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From: Tom Weidig (thestutteringbrain.blogspot.com)
Date: 06 Oct 2010
Time: 02:08:21 -0500
Remote Name: 88.207.186.175
Rosalee Shenker writes in an article here: "Direct treatment for preschool age children has been shown to be effective in eliminating stuttering." I find this highly misleading. First of all, she doesn't mention the natural recovery rate. So a clinician can NEVER know whether they have been effective or whether it naturally happened. Second, she doesn't give the evidence. The not-independent long-term study shows relapse. AND no-one ever mentioned that many children could NOT be contacted any more. Third, stuttering has a neurobiological basis some of which is genetic. NO behavioural treatment will ever change the genes and at best re-shape behaviour to better deal with a neurobiological deficit. But that's hardly an elimination. I would like to hear people's opinion on her claim!