Wczesna interwencja w jąkaniu na świecie w świetle wyników międzynarodowego sondażu diagnostycznego
Early intervention for stuttering children around the world. Results of an international survey

Author(s): Oleksandr Boroń, Katarzyna Węsierska, Joseph Agius
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Children; stuttering/stammering; survey;early intervention;
Summary/Abstract: Research suggests that applying appropriately tailored types of early intervention in stuttering can be a major factor in preventing a life-long problem. Early intervention may range from parent counseling, indirect or direct treatment or a combination of both approaches. The article presents the results of an international survey on early intervention in stuttering children around the world. Twenty-nine respondents/teams out of forty-one completed the questionnaire. The aims of this study were as follows: to recognize the conditions and the types of institutions in which stuttering intervention is delivered in different countries; to identify at what age dysfluent children are typically referred to SLT services, and to increase knowledge about the types of therapeutic approaches that were used in different countries. The study findings show that there are countries where therapeutic help for young stuttering children is very highly developed, but there are also places around the world where access to professional help is very limited. In some countries the most common approach in early stuttering intervention is parent counseling.

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