A 2-year, 8-month old boy with a language handicap was the subject of a 5-month training program which investigated the generalization of articulatory ability during and after a series of sessions aimed at correcting the boy's misarticulation of the letter "t." Before training began, three matters necessitated attention: (1) the establishment of…

This is primarily a book for the classroom teacher, although it will also prove useful to parents, child-guidance workers, physicians, and others who are concerned with the development and training of children with speech handicaps. Contents include "Speech Improvement as an Educational Problem,""Recognizing Speech Disabilities,""The Development…

Discribed is precision therapy, an eclectic approach which uses behavior modification, programming principles, and traditional methods in treating children's articulation disorders. (CL)

The extent of extratherapy generalization of J. McLean's multi-stimulus method of operant articulation therapy was assessed for a 30 year old, severely retarded female. (Author)

This study evaluated whether variations in the structure of minimal versus maximal opposition treatments would result in empirical differences in phonological learning with three four-year-old boys who excluded at least six sounds from their phonetic and phonemic inventories. Results indicated that treatment of maximal oppositions led to greater…

Speech analyses performed on data from 61 speech-delayed children (ages 3-6) found that, in comparison to the validity of conversational speech samples for integrated speech, language, and prosodic analyses, articulation tests appear to yield neither typical nor optimal measures of speech performance. (Author/JDD)

Three ten-step series of synthetic speech stimuli were constructed: /raem/ to laem/, /raem/ to /waem/, and /laem/ to /yaem/. Within each series, differences consisted of variations in onset frequency and slope of transition in the second or third formant. These stimuli were presented to 5- to 7-year-old children in identification…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SPEECH AND READING ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (SAREP) FOR TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM IMPROVED SPEECH HABITS WAS TESTED AND EVALUATED. SAREP TEACHES CHILDREN HOW SOUNDS ARE FORMED WITH THE ORAL MECHANISM AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE BEING TAUGHT LETTERS AND SOUNDS IN THE SCHOOL READING READINESS PROGRAM. TWO…

THE AIM OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WAS TO IDENTIFY THE ARTICULATORY INACCURACY PROFILES OF CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THE ETIOLOGY OF THE CONDITION PRODUCING THE SPEECH DIFFICULTY. DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE RESEARCH, A BATTERY OF TESTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE ARTICULATORY PATTERNS, VERBAL INTELLIGENCE, AND AUDITORY PERCEPTION OF NORMAL CHILDREN…

In order to investigate the effect of kindergarten upon articulation of first grade children, 15,255 first grade children were tested for articulation problems. One-half were tested in 1960 because Seattle had had no kindergarten program in 1959. The other half were tested in 1961 because Seattle reinstituted a kindergarten program in 1960.…

Intended for clinicians working individually with children (in grades k-3) who have mild to moderate articulatory disorders, the guide provides information on an articulation based program to establish the target phoneme in structured speech in the therapy room. Material is divided into three sections according to the phoneme being focused on.…

Ten children (4- to 7-years-old) receiving articulation and language therapy and their student clinicians were evaluated on the Analysis of Behavior of Clinicians System to determine the length of time necessary to obtain a representative sample of clinician-client interaction during a therapy session. Approximately 10 minutes after the clinician…

The manual was prepared for use by the classroom teacher who has the opportunity daily to incorporate oral language activities into subject matter. The program is to cover a two year period (level I for 5 and 6 year olds and level II for 7 and 8 year olds). The lessons have been planned as a supplement to daily classroom instruction. Three major…

Theory and laboratory research in operant behavior are applied to clinical practice in speech pathology. Introductory material summarizes the principles of operant conditioning as related to speech therapy. Clinical application is presented in the following areas: reinforcing properties of a television presented listener; reduction of reading and…