Effects of the Lidcombe Program and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Stuttering Reduction in Preschool Children

Bijan Shafiei; Salar Faramarzi; Ahmad Abedi; Ali Dehqan; Ronald C Scherer

doi:10.1159/000493915

Effects of the Lidcombe Program and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Stuttering Reduction in Preschool Children

Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2019;71(1):29-41. doi: 10.1159/000493915. Epub 2018 Dec 12.

Authors

Bijan Shafiei¹, Salar Faramarzi², Ahmad Abedi¹, Ali Dehqan³, Ronald C Scherer⁴

Affiliations

¹ Psychology of Education of Children with Special Needs Department, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
² Psychology of Education of Children with Special Needs Department, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran, s.faramarzi@edu.ui.ac.ir.
³ Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
⁴ Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 30541009
DOI: 10.1159/000493915

Abstract

Purpose: The present study explored the effectiveness of the Lidcombe Program, the parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) approach, and an integrated (Lid-PCIT) program on the treatment of children who stutter.

Methods: The present research was a single-subject study with an alternative treatment design. Participants were 6 preschool children who were randomly assigned into three groups. Each group received the entire indirect (PCIT), direct (Lidcombe), or integrated (Lid-PCIT) program and were assessed through severity rating (SR), and percent stuttered syllables (%SS), and video analysis.

Results: For all children the SR and the %SS were reduced but the percentage of non-overlapping data of the three interventions showed that it was reduced more in the Lidcombe and in the Lid-PCIT programs.

Conclusions: This study provided preliminary evidence that Lidcombe, PCIT, and integrated programs were effective in reducing the SR and the %SS in preschool children who stutter. These results are potentially important as both indirect and direct interventions in the primary years can help children who stutter to overcome their disorder.

Keywords: Parents; Preschool children; Single-subject design; Stuttering; Treatment outcomes.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Parent-Child Relations*
Severity of Illness Index
Speech Production Measurement
Speech Therapy / methods*
Stuttering / psychology
Stuttering / therapy*
Treatment Outcome