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The Will Club for Stuttering and Modus Operandi of Training Adult Persons Who Stutter: A Descriptive Analysis, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ali Mubarak Aldossari, Abdulhameed Abdullah Alhabeeb, Naseem Akhtar Qureshi

International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · pp. 1–27 · Published 29 Jun 2021

10.9734/indj/2021/v16i130163

Abstract

Background: Speech fluency disorders determined by a variety of complex biological and environmental interactions are common problems of children, adolescents, adults and older adults around the world and need therapeutic interventions for improving the quality of life of those who stutter. Objective: This descriptive study aims to mainly focus on training course and techniques along with various associated challenges faced by persons who stutter. Methods: Training module was tailored and customized by five trainers including psychiatrist, speech therapist, speech pathologist, psychologist and behavioral therapist to meet the therapeutic needs of chronic adult stutterers who were invited to take 2-week training course concerning stuttering. Results: The will club for stuttering has well defined mission, vision, values and goals, modus operandi and techniques, and well appreciated by trainees/participants in their success stories. Stuttering is associated with many challenges, which were identified proactively and discussed using training exercises and techniques/methods during training course that comprised of preparatory, application, confrontation, and sustainability phases. Conclusion: Two-week training course directed towards adult stutterers facing  many challenges which were discussed extensively and trainers found their effective solutions through exercises and  multi-dimensional techniques dispersed in several phases of the program module.

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