Parents Experiences of the Lidcombe Program: The Norway-Australia Connection

Ann Packman, Eli Johanne Hansen and Monika Herland

This study reports the results of a survey of Australian parents who had recently participated in the Lidcombe Program of early stuttering intervention. The study was initiated by the second and third authors, who wanted to find out if parents thought the Lidcombe Program was an acceptable treatment for preschoolers and, thus, whether it would be an acceptable alternative to the more traditional indirect treatment used in Norway Thirty-five parents responded to closed and open ended questions about their experiences with the program. The data were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively.