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From: Walt Manning
Date: 03 Oct 2008
Time: 10:25:52 -0500
Remote Name: 141.225.97.59
Hi Retz, I’ve enjoyed reading your replies to several of the other papers at this year’s conference. I am aware of three studies that point to the equivalency of both empirically- validated and informed treatments in fluency disorders. The first, Hunick et al. (2004) was conducted with adults and the other two are with children. Marie -Christine Franken found similar result when comparing the outcome of the Lidcombe and the Demands and Capacities treatment approach. She and her colleagues in the Netherlands are in the process of conducting a large study comparing these two treatment protocols. As has already been done in other areas (counseling, psychotherapy, etc.) some of the recent research in fluency disorders is also beginning to demonstrate that it is not the particular “brand” of treatment per se that facilitates successful therapeutic change, but rather the essential components of treatment that are common across several empirically- informed treatments. Nan Ratner and Patricia Zebrowski have also discussed this issue (see the paper by the two Joes – third one listed at the conference). 1.Huinck, W. J. & Peters, H. F. M. (2004). Effect of speech therapy on stuttering: Evaluating three therapy programs. Paper presented to the IALP Congress, Brisbane. 2.Hancock, K., & Craig, A. (1998). Predictors of stuttering relapse one year following treatment for children aged 9 to 14 years. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 23, 31–48. 3.Franken, C. M., Van der Schalk, C. J., & Boelens, H. (2005). Experimental treatment of early stuttering: A preliminary study, Journal of Fluency Disorders, 30, 189-199.