The philosophy guiding evidence-based treatment and its application to decision-making in
stuttering treatment is described. Limitations to the use of evidence-based treatment
principles to guide stuttering treatment, namely the lack of a substantial treatment research
literature that can serve as the basis for meta-analyses and systematic reviews of effective
treatment studies, are bemoaned. Guidelines are provided to aid clinicians in their own
conduct of critical evaluations of treatment research. Educational objectives: The reader will …