아동말더듬 치료에서 부모중재프로그램의 적용효과

The Effects of Parent Involvement in Stuttering Children

The purpose of this study is determine the effects of parent involvement in children who stutter in their early stage in terms of stuttering frequency, its duration and the secondary behaviors. The subjects were 2 male and I female preschool stutterers ranging from 3;5 to 6;2 years in age. The results of this study were as follows : First, the program of the intervention brought about the effective reduction of the stuttering frequency. Second, the intervention of this study was effective to shorten the duration. Third, the intervention of this study was effective to reduce the consequent physical behaviors, while the children whose parents were stuttering had the secondary behaviors such as the tension in the jaw muscle and hand meddling, the rest subjects only had a slight facial tension which could not be detected without closer observation.