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Stuttering

Behavioral

Long Term Goal: To decrease the severity of stuttering.

Rationale: Measures of severity may be the most clinically relevant assessment of overt stuttering behaviors.

Short Term Objectives

1. Objective: To increase production of fluent speech by decreasing rate of speech.

Rationale: According to Gianna’s case history, she exhibits a fast speech rate. “Rate control strategies have been well recognized as fluency-inducing techniques (Bennett, 2006).” “A decreased speaking rate is considered to be a basic intervention technique that generally results in an immediate, observable decrease in frequency of stuttering, and thus, provides the child with success in therapy ...

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be instructed to imitate the clinician’s model. (Gianna’s mother will sit in on the last five minutes of the session so she can model the clinician’s procedure at home.)

Homework: Gianna will practice the fluency shaping technique of prolonged speech (decreased speech rate). Gianna’s mother will have a list of two, ten set multisyllabic words, and model the procedure the clinician demonstrated. She will do this twice a week with Gianna.

2. Objective: To decrease tension of stuttering by using fluency shaping technique of easy onset.

Rationale: “A goal of stuttering therapy is train stutterer to consciously take a breath, release a little air, gently tense his vocal folds, and begin to talk. This exercise is called gentle onset or easy onset (T.D. Kehoe, 2006).”

Procedure: The clinician will engage Gianna in a game of “Easy Beginnings.” Gianna will be instructed to roll a die (number of points) and then select a card from the pile. In order to receive the points, ...

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Added: 3/25/2011 11:59:41 PM
Submitted By: lovelyygabbi
Category: Education
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