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Influence of stuttering therapy on clinicians' disfluencies: Effects of client modeling
Journal of Fluency Disorders (1980)
  • Michael Kimbarow
  • David A. Daly
Abstract

This study investigated whether student clinicians working with stutterers subsequently produce more disfluencies than student clinicians providing therapy to clients with other speech and language disorders. Seventeen graduate students working in a 6-wk summer camp setting were divided into two groups: eight who provided treatment for stutterers (group 1) and nine who provided therapy for clients with other communication disorders (group 2). All student clinicians were recorded during spontaneous speaking and oral reading tasks prior to camper arrival and following camper departure. An eight-category classification system was used to determine disfluency types. Findings revealed that Group 1 clinicians significantly decreased their total disfluencies between pre- and post-camp recordings on the spontaneous speaking task. Unexpectedly, this same group also substantially increased part-word repetitions and sound prolongations. The possibilities of incidental learning, reverse modeling, and overidentification with stuttering clients are discussed.

Keywords
  • Stuttering therapy,
  • Disfluencies,
  • Client modeling,
  • Classification
Publication Date
1980
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Citation Information
Michael Kimbarow and David A. Daly. "Influence of stuttering therapy on clinicians' disfluencies: Effects of client modeling" Journal of Fluency Disorders Vol. 5 Iss. 4 (1980)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_kimbarow/8/