A Fluency Rules Therapy Program for Young Children in the Public Schools

This article presents a "fluency rules" therapy program designed specifically for young children who stutter. This treatment program, which consists of seven rules for fluent speech production, was developed and pilot tested in a public school environment. Preliminary results based on nine children indicate that the Fluency Rules Program is effective in producing fluent speech and the children's speech production remained fluent for a 1–2 year period.