title: Attitudes of Turkish speech and language therapists toward stuttering.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study sought to identify clinical beliefs and attitudes of speech and language therapists (SLTs) in Turkey and to compare them to previous research on SLTs in the USA and UK.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Clinician Attitudes Toward Stuttering (CATS) inventory was administered by mail to nearly all-practicing SLTs in Turkey (n=61).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Turkish SLTs, whose caseloads contained a substantial number of people who stutter, agreed with CATS items suggesting psychological causes and problems for those who stutter. They strongly believed therapy should focus on parent counseling for preschoolers who stutter as well as adolescents. They were not optimistic about carrying out stuttering therapy nor about the likelihood that children who stutter could be effectively treated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Attitudes toward stuttering by clinicians who treat them are important considerations in the conduct and outcomes of stuttering therapy. Additionally, SLTs working with stuttering clients should benefit from professional views and clinical experiences of their colleagues from surveys such as this one.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The reader will be able to describe: (a) the components of the CATS, (b) common themes in Turkish speech and language therapists' attitudes toward stuttering, (c) differences between the attitudes of speech and language therapists from Turkey versus the United States and the United Kingdom.
authors.affiliation: Anadolu University-DILKOM, Center for Speech and Language Disorders, Eskişehir, Turkey. imavis@anadolu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maviş
authors.forename: Kenneth O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: St Louis
authors.forename: Sertan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Toğram
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007808:Language Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013342:Stuttering / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce