Group therapy for school-aged children who stutter: a survey of current practices
| Autor: | Margaret Hardman, Sarah James, Hilary Liddle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Linguistics and Language medicine.medical_specialty Stuttering Service delivery framework Cognitive Neuroscience medicine.medical_treatment Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Speech Therapy Language and Linguistics Group psychotherapy Speech and Hearing Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Child School age child LPN and LVN United Kingdom Postal survey Family medicine Psychotherapy Group medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of fluency disorders. 36(4) |
| ISSN: | 1873-801X |
| Popis: | Although group therapy is recommended for school-aged children who stutter (CWS), it is not widely researched. This study aimed to explore this provision, using a postal survey which investigated the current practices of Speech & Language Therapists (SLTs) in the UK. Seventy percent of SLT services provided some group therapy, but the level of provision was variable. There was a lack of consensus on what the main aims of group therapy should be. Important barriers to group therapy provision were identified, including a perceived lack of clients’ interest in group therapy, and insufficient numbers of clients able to travel to group venues. This study enhances the profession's understanding of the provision of group therapy for CWS by identifying patterns of service delivery and highlighting areas of need. Educational objectives: Readers should be able to: (1) Provide a rationale for the provision of group therapy for school-aged CWS; (2) Summarize the factors affecting group therapy provision for school-aged CWS; (3) Summarize the aims of therapy identified by the respondents to this survey. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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