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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Beilby, Janet M.; Byrnes, Michelle L.; Young, Kate N. – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2012
Stuttering impacts on the child in a variety of ways, notably in terms of communicative impairment and psychosocial impact. In addition, the stuttering disorder has a holistic impact, affecting those with whom the child who stutters lives. Within the family constellation, the closest person to the individual who stutters is often their sibling.…
Descriptors: Siblings, Stuttering, Children, Mixed Methods Research
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Beilby, Janet M.; Byrnes, Michelle L.; Yaruss, J. Scott – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2012
The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group intervention program for adults who stutter (N = 20). The program consisted of 2-h therapeutic sessions conducted weekly for eight consecutive weeks. It was an integrated program designed to improve: (a) psychosocial functioning, (b)…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Speech Improvement, Speech Language Pathology, Language Fluency
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Hennessey, Neville W.; Nang, Charn Y.; Beilby, Janet M. – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2008
Linguistic encoding deficits in people who stutter (PWS, n = 18) were investigated using auditory priming during picture naming and word vs. non-word comparisons during choice and simple verbal reaction time (RT) tasks. During picture naming, PWS did not differ significantly from normally fluent speakers (n = 18) in the magnitude of inhibition of…
Descriptors: Speech, Reaction Time, Educational Objectives, Linguistics