Chapter 3 of "Education of Exceptional Children, a review of the literature for the 3-year period since the issuance of "REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, Volume 36, No. 1 February 1966.

Intended for teachers of children with speech difficulties, the booklet provides background information and suggestions for dealing with speech impaired students. Covered are the following topics: descriptions of speech problems, developmental sequences of language, delayed speech, articulation, stuttering, and hearing disorders. Classroom…

A RATIONALE FOR SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAM RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING IS PRESENTED ALONG WITH A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF FORMS. FORMS ARE AVAILABLE TO COVER ALL SITUATIONS IN DIAGNOSIS AND PROGRESS, COMMUNICATION TO OTHER PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE, AND COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS. (MK)

Presented is the syllabus of a training program to prepare therapists to work with stuttering children or adults. Intended for instructors, the information is presented in the form of five major chapters, each of which is divided into units. The unit usually consists of an introduction, suggested lecture topics (with source references), suggested…

Presented are seven papers given at a conference on the application of behavior modification techniques to the treatment of stuttering. An introduction to the papers gives an overview of behavior modification. The two papers of Part I present two approaches to stuttering therapy, one of which is based on operant conditioning and the other on…

Theories concerning the onset of stuttering are grouped into three categories and briefly reviewed. Current treatment strategies are described. Guidelines for the counsellor and teacher are provided to enable them to work co-operatively with the speech pathologist toward more effective management of the stuttering child in the school setting.…

Pressure buildup patterns preceding the onset of phonation were studied in 573 fluent utterances of 10 stutterers and in 552 utterances of 7 controls. Stutterers evidenced deviant patterns of subglottal pressure buildup and abrupt voice onsets more often than did controls; occurrence of jitter and shimmer did not differ significantly. (Author/JDD)

The effect of response cost (withdrawal of tokens), aversive sound stimulation (contingent presentation of loud noise), informative feedback (contingent presentation of neutral stimulus), and no treatment were compared in suppressing disfluent speech in 40 educable mentally retarded clients (median age 22 years). (Author)