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Section IV Treatment of Stuttering

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Editors: Zebrowski, Patricia M.; Anderson, Julie D.; Conture, Edward G.

Authors: Ames, Angharad; Arnold, Hayley S.; Beal, Deryk; Beilby, Janet; Below, Jennifer E.; Byrd, Courtney; Choi, Dahye; Coleman, Craig; DiLollo, Anthony; Eggers, Kurt; Fortier-Blanc, Julie; Franken, Marie-Christine; Garbarino, Julianne; Gerlach-Houck, Hope; Gillis, Corrin I.; Hall, Nancy E.; Hearne, Anna; Herring, Caryn; Jackson, Eric S.; Johnson, Kia Noelle; Jones, Robin; Kelly, Ellen M.; Kraft, Shelly Jo; LaSalle, Lisa; Logan, Kenneth J.; Maguire, Gerald; Millard, Sharon; Nil, Luc F. De; Ntourou, Katerina; Ratner, Nan Bernstein; Reichel, Isabella; Rodgers, Naomi; Scott, Kathleen Scaler; Singer, Cara M.; Sønsterud, Hilda; Tendera, Anna; Theys, Catherine; Tumanova, Victoria; Usler, Evan; Wagovich, Stacy; Yaruss, J. Scott; Zengin-Bolatkale, Hatun

Title: Stuttering and Related Disorders of Fluency

Print ISBN: 9781684202539; Online ISBN: 9781684202638; Book DOI: 10.1055/b000000273

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Marie-Christine Franken, Sharon Millard, and Anna Hearne

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to describe the factors that contribute to decisions about stuttering therapy for young children, specifically whether treatment is both warranted and recommended, and to describe three treatment approaches that may be adopted. Readers will be provided with a global overview of the motivating theory, principles, and methods of the Palin Parent–Child Interaction Therapy, the Lidcombe Program, and Restart-Demands and Capacities Model-based treatment, the treatment approaches that presently have the highest levels of research evidence to support their implementation by trained therapists. It should be recognized, however, that as empirical evidence emerges, there are likely to be additional therapy approaches that may prove equally or indeed more efficacious as those discussed in this chapter. These approaches are intended to be delivered by qualified clinicians. Across the globe, a range of titles and terms are used to refer to such clinicians including speech and language therapist, speech and language pathologist, and logopedist, among others. Throughout this chapter, we will use the term speech and language therapist (SLT) and therapist to refer to these professionals, for the purposes of consistency.

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stuttering - fluency disorders - preschool - children - therapy - treatment - intervention
 
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