Charles Van Riper

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Charles Gage Van Riper (born December 1, 1905 in Champion Township , Marquette County , Michigan , † September 25, 1994 in Kalamazoo ) was an American speech therapist and is considered the founder of American speech therapy . He was one of the most famous experts in the field of stuttering and left a lasting mark on the therapy landscape.

Life

Charles Van Riper, known in his family as "Cully", was the son of the physicist "Dr. Van ". Stuttering from the age of two, he became a student of Lee Edward Travis at the University of Iowa, who, together with Samuel Torrey Orton, proposed the lateralization hypothesis of stuttering. In 1936, Van Riper was hired by Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo to teach speech therapy. He also founded a clinic here and stayed there until he left in 1976. The form of therapy of stuttering modification (also known as the non-avoidance approach or Van Riper therapy), which is very widespread today, with the four therapy phases identification, desensitization, modification and stabilization as well as the speaking techniques pull-out, preparatory set and cancellation was developed by Van Riper. In Germany, the dissemination of the therapeutic approach was strongly promoted by the Federal Association of Stuttering & Self-Help with the publication of the second part of The Treatment of Stuttering , which was translated by Andreas Starke . Van Riper died on September 25, 1994 at his home in Kalamazoo after a long illness.

Works

Van Riper has published numerous academic articles and books. The most important are:

  • Speech Correction: Principles and Methods (1939)
  • The Nature of Stuttering (1971)
  • The Treatment of Stuttering (1973)

further reading

  • American Speech and Hearing Association: The Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders. Volume 22. Edited by the American Speech and Hearing Association, Danville, Ill., 1957, p. 135.
  • Hans W. Hörmann (Ed.): On stuttering therapy according to Charles Van Riper (=  Edition Marhold . Volume 8 ). Wissenschaftsverlag Volker Spiess GmbH, Berlin 1997, ISBN 978-3-89166-103-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography of Charles Van Riper (English).
  2. ↑ Marquette Range: Champion. ( Memento from May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Dave Williams: Wendell Johnson and Charles Van Riper. A Remembrance of Them and Their Era.
personal data
SURNAME Van Riper, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Van Riper, Charles Gage
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American speech therapist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Champion Township (Michigan)
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1994
Place of death Kalamazoo