Choral Reading and Great Speeches

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Re: Thanks for sharing this

From: Judy Kuster
Date: 22 Oct 2011
Time: 19:48:02 -0500
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Application of choral reading in therapy as described in this "clinical nugget" is simply a way to demonstrate to the client that his speech mechanism is capable of forward moving speech without a lot of dysfluencies. It is not a "therapy method" per se. It is more of an initial stepping stone, if it is used in therapy. The client and the clinician would develop a hierarchy of activities to move, in small steps, the experience of fluency into real-life speaking situations. It isn't meant to suggest that the client speak in a "rhythmic quality" of speech. You might be interested in reading (and listening to) a poem written by someone many years ago that talks about his attempts to find a "cure" - including speaking with a rhythmic quality. Thomas Alexander 's presentation on a former online conference is at http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad6/papers/alexander6.html


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