The Adapted Cuing Technique (ACT) was created to accompany oral stimulus presentation in treatment of dyspraxia. ACT is consistent with current treatment theory, emphasizing patterns of articulatory movement, manner of production, and multimodality facilitation. A case study describes the use of ACT in the treatment of a five-year-old child.…

Difficulities in conceptualizing a total therapy process for stutterers within the framework of behavior therapy are examined. (Author/KW)

DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE SKILLS, COMPETENCIES, AND KNOWLEDGE OF SPEECH CORRECTION TEACHERS, THIS SUMMARY OF A SPECIAL STUDY INSTITUTE CONTAINS A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS. SPEAKERS DISCUSS ASPECTS OF CLEFT PALATE INCLUDING SPEECH, SPEECH ANATOMY, SURGICAL AND DENTAL MANAGEMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND SPEECH THERAPY. SPEAKERS REPRESENT MEDICAL AND…

Compensatory articulation patterns on the glossal phonemes were developed clinically in a study of 14 total and 11 partial glossectomees. Following therapy, intelligibility of the former increased from 0-8 percent on admission to 18-24 percent intelligibility; the latter group improved from 6-24 percent to 24-46 percent intelligibility. (Author/KW)

Speech clinicians wrote adjectives they felt best described adult and young male stutterers. Responses indicated a fairly well established stereotype of the stutterer, regardless of age. Most adjectives were judged to be undesirable personality characteristics for males (75 percent of adjectives indicated nervous or fearful, 64 percent shy and…

Transcriptions of the speech of 16 adolescent and young adult stutterers and 16 nonstutterers were rated by 12 fourth and fifth year speech/language pathology students as a sample from a stutterer or a nonstutterer. (PHR)

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)