Guidelines for documentation of treatment efficacy for young children who stutter.
The pressing need to document treatment efficacy for young children who stutter is discussed. Guidelines for such documentation are suggested and illustrated. Measures for verifying treatment effects in four realms are delineated: (a) conditions of documentation, (b) dependent variables to be measured, (c) establishment of treatment integrity, and (d) verification of the relationship between treatment and outcome. Illustrations of the application of the suggested guidelines are presented for 2 children.
Ingham
J C
JC
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106, USA. jcingham@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
Riley
G
G
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004282:Documentation; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011996:Records; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods; D013342:Stuttering / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome