An Infantile Stammer (Baby Talk) in a Boy of Twelve Years

a special school of Philadelphia and placed in a class for backward boys, of which I was then in charge. It was my practice to subject each boy, brought for training, to a thorough examination in order to ascertain, if possible, the physical or mental condition which was the primary cause of his backwardness. If I succeeded in discovering this underlying cause of retardation I concentrated all my pedagogical efforts on the task of training the function or functions which showed inadequate development. This boy had been unable to make normal progress in the regular schools owing primarily to a speech defect. Articulation