> The Lindcombe Program is one example. No, Lidcombe is like the polar opposite. It’s behavioral, not counseling based at all. Smooth speech gets rewarded, bumpy speech gets sometimes punished (in the Skinnerian sense). No feelings or attitudes. I think there’s a program called Palin that does focus more on home environment and parent-child interaction, maybe that’s what you’re thinking of. The environmental “triggering” thing is pretty iffy last I checked. But it’s been awhile. Would love to see the research you’re speaking of. Sounds like the ghost of the debunked Monster Study. It’s essential that we do not blame, or appear to blame, families for their children’s stutter. > We see this because it’s just really, really, incredibly common for all kids to go through stuttering “phases”, for lack of a better term. Again, last I checked the research, people who developed true stuttering (Wingate’s sound blocks, prolongations, and repetitions) showed distinct patterns separate from developmental dysfluency, which is generally whole word and phrase repetitions. The rest of your post I absolutely agree with. (Whether you’re into the environmental etiology of stuttering theory mostly seems to depend on where you went to school. Admittedly, my prof wasn’t super into it; I’m guessing yours are.)