The Efficacy of a Training Program based on the Information Processing Strategy in Improving Oral Fluency to Reduce Stuttering in Adolescents

The current study's objective is to assess whether a training program based on the information processing strategy is efficacy in Improving oral fluency and reducing stuttering in adolescents. The research sample consisted of (22) stuttering adolescents, whose chronological ages ranged from (12 to 16 years), with an average age of (14.04) and a standard deviation of (1.39). and the experimental approach was used. where The sample members were split into an experimental group and a control group, each of which contained 11 people (8 males and 3 females), and the tools used were: Stanford Benefit Scale for Intelligence, fifth image, Arabization and Coherence: Mahmoud Abu El-Nil Mahmoud Abu Al-Nil, Muhammad Taha, Abdel Mawgoud Abdel Samie,(2011), The Oral Fluency for Adolescents Scale (prepared by the researcher), Severity of Stuttering rating scale for Adolescents (prepared by the researcher), A Training Program based on the Information Processing Strategy (prepared by the researcher), Results revealed that there are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group in the pre- and post-measurement of both oral fluency and stuttering severity in favor of the post-measurement. The presence of statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups by post-measurement of both oral fluency and stuttering severity in favor of the experimental group, which indicates the effectiveness of the program in Enhancing oral fluency and Reduce stuttering in Adolescents, and the research results were discussed in the light of the literature, theoretical frameworks, and previous research and studies. A set of recommendations has been formulated.