Designed for parents of children who stutter, the booklet is intended to help alleviate fears and give suggestions in planning a treatment program (when necessary). Stuttering is the popular term for fluency problems involving repeating or prolonging an unusual number of sounds or hesitating for an abnormally long period of time between sounds.…

Intended for parents of children with cleft lip and cleft palate, the booklet provides an overview of the condition. Addressed are the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): prenatal development and birth defects (facial development); possible causes of cleft lip/cleft palate (common misconceptions, genetic factors, environmental…

SPEECH PROFESSIONALS, SPECIALIZING IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SPEECH BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNICATION, SHARE THE COMMON ASSUMPTIONS THAT (1) SPEECH IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE OF MAN'S LEARNED BEHAVIOR, (2) SPEECH IS THE HUMANISTIC CENTER FROM WHICH THE SEARCH FOR AND TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MAN PROPERLY PROCEED, AND (3) EVERY…

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 report is an evaluation of a New York City school district educational project funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Approximately 4,812 elementary and secondary non-public school children, drawn from four New York City boroughs and enrolled in the ESEA Reading, Mathematics, and English as a Second…

The faculty handbook for clinical speech services includes information on the requirements of the Department of Public Instruction (Madison) related to clinical speech services; the philosophy, concept, and program in the Merrill Area Public Schools; speech evaluation criteria and procedures; and teacher participation in therapy procedures.…

Designed to assist agency and university professionals in the organization of a program to prepare trainees for employment as speech pathology assistants, based on intensive clinical work with patients, this training guide is presented in the form of a suggested program outline of minimal knowledge and skill requirements to be obtained by the…

Written for parents, teachers, students in training, school administrators, and stutterers themselves, the book discusses the causes, development, and treatment of stuttering. Presented are a definition, incidence figures, and overview of the impact of stuttering on an individual. Traced are the beginnings and development of stuttering in four…

A lightweight accelerometer has been used to produce a waveform related to the glottal acoustic output when attached to the throat of a speaker, and to provide an indication of acoustic coupling to the nasal cavities when attached to the external surface of the nose. Examples of signals produced by the accelerometer are shown, and possible…

This guide is designed to assist Head Start personnel in effectively approaching communication problems of children. The sections of the guide are as follows: (1) Introduction, (2) Development of Speech and Language (Normal Development of Speech and Language; Factors; Influencing Speech and Language Development), (3) Goals of the Speech, Language,…

A study of three hearing, moderately handicapped children (seven and eight years old) was undertaken in order to examine the acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of sign language production with this population. (PHR)

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