The concatenation of stuttering to negative behavioral events: A clinical insight

Stuttering

“…Most recent approaches to this issue (as mentioned above) largely amount to suggestions for choosing a therapy program. Some, however, refer to a variety of almost "placebo-like" factors, such as the manner in which the clinician presents therapy (Lay, 1982;Prins, 1984), or the choice of speech tasks (Gerstman, 1983) that may be necessary for effective therapy. One rather overlooked factor is the role of modeling (Prins, 1984), which has received little attention in therapy management.…”