The program for training speech therapists at the George Washington University Speech and Hearing Clinic is discussed, and methods used by the therapists are described. (DB)

Techniques used by five interns build upon establishment of a strong relationship with the client, client acknowledgement of responsibility for his behaviors, acceptance by counselor of himself, search for hidden client feelings, and reinforcement. (CJ)

This research was supported by Research Grant No. 30-200-50, Indiana University Foundation, Indiana University.

Research by the U.S. Office of Education under the provisions of the Cooperative Research Program (Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning).

Materials used in this research were developed in the course of Project No. 5-0566-2-12-1 supported by the Office of Education.

Based on an MA thesis submitted by the senior author to Northwestern University, 1966.

Research supported by NICHD training grant number T1-HD-105-02.

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