Survey for the Development of the Contents of the Adolescent Stuttering Treatment Program

Purpose: Adolescent stuttering has different characteristics from that of a child who stutters and that of an adult who stutters. A treatment technique according to the characteristics of these adolescents’ stuttering is required. This study aims to investigate the current status and perception of adolescent stuttering treatment and the necessity of factors related to adolescent stuttering treatment for SLP. Methods: A questionnaire on adolescent stuttering treatment was conducted for 162 SLPs (42 males, 120 females). The number and percentage of responses for each question was presented, and Chi-square analysis was performed to find out the differences according to gender and qualification levels. The importance was answered on a 7-point scale, and the average for each question was presented. Results: The SLPs answered that their adolescent stuttering treatment experience was 44.44% and that there were many male SLPs and first-level SLPs. SLPs said that the adolescent stuttering interventions approached differently compared to adult stuttering interventions were 87.04%, and SLPs with experience in adolescent stuttering interventions responded at a higher rate. The results of the importance of the adolescent stuttering treatment factor were as follows: mind treatment, parent treatment, teacher treatment, intrinsic, and extrinsic treatment factor. Overall, the importance was rated high. Conclusions: This study confirmed the necessity of adolescent stuttering intervention. Based on the results of this study, it is expected that the development of an intervention program suitable for the characteristics of adolescent stuttering will continue.