Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP): Evaluation of Efficacy

Yulia Filatova and Roberta A. Jackson

SSMP is a comprehensive stuttering-modification approach designed for older adolescents and adults. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate feeling and attitude changes of persons who stutter before and after this program. The subjects were 6 persons between sixteen and forty three years old. We used before and after the treatment the following assessment instruments: Overall Assessment of The Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering, Communication Attitude Scale, Self-Rating of Reactions to Speech Situations, Perceptions of Stuttering Inventory. We will give an overview of SSMP and will discuss our findings.