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From: Bobby Childers
Date: 10/2/01
Time: 10:13:21 PM
Remote Name: 216.234.195.118
Gunnars: The irony is true, I'm still in Jail, but then again I have keys to get back out when I want.
As for your questions: 1) All of my student clinicians modeled what they wanted me to do. 2) They all modeled the techniques for me in the real world, just like they did in the clinic. I personlly think that they had a harder time doing in the real world than I did, but I stutter naturally and they don't. 3) Dr. Leeper modeled the techniques for us in the clinical setting as she was busier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. 4) It might help some teenagers and not others. When I was in my teens, anytime someone tried talking really slow, prolonging sounds, I felt they were mocking me and I got immediately bent out of shape. Some teens might learn from it and some might not, it would depend on the teen. 5)Young children learn by modeling the adults and older kids around them. My wife swears that my daughter (age 24) learned how to be hateful to me by modeling me (not true, it comes natural to her). Having a clinician model the various techniques for the young child would probably be helpful because they can see and hear what to do. 6) All of my student clinicians pretty much did this as we walked around the campus. Being young females, they knew how to direct my attention to things other than my speech, so I didn't know I was being "assigned" things to do until afterwards. (My daughter does the same thing to me so I'm rather used to it). They would start talking to someone using the techniques I was being taught, then they would tell me to explain it because I could do it better.
I never really felt like I was doing "homework" or any such thing, the way my clinicians handled things was very smooth. Only when I got really stuck did they step in and remind me of what to do, that is when I would realize that I was still in a "therapy session".