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The Effects of Parent Education on Children's Fluency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Michael S. Nystul  and
Margaret Moore
Michael S. Nystul
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Queensland
Margaret Moore
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Queensland
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Abstract

Thirteen Australian parents of stuttering children participated in a parent education program based on Thomas Gordon's Parent Effectiveness Training program. Tape recordings of parent-child conversations were made before and after the parent participated in the parent education program. The conversations were analyzed in terms of the amount of verbalization of the stuttering child with each parent and the level of fluency of a stuttering child with each parent. An analysis of the results showed the stuttering children to significantly (p <.0473) increase the number of words used when talking with their mother and significantly (p <.0218) decrease their percentage of stuttering when speaking with their father.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , Winter 1979 , pp. 31 - 34
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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