stuttering: avoidance
behaviors
Actions
or patterns of behavior which the stutterer uses in trying to avoid difficulty.
These include abnormal variations employed such as postponements, word
substitutions, circumlocutions,
vocalized or nonvocalized pauses, or the
complete refusal to speak. Such maneuvers usually tend to increase any fear
of
difficulty the stutterer may have. Unlike the escape
behaviors that occur
during the moment of stuttering itself in an attempt to permit
release, avoidance
behaviors occur prior to the moment of stuttering in an attempt to totally
prevent its occurrence.*
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*Reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) Stuttering
Words, third edition
Paperback 1997 available from Stuttering Foundation of America
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