Investigating the Lidcombe Program of early stuttering intervention for preschool age children when parental verbal contingencies for fluent and stuttered moments are removed.
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Developmental stuttering in preschool children.Public Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613001247763
- Lead Sponsor
- Australian Stuttering Research Centre, The University of Sydney
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 82
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged between 3 years old until 5 years, 11 months old.
2. Stuttering for longer than 6 months
3. Child stutters more than 2% syllables stuttered on pooled data from beyond clinic recordings
4. Able to attend clinic weekly
5. Functional English for both parent and child (i.e. child usually speaks English at home)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Child has had stuttering therapy previously
2. Parent has implemented the Lidcombe Program with other sibling/s
3. Parental report, or clinician observation of child ADHD, intellectual disability, moderate to severe speech and/or language difficulties or any other complicating factor.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The first primary outcome measure will be<br>the mean percentage of syllables stuttered taken from two 10-minute audio recordings of the child talking in the home or other non-treatment environment.[Audio recordings will be taken at 4 data points:<br>1. Pre treatment<br>2. When the child is at near-zero levels of stuttering (Stage 2 of the Lidcombe Program)<br>3. 9 months post randomisation <br>4.18 months post randomization. ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parent reported Severity Ratings of the child’s typical and worst severity of stuttering for the week at each data point.[Data points will be at: <br>1. Pre treatment<br>2. When the child is at near-zero levels of stuttering (Stage 2 of the Lidcombe Program)<br>3. 9 months post randomisation <br>4.18 months post randomization. ];The number of weeks and number of sessions to achieve near zero stuttering (Stage 2 of the Lidcombe Program).[This will be measured from the first therapy session, to the date at which each child has reached three weeks in a row of near-zero levels of stuttering.]