Selecting Treatments and Monitoring Outcomes: The Circle of Evidence-Based Practice and Client-Centered Care in Treating a Preschool Child Who Stutters

Abstract

There are numerous well-supported intervention options for treating preschool children who stutter. No single therapy can possibly work for all clients. I discuss available options that I feel have sufficient evidence-based support for use with young children who stutter. I emphasize the need to consider more, not fewer, acceptable therapy options for children who do not respond positively to a selected treatment approach within a reasonable time frame.

Language Growth Predicts Stuttering Persistence Over and Above Family History and Treatment Experience: Response to Marcotte

“…Taking issue with Marcotte's belief that a program such as Lidcombe provides a gold standard for intervention quality is beyond the scope of this type of exchange. We do note, however, that there is spirited debate regarding the superiority of any single treatment for childhood stuttering (see Bernstein Ratner, 2018;Nippold, 2018).…”

Stuttering intervention in children: an integrative literature review

“…Individual analysis of the patients' needs and beliefs are necessary to make decisions. Therefore, approaching different therapeutic options positively provides treatment alternatives to children when no progress is found with a given type of intervention 43 .…”

Intervención de la tartamudez en niños: una revisión integrativa de la literatura

“…De este modo, es necesario hacer un análisis más individual de las necesidades y creencias del paciente y en función de eso tomar una decisión. Es por esto, que se plantea como positivo el manejar distintas opciones terapéuticas de modo de poder plantear una alternativa de tratamiento a aquellos niños que durante una intervención no se observan avances 43 .…”