Elevated Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Children Who Stutter

ConclusionThe large proportion of children exhibiting elevated ADHD symptoms, and the increase in clinical contact time required in this subgroup to achieve successful fluency outcomes, is suggestive of the need for clinicians to tailor stuttering intervention to address these concomitant behaviour challenges. Findings support the use of careful caseload management strategies to account for individual differences between children, and strengthen prognostic information available to parents and clinicians.
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research