This text provides a comprehensive exposition on the contribution of theory to understand and managing stuttering. It covers a range of topics including a description of both past and current theories of stuttering, placing each within a relevant historical context.
Author(s): Ann Packman; Joseph S. Attanasio
Edition: 2
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2017
Language: English
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Pages: 182
Tags: stuttering, speech pathology, speech therapy
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
ch1 THE SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING
ch2 THE ROLE OF THEORY IN THE SCIENCES
ch3 EVALUATING THEORIES
ch4 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ONSELECTED PAST AND PRESENTTHEORIES OF STUTTERING
Influences of the zeitgeist
Psychology (a very brief history)
Psychoanalysis
Cerebral dominance
Neurophysiology
Culture and language
Chaos theory
Conclusion
ch5 WHAT SHOULD A THEORY OFSTUTTERING EXPLAIN?
ch6 THEORIES OF STUTTERING - Speech motor control
Introduction
Sensory-motor modelling theory
The interhemispheric interference model
The variability model
Speech motor skill theory
Speech concatenation theory
The Packman and Attanasio 3-factor model of moments of stuttering
FIGURE 6.1 The Pack111a11 and Attanasio 3-factor model of mo111ents of stuttering
Factor 1: Impaired neural processing for spoken language
Factor 2: Triggers
Factor 3: Modulators
Extended GODIVA model
ch7 THEORIES OF STUTTERING - Cognitive and linguistic processing
The anticipatory struggle hypothesis
The covert repair hypothesis
The vicious circle (cycle) hypothesis
EXPLAN
The variable release threshold hypothesis
ch8 THEORIES OF STUTTERING - Multifactorial models
The demands and capacities model
FIGURE 8.1 A simple linear cause-effect model that emphasizes constitutional factors
FIGURE 8.2 A simple linear cause- effect model that emphasizes environmental factors
FIGURE 8.3 A complex linear cause-effect model that emphasizes relationships between capacity and demand
The dynamic multifactorial model
Commentary on multifactorial models
ch9 THE EVOLUTION OF THEORIES
Evolution of theories of stuttering
Packman and Attanasio 3-factor causal model of moments ofstuttering
Extended GODIVA model
Variable threshold release (VRT) hypothesis
ch10 THEORY AND TREATMENT
Introduction
Therapy based on theory
Effective therapy as confirmation of theory
The proof of the pudding is in the evidence
The necessity of causal theory for treatment
Atheoretical treatment: an example
Theories as potential sources of error in the selection of treatment
From treatment to theory
Postscript
REFERENCES
INDEX
