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Peer reviewedRyan, Bruce P. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Operant Conditioning, Speech Handicaps
Peer reviewedRyan, Bruce P.; Ryan, Barbara Van Kirk – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Two operant speech treatment programs for establishing fluent speech--Delayed Auditory Feedback and Gradual Increase in Length and Complexity of Utterance--were compared, with 24 elementary-secondary level students. Both programs produced important improvement in fluency in a reasonable time period and resulted in similar levels of transfer and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Maintenance, Program Effectiveness
Download full textRyan, Bruce P.; Van Kirk, Barbara A. – 1974
Compared in a 2-year study were four establishment of fluency programs in a public school setting with 40 7- to 16-year-old children who stuttered. The programs included programmed traditional (PT), delayed auditory feedback (DAF), pause (P), and gradual increase in length and complexity of utterance (GILCU). During the first year, eight speech…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Fluency, Program Effectiveness, Speech Handicaps
Ryan, Bruce P. – Behavior Analyst Today, 2004
This is a review of the contingency management literature and current related treatment programs for stuttering in childhood: the Lidcombe Program, Gradual Increase in Length and Complexity of Utterance (GILCU), and Prolongation (PS). Treatment efficacy research has shown these treatments to be effective and efficient for children, but there…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Stuttering, Speech Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment
Peer reviewedRyan, Bruce P.; Van Kirk, Barbara – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Feedback, Followup Studies
