Reducing Vocal Abuse: 'I've Got to Be Me.'

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Title: Reducing Vocal Abuse: 'I've Got to Be Me.'
Language: English
Authors: Burk, Kenneth W., Brenner, Laurie E.
Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 1991 22(3):173-178.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 6
Publication Date: 1991
Intended Audience: Practitioners
Document Type: Journal Articles
Guides - Non-Classroom
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Emotional Experience, High Schools, Intervention, Performance Contracts, Prevention, Self Concept, Self Destructive Behavior, Speech Therapy, Teacher Student Relationship, Therapists, Voice Disorders
ISSN: 0161-1461
Abstract: This paper emphasizes the importance of listening to the feelings of the adolescent with a voice disorder before beginning an action-oriented approach to creating voice changes. Use of a "behavioral contract" between therapist and student to reduce vocal abuse and excessive vocal use is suggested. (JDD)
Journal Code: CIJFEB1992
Entry Date: 1992
Accession Number: EJ432902
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This paper emphasizes the importance of listening to the feelings of the adolescent with a voice disorder before beginning an action-oriented approach to creating voice changes. Use of a "behavioral contract" between therapist and student to reduce vocal abuse and excessive vocal use is suggested. (JDD)
ISSN:0161-1461