Lidcombe

The Lidcombe Program is a treatment for children who stutter.  It was developed in Australia in the mid-1980s and has been scientifically studied in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Parents are key to implementing a successful Lidcombe Program and do the treatment each day with their child.  By positively reinforcing and providing feedback to children when their speech is fluent and carefully implementing correction procedures when speech is dysfluent, speech fluency is shaped and progress is made. The speech-language pathologist works with the parents to ensure that the treatment is appropriate and effective.  The program is individualized for each child, based on their pattern of dysfluency, family, and cultural values.