The systematic desensitization of reading anxiety, a case study
THE SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION OF READING
ANXIETY, A CASE STUDY
PAUL J. COYLE’
Baltimore County Board of Education
The use of counterconditioning or desensitization proposed by Wolpe (1958)
has been applied to many kinds of anxiety in both individual and group situations
with a great deal of success. The present study reports the results of the application
of desensitization procedures with an eighth-grade girl who was e
