title: Developing treatment for adolescents who stutter: a phase I trial of the Camperdown Program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate in detail how adolescents who stutter perform during treatment, with the aim of informing treatment development for this age group.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Camperdown Program was conducted with 3 adolescents who stutter. Their performance during treatment was recorded in detail, and outcome measures were collected before treatment and on 5 occasions after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One participant responded extremely well to treatment, with percentage of syllables stuttered (%SS) scores at 12 months follow-up around 1%. In addition, his speech naturalness was within normal limits. Another participant withdrew from treatment during maintenance, yet he still approximately halved his pretreatment %SS scores and was also sounding natural after treatment. This participant was satisfied with his treatment outcome. A third participant did not reach maintenance and did not benefit from the treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The adolescent who succeeded in treatment presented with a high level of self-confidence and maturity. When examining the factors that seemed to impact on treatment outcome, an underlying theme of decreased parent influence and increased peer influence and self-direction was detected. These are fundamental during the journey through adolescence from childhood to adulthood. Future directions in developing treatments for adolescents are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Australian Stuttering Research Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hearne
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Packman
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onslow
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Brian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003142:Communication; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010379:Peer Group; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011340:Problem Solving; D012648:Self Care; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013342:Stuttering / Q000628:therapy*