(S127) Lidcombe Program Starter Series: Highly Structured Practice Bundle

Description

With the Lidcombe Program for childhood stuttering, our first goal, usually, is to eliminate or virtually eliminate the child’s stuttering in “structured activities” at home (early Stage 1). By “structured activities“, we mean that we set up the sessions deliberately in a way to get the child as fluent as possible, as quickly as possible, for 10-15 minutes a day. You can read more about the Lidcombe Program here.

To encourage stutter-free speech, it’s a good idea to set up a calm environment. Usually, this means turning off the TV, distracting any siblings (and pets) with other activities, sitting on the floor or at a table with your child, and playing simple, age-appropriate games that encourage your child to speak at a level that assists them to stay fluent.

In our free ebook, we list 10 of our all-time favourite Lidcombe Program activities, including reading a picture book together, labelling games, lotto, glue and fishing games, memory, and binary choice activities.

This 103-page no-prep Lidcombe Starter Series bundle includes:

• • Lidcombe Program Starter Series: Highly Structured Practice: Say What I Say
  • Lidcombe Program Starter Series: Highly Structured Practice: Noun & Verb Naming
  • Lidcombe Program Starter Series: Highly Structured Practice: Categories Bingo
  • Lidcombe Program Starter Series: Start Your Engines!
  • Lidcombe Program Starter Series: Highly Structured Practice: Name that Dinosaur!

These days, many children respond well to digital resources, including children doing the therapy by telehealth and when busy families want to do the therapy “on the move” (or between other things). The resource is designed for all devices and is suitable for highly structured practice.

Remember: You need to be trained by a qualified speech pathologist to do the Lidcombe Program properly. Among other things, you need to be able to distinguish between stuttering and stutter-free speech; and confident to give the therapy (including the required verbal contingencies) as set out in the Lidcombe Program Manual.

Over the years, we’ve found that the Lidcombe Program works best when parents and children enjoy doing home practice sessions together. These resources are designed to help – particularly in the early, highly structured part of the program, or whenever necessary to help children who stutter to get and stay fluent.

In our speech pathology clinic, we have found these resources useful. We hope you do too!