Parents and Children Who Stutter: The pleasures and pains of working together

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Lidcombe Program

From: NMU Erin Gustafson
Date: 21 Oct 2010
Time: 15:18:21 -0500
Remote Name: 69.217.48.45

Comments

Thank you for the wonderful article on parent involvement in therapy for children who stutter. It is wonderful when parents show interest in their child’s therapy and are willing to work with the SLP to get the best treatment for their child. I read a journal article recently on the Lidcombe program by Barbara Miller and Barry Guitar (2009) entitled Long-Term Outcome of the Lidcombe Program for Early Stuttering Intervention. This study was conducted by speech-language pathologists who had no previous experience with the Lidcombe Program. Despite the inexperience of the clinicians, the fluency of the children involved in the study improved immensely which supports the effectiveness of the Lidcombe program. As I said before, the study was conducted by SLPs who had never used the Lidcombe program. They received knowledge of how to administer the program through a two day workshop. I know you had mentioned that the experience of the clinician can play an important role in the effectiveness of the treatment. In your opinion, what is the best way to receive training for the Lidcombe Program and how much experience do you feel is necessary to effectively administer it?


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