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Australian pre-service primary teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills regarding stuttering
Matheson, Tim Arnott, Simone Donaghy, Michelle
Matheson, Tim
Arnott, Simone
Donaghy, Michelle
Abstract
Purpose: Exploring Australian pre-service primary teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and classroom strategies regarding stuttering provides speech-language pathologists (SLPs) with information that can facilitate enhanced outcomes for school-aged children who stutter.
Method: In this exploratory descriptive cross-sectional study, 51 final-year Bachelor of Education (Primary) students enrolled at an Australian university completed an online survey about stuttering.
Result: Responses demonstrated positive and negative beliefs. Seventy-four per cent of pre-service teachers believed that stuttering has a psychological aetiology and that students who stutter are more likely to be shy or anxious. Participants agreed that their reactions and support offered would largely be based on their assumptions rather than knowledge.
Conclusion: Pre-service primary teachers share similar misconceptions and unhelpful attitudes towards stuttering with previously evaluated populations. Implications for SLPs are discussed.
Keywords
pre-service primary teachers, attitudes, knowledge, stuttering, skills
Date
2022
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Book
Volume
25
Issue
5
Page Range
710-721
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Allied Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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All rights reserved
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