How does the Lidcombe program work?
How does the Lidcombe program work?
The fundamental premise of the Lidcombe Program is that parent verbal contingencies are the active treatment agent for eliminating or greatly reducing stuttering. So, when the clinician feels it to be appropriate, it is logical for those parent verbal contingencies to occur during natural conversations with children.
Who is the Lidcombe program suitable for?
The Lidcombe Program is a behavioural treatment for children who stutter who are younger than 6 years. It may be suitable for some older children. The program takes its name from the suburb of Sydney where the Australian Stuttering Research Centre began.
Is the Lidcombe program evidence based?
The Lidcombe Program is an evidence based treatment. That means that it is based on scientific research. One part of that research is clinical trials.
What is the Camperdown program?
The Camperdown Program is a stuttering treatment for adults and adolescents developed by the Australian Stuttering Research Centre. At the start of treatment you will be instructed how to minimise stuttering through use of a fluency technique.
What age is Lidcombe program?
The Lidcombe Program was developed for children younger than 6 years. Children as young as 2 years have participated in clinical trials. One clinical trial showed that the Lidcombe Program can be effective with children in age range 7–12 years.
What are verbal contingencies?
Verbal contingencies are comments made by the parents after moments of the child’s stutter-free speech or unambiguous stuttering, the aim of both being to reduce the frequency of stuttering.
What is the Westmead program?
The Westmead Program is a treatment for young children that aims to reduce stuttering. Parents do not change the family lifestyle in any way, apart from encouraging the child to use syllable-timed speech (STS) during practice sessions, and occasionally throughout the day.
What is restart DCM?
RESTART Demands and Capacities Model based treatment (RESTART-DCM) is premised on the idea that positive changes in the child’s functioning and/or in the environment will lead to a reduction of stuttering.
What is success rate of Lidcombe program?
The most significant predictor of outcome was Lidcombe Program Trainers Consortium (LPTC) training. The children of trained SLPs (n = 19), compared to the children of untrained SLPs, took 76% more sessions to complete stage 1, but achieved 54% lower %SS scores, 9 months after starting treatment.
What does speech therapy involve?
Speech and language therapists provide life-changing treatment, support and care for children and adults who have difficulties with communication, eating, drinking and swallowing. You’ll help people who, for physical or psychological reasons, have problems speaking and communicating.
What is syllable timed speech?
The child’s parents deliver the treatment in the child’s everyday environment. The ultimate aim of the treatment is to achieve normal speech rate and speech that does not sound unnatural in any way. Syllable-timed speech. Syllable-timed speech involves saying each syllable in time to a rhythmic beat.
How early can a stutter start?
The first signs of stuttering tend to appear when a child is about 18–24 months old. At this age, there’s a burst in vocabulary and kids are starting to put words together to form sentences. To parents, the stuttering may be upsetting and frustrating, but it is natural for kids to do some stuttering at this stage.
