tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post1060793521370836020..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Mother blames herself for therapy failureTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-87293040710145122822012-06-10T02:30:39.267+02:002012-06-10T02:30:39.267+02:00I am a speech Pathologist and do not use the Lid...I am a speech Pathologist and do not use the Lidcombe program but never-the-less have had 45 years success with my treatment which was written up in the Speech Journal. I have retired now but would be happy to help you. eulyce@hotmail.comeulycenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-87035271522499710232012-02-05T12:48:53.549+01:002012-02-05T12:48:53.549+01:00Hi Tom, it would be helpful for your readers to kn...Hi Tom, it would be helpful for your readers to know what other clinically proven methodologies are available for stuttering treatment and their efficacy. Can you give those concerned parents a few pointers as to other proven clinically researched treatments (other than Lidcombe) they can investigate to help their young children?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-71045116129970622812012-02-03T20:21:04.466+01:002012-02-03T20:21:04.466+01:00I have consistently criticized:
- the claims made...I have consistently criticized:<br /><br />- the claims made by Lidcombe on the efficacy of their treatment approach.<br />- their misuse of evidence-based practise by applying to a disorder that is far more complex than straight forward body illnesses.<br />- their way of attacking others and putting other treatment down just because they do not have evidence-based trials.<br />- their sloppy use of statistics.<br /><br />A priori, I have nothing against what they try to do. Any intervention has the potential to shape learned behaviours and decrease symptoms. However, they will not re-wire the brain or anything like that.Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-57251955325133984912012-02-01T19:41:35.232+01:002012-02-01T19:41:35.232+01:00Tom - I know that you've often criticized Lidc...Tom - I know that you've often criticized Lidcombe, sometimes in strong terms. However, I've never been sure whether you're critical of the method itself, or that you're critical that the Lidcombe proponents make exaggerated and unsupported claims.<br /><br />Can you clarify your opinion of the Lidcombe method itself? Do you believe that it's fundamentally beneficial, or not?Orahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07560420178241698669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-31008494069562062822012-02-01T19:33:00.359+01:002012-02-01T19:33:00.359+01:00Unfortunate! Why are therapists doing this to chil...Unfortunate! Why are therapists doing this to children and families? Giving this hope, faith and belief in a final CURE? Is it just because health care professionals have been taught to offer HOPE no matter what? Is it shameful to accept one's limits, be sick or have a stammer?<br />Will therapists offer HOPE blindly even in case of Autism and Cerebral palsy? Why treat stammering differently and claim wonderful results for this therapy, that gadget? As I see, it is not only the pws and their families, which need to be a little humble and practice Acceptance, it is also the profession, the therapists who need to do the same- and help families and society to live with stammering..Satyendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829552345809055365noreply@blogger.com