Participation-focused intervention in stuttering: Perspectives of stakeholders
Presentation Type
Abstract
Faculty Advisor
Michael Boyle
Access Type
Event
Start Date
25-4-2025 12:00 PM
End Date
25-4-2025 1:00 PM
Description
Purpose: This study analyzed stakeholder perspectives of what is important for stuttering intervention through the lens of a participation-focused framework. Method: The authors conducted a narrative review of scientific articles focused on important elements of stuttering therapy from the perspectives of people who stutter and speech-language pathologists. Content in those papers was organized according to a new participation-focused framework of therapy by Baylor & Darling-White (2020). This framework prioritizes communicative participation as the primary outcome variable in all speech-language pathology services, and includes three domains in service of that goal. These domains include communication skills, environmental factors, and personal perspectives. Content from articles was categorized into one of those three domains and meaning units were identified and coded to support generation of themes and subthemes within each domain. Results: Themes and subthemes were identified for the communication skill domain, the environmental factors domain, and the personal perspectives domain. Specific themes and subthemes will be presented and discussed, but include characteristics of therapy and therapist, increased community belongingness; noticing and modifying speech production; and changes to emotions and attitudes about the self, stuttering, and management of stuttering. Conclusions: Clinicians have a variety of options for enhancing communicative outcomes for clients who stutter that go beyond traditional speech modification. This participation-focused framework applied to people who stutter will help clinicians understand the potential needs of their clients and help them to plan therapy accordingly with more options available.
Participation-focused intervention in stuttering: Perspectives of stakeholders
Purpose: This study analyzed stakeholder perspectives of what is important for stuttering intervention through the lens of a participation-focused framework. Method: The authors conducted a narrative review of scientific articles focused on important elements of stuttering therapy from the perspectives of people who stutter and speech-language pathologists. Content in those papers was organized according to a new participation-focused framework of therapy by Baylor & Darling-White (2020). This framework prioritizes communicative participation as the primary outcome variable in all speech-language pathology services, and includes three domains in service of that goal. These domains include communication skills, environmental factors, and personal perspectives. Content from articles was categorized into one of those three domains and meaning units were identified and coded to support generation of themes and subthemes within each domain. Results: Themes and subthemes were identified for the communication skill domain, the environmental factors domain, and the personal perspectives domain. Specific themes and subthemes will be presented and discussed, but include characteristics of therapy and therapist, increased community belongingness; noticing and modifying speech production; and changes to emotions and attitudes about the self, stuttering, and management of stuttering. Conclusions: Clinicians have a variety of options for enhancing communicative outcomes for clients who stutter that go beyond traditional speech modification. This participation-focused framework applied to people who stutter will help clinicians understand the potential needs of their clients and help them to plan therapy accordingly with more options available.
Comments
Poster presentation at the 2025 Student Research Symposium.