The Communication Benefits of Participation in Camp Dream. Speak. Live.: An Extension and Replication
Autor: | Elizabeth Hampton, Courtney T. Byrd, Geoffrey A. Coalson, Andrew White, Danielle Werle, Zoi Gkalitsiou, Katherine L. Winters, Megan Young, Robyn L. Croft |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Stuttering
Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject education Peer Group Developmental psychology 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing Nonverbal communication 0302 clinical medicine medicine Information system Humans Speech Dream Child media_common Attitude test Parent proxy Communication LPN and LVN nervous system diseases Attitude Child Preschool medicine.symptom Communication skills 0305 other medical science Psychology Psychosocial 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Seminars in Speech and Language. 42:117-135 |
ISSN: | 1098-9056 0734-0478 |
DOI: | 10.1055/s-0041-1723843 |
Popis: | School-based guidelines often require that treatment focuses on minimizing or eliminating stuttered speech. The purpose of this study was to examine the benefits of explicit training in communication competencies to children who stutter without targeting stuttered speech. Thirty-seven children (ages 4–16) completed Camp Dream. Speak. Live., an intensive group treatment program which targets the psychosocial needs and communication of children who stutter. Outcome measures included the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering (OASES), the Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children Who Stutter (KiddyCAT), and the Patient Reported Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Peer Relationships Short Form (PROMIS Peer Relationships) and Parent Proxy Peer Relationships Short Form (PROMIS Parent Proxy). Pre- and posttreatment public presentations were rated on nine core verbal and nonverbal communication competencies by a neutral observer. Similar to previous studies, participants demonstrated significant improvements in communication attitudes (OASES) and perceived ability to establish peer relationships (PROMIS Peer Relationships), particularly school-aged participants (ages 7–16). Participants also demonstrated significant improvement in eight of the nine communication competencies. Findings suggest that, in addition to the psychosocial gains of programs such as Camp Dream. Speak. Live., children who stutter benefit from explicit training in communication skills, and these gains are not dependent on the presence of stuttered speech. |
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