Packman, Onslow, and Attanasio (2004)

Question 1

DC model suggests that..

Answer 1

• there are innate and environmental factors that cause stuttering in young children
• these factors lower the child’s capacity for speech and when the demands are increased, stuttering will occur

Question 2

critiques say…

Answer 2

• this is a circular explanation because it doesn’t explain why stutters happen
• disfluencies also increase demands

Question 3

treatment aims to..

Answer 3

• increase the childs capacity

- parent counseling (how to lower demands)

Question 4

lidcombe program focuses on..

Answer 4

praising fluent speech and acknowledges stuttering which places more demands on the child

• according to the DC model, the lidcombe program would cause the child to stutter more
• shown to eliminate stuttering