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AAP Grand Rounds 15:17-18 (2006)
© 2006 American Academy of Pediatrics

Intervention to Treat Stuttering Preschoolers

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For this study, researchers from the Universities of Queensland and Sydney, Australia; the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; the Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust, New Zealand; and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville assessed the effectiveness of a behavioral treatment for stuttering. Children 3 to 6 years old with stuttering were randomly selected to receive either a behavioral intervention based on the "Lidcombe program,"¹ or no formal treatment. The Lidcombe program is guided by a speech pathologist and consists of parent acknowledgements of "smooth" or "bumpy" (stuttering) speech for prescribed periods during the day, followed by requests for self-correction ("Can you say that again?") when necessary. Twenty-nine children received the Lidcombe program and 25 served as controls. Children with onset of stuttering in the 6 months prior to enrollment and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Alison Schonwald, MD, FAAP

Developmental Medicine Center, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

 

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