The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. [77], No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1967 Page: 38 of 48
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sponsor this edition.
See Pages 30 & 31.
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The speech and hearing ther-
apy program in the Alvin Schools
is under the direction of Richard
Mallard, who is a graduate spe-
cialist with a masters degree
from North Texas State Univer-
sity. The program offers indi-
vidualized instruction and train-
ing to 80 students in grades one
through 12 serving all depart-
ments in the Alvin Independent
School District.
The purpose of the speech
correction program is to pro-
vide special instruction to those
students with speech and/or
hearing problems. Students are
eligible for speech corrertixi
when their speech deviates sofar
from the normal that it calls at-
tention to itself, interferes with
communication, or causes tie
individual to be maladjusted in
his environment.
The most frequent type of
speech problem encountered in-
volves incorrect sound produt -
tion. This is referred to as a
problem of articulation. The sec -
ond most frequently occuring
speech problem is stuttering, fol -
lowed by delayed speech devel-
opment and finally, problems of
voice production.
Several students are enrolled
who are hard of hearing. Not only
do hard-of-hearing students work
on improving their speech, but
they are taught lip reading to aid
their classroom understanding
Emphasis is also placed on audi-
tory training with hard of hearing
students. This involves teaching
the students to make the best use
of the hearing they have remain-
ing
Students usually meet in
groups, ranging from two to five
people. Students are grouped ac-
cording to type of speech prob-
lem and grade placement. Most
students come to speech twice
3 week for a period of 30minutes
each session. The more advanced
students are seen only once a
week.
Such material as hand puppets
and speech stimulating activities
are used to promote and encour-
age the children to work on cor-
recting their speech while in
speech class. Other materials
used are a tape recorder, mir-
ror. and a new type of auditory
trainer which provides instant,
automatic speech playback.
Mr. Mallard points out that the
hardest step in speech cor ra-
tion is getting the children to
carry over their correct speech
pattern in everyday speaking sit-
uations. Here the primary re-
sponsibility lies with the parents
and teachers, as the children
should be encouraged as much
as possible to work on their
speech, and to use their newly
acquired speech pattern.
Richard Mallard, speech and hearing specialist in the Alvin Inde- l '
pendent School District is providing individually controlled instruction speech playback
to Anita Tower. Martha Rose, Bambi Sikes, and Mike Doughty, with
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M »re and more uses are being founded for the tape recorder in the classroom. David Williams S*mm»
Miglicco. Matt ( lark. Reb*yca Stevens. Randy Whatley and Curtis Hoffman follow a readir^ lesson with
the aid of a tape recorder The teacher-made tape is prepared to strengthen the student's reading com-
prehension The individually adjusted earphones enable these students to wor- inde pendently of other
class members and serve as an aid to concentration on the work at hand
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Bowen, A. E. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. [77], No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1967, newspaper, March 9, 1967; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1243062/m1/38/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.