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A Multimodal Approach to Elimination of Stuttering.
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Beaty, David T. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
The case of a 15-year-old stutterer is presented to illustrate A. Lazarus's multimodal behavior therapy model, proposed to integrate various procedures. A combination of role playing, metronome use, biofeedback training, and assertion training was used. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Intervention, Speech Handicaps
The Combined Use of Operant Procedures and Theoretical Concepts in the Treatment of an Adult Female Stutterer
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Egolf, Donald B.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Operant Conditioning, Psychotherapy
Behavior Change in Stuttering through Systematic Desensitization
Lanyon, Richard I. – J Speech Hearing Disor, 1969
Descriptors: Anxiety, Case Studies, Exceptional Child Services, Psychotherapy
Stuttering: Successes and Failures in Therapy. Actual Case Histories as Reported by Certain Authorities. Publication No. 6.
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Luper, Harold, Ed. – 1968
Presented are 18 case studies of successful and unsuccessful speech therapy with stutterers. Stressed is the importance of the therapeutic relationship for the success of any speech therapy technique. Each of nine therapists presents both a successful and an unsuccessful case study. Case studies usually include background information, a discussion…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Exceptional Child Education, Failure, Interpersonal Relationship
The Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Fluency: Two Case Studies
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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
The Rules of Early Stuttering
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Bloodstein, Oliver – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1974
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conceptual Schemes, Exceptional Child Research, Language Patterns
Speech and Language Disorders in a Dialysis Encephalopathy Patient and the Effect of Desferrioxamine and Reverse-Osmosis Water Treatment.
Lehtihalmes, Matti; And Others – 1985
Dialysis encephalopathy is a progressive neurological disorder occurring after long-term hemodialysis in some renal failure patients. Accumulation of aluminum in the brain is suspected as its cause, and the use of reverse osmosis of the dialysis water and administration of desferrioxamine to the patient have been successful in reducing the…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases
The Establishment of Fluency with Time-Out Procedures: Three Case Studies
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Costello, Janis – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1975
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Exceptional Child Research
Repetition of Final Consonants in the Speech of a Young Child.
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Mowrer, Donald E. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1987
This study of final-consonant repetitions in the speech of a young child supports the notion that some speech disfluencies may result from parental attempts to accelerate phonological development. An analysis of 12 half-hour-long observations over a year is presented and discussed in terms of the home environment. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Consonants, Family Environment
Language Learning and Communication Disorders in Children.
Wyatt, Gertrud L. – 1969
To describe language development, two longitudinal case studies and a model for studying the patterns of interaction between children and adults are provided. Three groups of children exhibiting developmental speech and language disorders are then presented. First, stuttering children are discussed, with attention given to theory and experimental…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Case Studies, Child Language, Clinical Diagnosis
STUTTERING--THERAPY FOR CHILDREN.
LUPER, HAROLD L.; MULDER, ROBERT L. – 1964
INTENDED FOR THERAPISTS, THE BOOK FOCUSES ON WAYS OF HELPING THE CHILD WHO STUTTERS TO MODIFY HIS BEHAVIOR. THE APPROACH, AN OPERATIONAL ONE, IS PRESENTED, AND THE NATURE AND CONDITIONS OF RESPONSIBLE THERAPY ARE DESCRIBED. DIAGNOSTIC AND EVALUATIVE PROCEDURES ARE PRESENTED. THERAPY IS ELABORATED FOR THE MODIFICATION OF INCIPIENT STUTTERING, THE…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories