PREPARED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL, THIS BOOKLET USES A QUESTION-ANSWER FORMAT TO EXPLAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL SPEECH AND HEARING SERVICES. SPEECH DISORDERS AND SPEECH THERAPY ARE DEFINED. THE NEED FOR THE SERVICES OF THE SPEECH AND HEARING SPECIALIST AND CLASSROOM SPEECH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS DISCUSSED. AN OUTLINE SUGGESTS HOW…

Specificity of the clinician's verbal output in the diagnostic interview is shown to be inversely related to the client's verbal output. (KW)

Results indicated that increasing age, higher degrees, more coursework, or more clinical experience did not produce more positive connotations of stuttering among 206 speech-language pathologists. Those holding the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology showed more positive connotative responses than the noncertified…

This final report documents the achievements of the State of Georgia Department of Education Speech-Language Pathology Assessment Project (SPAP), which examined competencies needed by school speech-language pathologists and developed the Speech-Language Pathology Assessment Instrument (SPAI) to assess those competencies. Trainees, instructed in…

The report documents the achievements of the SPAP (Speech-Language Pathology Assessment Project), which examined competency statements for beginning speech-language therapists. Noted are the development and revision of the SPAI (Speech-Language Pathology Assessment Instrument), a training conference for using the SPAI, practice assessment of…

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…

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)

The relevancy of standard versus nonstandard speech and language patterns is examined relative to its impact upon academic training of speech clinicians and upon clinical competencies. (Author)

The paper presents a rationale for the legitimacy of including limited English proficiency students in the caseload of the public school speech-language pathologist and provides an outline of language facilitation techniques and appropriate objectives for students at a beginning or a low intermediate level of English proficiency. (Author)

This response to Kamhi (EC 625 122) who suggested some children distinguish between speech therapy activities and meaningful communication, argues that, since discrepancies between a clinician's and a client's view of clinical interactions may complicate intervention, the clinician should make his viewpoint explicit. Three theories of intervention…

This study reports the results of a nationwide questionnaire survey of 204 speech and language clinicians from 65 facilities for mentally retarded individuals. Information was requested from clinicians about which language test they used with the mentally retarded population, why they used these tests, and how often they used them. Residential and…

The author discusses the professional responsibilities and professional behavior of speech and hearing clinicians. (LS)

The thesis is developed that, despite commonalities, therapy and research are not necessarily the same activity and that clinicians are not necessarily researchers, and requirements of good therapy and good research are often different in critical ways. (Author/CL)