Thomas W. Powell designed a comprehensive diagram to illustrate the many variables that effect progress in speech therapy. It took me several minutes to understand this graphic because it does include so many influences that the Client, Clinician, Environment, and Treatment method bring to the therapy situation. This diagram appeared in an article about oral-motor treatments for speech sound disorders. However, I think it can be adapted to speech therapy for stuttering.
"Cause and effect diagram illustrating selected sources of variance that may impact the outcome of intervention for children with developmental speech sound production disorders." Figure 1. page 376 in "The Use of Nonspeech Oral Motor Treatments for Developmental Speech Sound Production Disorders: Interventions and Interactions", Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, Vol. 39, pp 374-379, July 2008
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