Rolling-group Lidcombe Program: Perspectives from participant clinicians in a community- based cohort study.

Rolling-group therapy delivery is seldom used in speech-language pathology services and yet this model of admitting new clients continuously as space permits offers the real-world possibility of dramatically reduced clinical hours for the treatment of stuttering in young children. Rolling-group delivery for the Lidcombe Program (LP) has proven clinical equivalence with individual treatment in a randomised control trial, the findings of which were recently replicated in a community-based trial. This paper details the perceptions of six speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who participated in that community-based trial to ascertain the viability of this alternative model of service delivery. Participating SLPs universally supported the rolling-group model. The three themes drawn from the semi-structured interviews described logistical challenges, the need for managers to proactively support clinicians when moving to a rolling-group model through the allocation of time for capacity building, and a desire to embrace practice change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]