A Functional Analysis Approach to Speech and Language. ASHA Monographs, Number 14 (January, 1970).
1970 · Washington, D. C
by Girardeau, Frederic L. and Joseph E. Spradlin.
Washington, D. C.: American Speech and Hearing Association, 1970. Octavo, softcover, 80 pp. Very Good. ASHA Monographs publishes single scholarly treatises of substantial length that deal with experimental, clinical, theoretical, tutorial, or historical matters pertaining to the normal processes and disorders of human communication. Contents: Preface (Schielfelbusch); An Introduction to the Functional Analysis of Speech and Language (Girardeau & Spradlin); The Reinforcing Properties of a Television Presented Listener (Yoder); The Use of Operant Procedures to Reduce Rates of Reading and Speaking (Bradford); Extending Stimulus Control of Phoneme Articulation by Operant Techniques (McLean); Reinforcement Procedures and the Increase of Functional Speech by a Brain-Injured Child (Hall); Reinforcement Procedures for Establishing and Maintaining Echoic Speech by a Nonverbal Child (Reynolds); Deceleration of Inappropriate Vocal Behavior by a Hard-of-Hearing Child (Galloway & Sulzbacher); The Implications of a Functional Approach to Speech and Hearing Research and Therapy (Spradlin & Girardeau). (Inventory #: 4128s)