Leeds Metropolitan University, Civic Quarter, Leeds, UK.
J Fluency Disord. 2011 Dec;36(4):274-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2011.02.004. Epub 2011 Mar 1.
Although group therapy is recommended for school-aged children who stutter (CWS), it is not widely researched. This study aimed to explore this provision, using a postal survey which investigated the current practices of Speech & Language Therapists (SLTs) in the UK. Seventy percent of SLT services provided some group therapy, but the level of provision was variable. There was a lack of consensus on what the main aims of group therapy should be. Important barriers to group therapy provision were identified, including a perceived lack of clients' interest in group therapy, and insufficient numbers of clients able to travel to group venues. This study enhances the profession's understanding of the provision of group therapy for CWS by identifying patterns of service delivery and highlighting areas of need.
Readers should be able to: (1) Provide a rationale for the provision of group therapy for school-aged CWS; (2) Summarize the factors affecting group therapy provision for school-aged CWS; (3) Summarize the aims of therapy identified by the respondents to this survey.
本研究旨在通过一项邮差调查，探索英国言语治疗师（SLT）目前的实践情况，以此来探讨为口吃的学龄儿童（CWS）提供小组治疗的问题。尽管小组治疗被推荐用于口吃的学龄儿童（CWS），但目前对其的研究还不够广泛。
70%的 SLT 服务机构提供了一些小组治疗，但提供的程度各不相同。对于小组治疗的主要目标是什么，尚未达成共识。小组治疗提供的重要障碍包括，据认为客户对小组治疗的兴趣不足，以及能够前往小组治疗地点的客户人数不足。
本研究通过确定服务提供模式并突出需求领域，增强了人们对为 CWS 提供小组治疗的理解。
该研究结果为为口吃的学龄儿童（CWS）提供小组治疗提供了依据，并强调了影响小组治疗提供的因素，同时总结了本次调查受访者所确定的治疗目标。
