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March

Are you aged 18-25 with a stammer? - just two more people wanted for this research project. Emily Harris at Kingston University wants to interview young adults who stammer via MSN messenger.

'Lets talk about Stammering', Belfast - workshop with Michael O'Shea, Saturday 27th March.

Full programme now available for the European Symposium on Fluency Disorders in Antwerp next month.

GCSE Oral work - some changes - BSA Education Officer Cherry Hughes outlines some changes to the English and Welsh Examination Boards as from 2009 and 2010. From the Spring 2010 Speaking Out.

Would you like to talk to other women who have a stammer? - proposed group where women can phone each other, whether to practise techniques, gain confidence on the phone, share experiences or just chat and make new friends.

Link to Dissertation by Gunar Neiders (first page is blank so scroll down) - proposed rational emotive behaviour therapy based model to treat "Chronic Perseverative Stuttering Syndrome".

Further boost for North of England stammering centre - the Schools Secretary Ed Balls has announced a further £500,000 to help fund a new centre for children who stammer in West Yorkshire.

Wanted: volunteer to be filmed in Glasgow for research - Sona Balisova would like someone to be filmed for use in a research project about the effect of self-disclosure on listener's reactions and perceptions. 

Have Your Say on the BSA - BSA's new Development Committee, nicknamed The Stammering Dragons' Den, is seeking input from members.

From the Winter 2009 edition of Speaking Out:
    New ways of delivering therapy - Professor Mark Onslow
    Stammering children are still bullied - Dr Steve Davis OBE
    Neurological vs Psychological: How does it fit together? - Dr Tom Weidig
    Making the 'Fear Monster' your friend
    Introduction to problem solving
    Europe comes to Yorkshire - ELSA Youth Meeting
    Practising with Skype
    Stammering at the Enquiry Desk
    Two Chairs and a sofa - Velda Osborne and Rachel Everard, including mp3 file

February

TV: 'Newsround' - item about stammering on Newsround, including short interviews with a 10-year girl who stammers and with Gareth Gates. You can still see it on the Newsround website.

TV: 'The Stuttering School' - documentary about the McGuire Programme. Broadcast Friday 19th Feb on Channel 4, but you can still watch it online.

First Online Cluttering Conference - will go live on the Stuttering Homepage 14th April - 5th May.

BSA helpline now has an online 'live chat' option (when someone is available), as an alternative to phoning in.

Are you aged 18-25 with a stammer? - Emily Harris at Kingston University would like to interview young adults who stammer via MSN messenger, for a research project.

Stammering genes - Dr Dennis Drayna and his team have identified three genes which are mutated in a proportion of people who stammer.

Durham self-help group - including link to their website and Facebook page.

Friends Reunited: London lunch - Sunday 23 May, organised by Rachel Albert and her team. Please come and join us, meet other BSA members, make new friends and meet old friends. All welcome - from every part of the UK and the world!

The Lidcombe Programme of early stuttering intervention - workshop for SLTs, presented by Mary Kingston and Sally Wynne. London, 4th & 5th October.

People who have recovered from stammering without therapy - University of Frankfurt would like to contact such people who have recovered but stammered beyond age 11, to fill in a short questionnaire.

Link to Fluency Tracker (external link) - app for iPhone/ iPod Touch. Says users will be able to "track changes in the frequency of disfluency, changes in avoidance behaviors, and feelings associated with speaking." Linked from our software page.

VoiceAmp for sale - VoiceAmp Classic VA601i device for sale.

Alex Vero's documentary on Marathon running is being re-shown by Channel 4 on Sunday 31st January.

World Congress for People who Stutter, Argentina - fancy a trip to South America next year? The 9th World Congress for People who Stutter will be held in May 2011 in Buenos Aires.

Link to Stutteredspeechsyndrome.com - Mark Irwin's website promotes the use of 'Stuttered Speech Syndrome' as a term to include the psychological condition of Social Anxiety Disorder. It also seeks to clarify the term 'covert stuttering'.

