School Psychologists

Shprintzen, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cleft Palate, Exceptional Child Research, Learning

Peters, Alice Draheim – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1977
Case studies of two 8-year-old stutterers describe the use of positive reinforcement for 30-second intervals of speech fluency. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
Webster, Ronald L.; Dorman, Michael F. – J Speech Hearing Res, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Motor Reactions, Speech Handicaps

Shaw, Candyce K.; Shrum, William F. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Operant Conditioning, Positive Reinforcement
McReynolds, Leija V. – J Speech Hearing Disor, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Exceptional Child Services, Negative Reinforcement

Manning, Walter H.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1976
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Performance Factors

Lanyon, Richard I.; Barocas, Victor S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
In Study one, the effect on stuttering frequency of contingent monetary gain and contingent monetary loss resulted in decreased stuttering. In Study two, monetary gain and loss was made contingent on units of fluent speech. Fluency increased for the group during monetary gain, but monetary loss did not decrease fluency. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Contingency Management, Feedback
Starkweather, C. Woodruff, Ed. – 1970
Presented are seven papers given at a conference on the application of behavior modification techniques to the treatment of stuttering. An introduction to the papers gives an overview of behavior modification. The two papers of Part I present two approaches to stuttering therapy, one of which is based on operant conditioning and the other on…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conference Reports, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Theories