Role Entrapment of People Who Stutter Reported by K-12 Teachers

Attitudes toward stuttering of nonstuttering preschool and kindergarten children: A comparison using a standard instrument prototype

“…In the ubiquitous stuttering literature, the term public attitudes 1 refer to the inaccurate, insensitive, or otherwise unhelpful beliefs, reactions, perceptions, opinions, values, and related constructs that have been documented in various populations including: educators (Abdalla & St. Louis, 2012;Crowe & Walton, 1981;Ruscello, Lass, Schmitt, & Pannbacker, 1994), speech-language pathologists (Cooper & Cooper, 1996;Lass, Ruscello, Pannbacker, Schmitt, & Everly-Myers, 1989), college students (Betz, Blood, & Blood, 2008;Dorsey & Guenther, 2000;Hughes, 2008;Hughes, Gabel, Roseman, & Daniels, in press;St. Louis & Lass, 1981), employers (Gabel, Blood, Tellis, & Althouse, 2004;Gabel, Hughes, & Daniels, 2008;Hurst & Cooper, 1983a;Hurst & Cooper, 1983b;Irani, Gabel, Hughes, Swartz, & Palasik, 2009), and family units (Özdemir, St. Louis, & Topbaş , 2011b). This body of work has consistently confirmed the existence of a negative "stuttering stereotype" (Woods & Williams, 1976), which pervades cultures and populations worldwide.…”

Arab and American Teachers' Attitudes Toward People Who Stutter: A Comparative Study

“…However, paternalism can be undesirable and unethical when decisions are made for individuals who are capable of making their own decisions, including PWS. A study by Irani, Gabel, Hughes, Swartz, and Palasik (2009) explored role entrapment of PWS by K-12 teachers using the Vocational Advice Scale (VAS; Gabel, Blood, Tellis, & Althouse, 2004). The survey instrument included an open-ended question at the end of the scale, requesting participants to provide their rationale for not recommending certain jobs to PWS.…”

Reactions of teachers versus non-teachers toward people who stutter

“…The closest the literature comes to reporting teachers' social distancing can be found in studies of the career advice teachers indicate they would give their students who stutter. In the two studies with survey items addressing this topic, there is some evidence that at least some teachers may be more likely to recommend careers that involve little speaking for their students who stutter (Crowe & Walton, 1981;Irani, Gabel, Hughes, Swartz, & Palasik, 2009). Of course, studies of teachers' career advice for PWS only relate to a small part of the sympathy/social distancing component of the POSHA-S framework.…”