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This paper presents fluency disorders in three types of stuttering syndromes with etiological considerations. The syndromes consist of affective, behavioral and cognitive components useful for fluency assessment and establishment of therapy goals with adolescents who stutter. The ultimate goal of the treatment program is a feeling of fluency control rather than actual fluency. A therapy process for fluency disordered adolescents is suggested which outlines four stages with goals and objectives for each stage. Behavior techniques for eliciting a feeling of fluency control are also included. Finally, a case history illustrates the therapy process for an adolescent with a fluency disorder.

Parenteral attitudes toward and knowledge of stuttering were studied in 50 parents of stutterers and 50 parents of nonstutterers following the development of the Parenteral Attitudes Toward Stuttering (PATS) Inventory and the Alabama Stuttering Knowledge (ASK) Test. Results indicated that the parents of nonstutterers displayed more desirable attitudes toward stuttering and more accurate knowledge of stuttering than did the parents of stutterers. Although the PATS Inventory and the ASK Test as presently constructed may be clinically useful particularly with respect to parental counseling, continued research appears warranted to enhance their usefulness as research and clinical instruments.

The fundamental frequencies of the voices during oral reading of 12 stuttering and 12 nonstuttering 7-to-12-year-old males matched according to age, height, weight, and race were studied. No statistically significant differences were found between the stutterers and nonstutterers with respect to the mean fundamental frequency, the lowest fundamental frequency, the highest fundamental frequency, and the difference between the lowest and highest fundamental frequency values.