Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify commonalities and differences between content components in stuttering treatment programs for preschool-age children. Method: In this document analysis, a thematic analysis of the content was conducted of handbooks and manuals describing Early Childhood Stuttering Therapy, the Lidcombe Program,…

Purpose: This systematic review identified and synthesized published research articles, written in Japanese, on the clinical effectiveness of a broad range of nonpharmacological interventions for school-age children who stutter. Method: A systematic review of Japanese literature published between January 1, 1980, and July 7, 2020, reporting…

Clinical Question: What treatment approaches are available to reduce the frequency of phonological processes and disfluencies (moments of stuttering or stuttered words or syllables) in a school-aged child with a phonological disorder (PD) and an additional stuttering disorder (SD)? Additionally, what is the treatment efficacy of available…

Clinical Question: Would an adolescent who stutters (P) exhibit long-term improvement in stuttering management from fluency shaping approaches (I) or speech modification techniques (C), as shown by increases in controlled and spontaneous fluency, reduced severity of moments of stuttering, and decreased negative impact of stuttering (O)? Method:…

This study presents survey data on 58 Dutch-speaking patients with neurogenic stuttering following various neurological injuries. Stroke was the most prevalent cause of stuttering in our patients, followed by traumatic brain injury, neurodegenerative diseases, and other causes. Speech and non-speech characteristics were analyzed separately for…

In a reply to a review of replicated findings on stuttering, the author adds 14 points concerning symptoms, prevalence, incidence, stutterer-nonstutterer differences, and variability of stuttering. He takes exception to the review's statements on treatment and theories of stuttering. (CL)

Replicated findings from research on stuttering are reviewed according to five major topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): symptoms, prevalence, incidence; stutterer-nonstutterer differences (personality factors, intelligence); variability of stuttering (variation by time, situation, language factors); treatment; and theories. The theory…

Research is reviewed on children's fluency disruptions (including definitions, nature and types of self-interruptions, and typical and atypical discourse development). A collaborative approach to classroom intervention is proposed which focuses on the dynamics of the classroom environment and interaction patterns. (CL)

The article describes possible reasons, other than stuttering, for children's disfluent speech, presents typical case profiles for different types of disfluency, and suggests appropriate case management procedures. (Author/DB)

Reports a long-term follow-up of the effects of self-modeling on the reduction of stuttering in two groups of students who initially evidenced different mean percentages of stuttered words. Results reveal that students involved in the initial study who initially exhibited substantially higher mean percentages of stuttered words, maintained their…

Features of mothers' and fathers' interaction with children who stutter are reviewed, along with results of intervention studies that have included children who stutter and their parents. Similarities and differences in the roles played by fathers and mothers in children's communicative development are discussed, as are implications for clinical…

This article reviews issues in speech motor control and a class of communication disorders known as motor speech disorders that include dysarthrias, apraxia of speech, developmental apraxia of speech, developmental stuttering, acquired (neurogenic and psychogenic) stuttering, and cluttering. Assessment, classification, and treatment of these…

This article provides information on stuttering, including the incidence of the disability; the definition of stuttering; the effects of stuttering on daily life activities; the role of the speech-language pathologist in treating stuttering; and the evidence of the benefits of treatment in children and adults. A case study is presented. (CR)

This article describes a cognitive-behavioral treatment package for relapse management in adolescents who stutter. The package includes game-based training techniques in problem solving, communication skills, and assertiveness; coping responses for stuttering episodes; and realistic expectations for fluency and relapse. Follow-up results with…