Jonge stotterende kinderen: Klinisch redeneren met behulp van een praktijkgericht stroomschema

Abstract

In young children who stutter, there is a specific period of approximately two years to guide the child to fluency. The speech therapist must assess the chance whether natural recovery will occur and conclude if immediate treatment is required. The speech therapist plays an important role in this decision making process. Based on science, the Guideline Stuttering (NVLF, 2020) provides recommendations. In this article we translate this into clinical practice. We focus on the choices the speech therapist needs to make regarding therapeutic interventions, weighing the risk factors for persistent stuttering and elaborate how the speech therapist may give practical shape to monitoring procedure.