Items added to the BSA library:
    The brain that changes itself, Norman Doidge
    Coping With Stuttering, Peter Louw
    Agreed! Improve your powers of influence, Terry Gillen
    Leadership skills for boosting performance, Terry Gillen
    Tools for success: a cognitive behavior therapy taster, DVD by Frances Cook and Willie Botterill
    A psychology for living (2nd edn), Dalton & Dunnett
    Wait, wait, I'm NOT finished yet, DVD, Michael Palin Centre
    NAHT Annual conference 2009, BSA video.

Link to uStutter.com - social community for people who stammer, including videos, blogs, and forum. (Linked from Social networking websites)

Christmas and New Year closing - for general office and helpline

Participants wanted for research into social anxiety and stammering - participants are asked to complete and return a questionnaire. The research is at the University of Sheffield.

Newton Abbot self-help group - South Devon.

Help create an iPhone game - opportunity for young people age 13-19 who can travel to Swindon: iPhone / iPod Touch game about stammering.

BSA National Conferrence 2009 workshops:
    Succeeding in interviews, including handout notes - Terry Gillen
    Career Transition - Colin Marsh
    How to set up a self-help group, presentation slides - Rob Coe

Advertising standards ruling - ASA rules against another stammering "cure" advert. The ruling was reported in a Guardian article.

From the Summer 2009 edition of Speaking Out:
    Challenges of retirement
    Interviews can be enjoyable!
    Once more into the deep - teaching with a stammer
    A sensitive portrayal of stammering - James McAvoy in the West End
    What is your theory? - by Rosemarie Hayhow
    Working with Gestalt

BSA is now on Facebook, Bebo, Twitter and MySpace - we will be updating these regularly with news, events, comments, links to articles and blogs. Also we want to encourage dialogue - please feel free to contribute and have your say.

Fluency Trust and 'Speak' film now online - new Fluency Trust website. You can view online the full version of its film 'Speak', for young people who stammer. Also details of the Trust's outdoor activity and intensive therapy courses.

Running to the limits - Alex Vero, a filmmaker who stammers, presents his first major documentary on Channel 4 this December.

The BIG Cake Bake - Charmaine Burrow and Alison McLaughlin, SLTs at East Lancanshire PCT, raised £186 for BSA though selling cakes and Christmas cards at a staff meeting.

TV: stammering in Holby City - the latest Holby City episode involves a stabbing of a young person who stammers. You can view it on iPlayer - let us know what you think.

BSA conference call - Sheena Crompton is the guest speaker on 1st December: continuing her journey on the McGuire Programme. Any BSA member can phone in.

Every Child's Chance of Fluency - the final report of our latest Early Intervention project is now available for download.

Cherry Hughes on Teachers TV - two minute interview with Cherry Hughes, our education officer. Also news report of Stammering Information Programme launch event with Ed Balls, Michael Palin and Cherry Hughes. You can see the two videos online now.

Stammering Information Programme is launched - a new resource for teachers by the Michael Palin Centre has just been launched. Ed Balls also announced money towards a new specialist centre in the north of England. BSA Press Release.

Going green for ISAD - wearing sea green, or a sea green ribbon, to mark International Stammering Awareness Day.

istutter.ning.com - new site linked from Social networking websites

BSA library online request form now available - as alternative to posting in a form.

Swimming the Channel - full account by Rachel Reed of her sponsored swim last month.

Fluency Trust Residential Courses, 2010 - intensive stammering therapy courses at an activity centre in Devon, for children and adolescents.

Channel swim video - watch the YouTube video of Rachel Reed's swim.

2nd European Symposium on Fluency Disorders - Antwerp, 23-24 April 2010. Call for papers.

Channel swim completed - Rachel Reed has just swum the English Channel, in 17 hours 23 minutes. You can sponsor her online to raise funds for BSA.

London to Brighton walk - this summer Pepe Ghumra and his brother did a 50 mile walk from London to Brighton, in aid of BSA. You can sponsor them online.

Bob Bodenhamer: creating mental pathways - in last month's BSA conference call, Bob Bodenhamer talked about the possibility of installing new networks in the brain to help fluency. You can listen to an exercise that Bob did with participants.

Misleading adverts - you can help - we have been campaigning against advertisments that give false hope by offering to 'cure' stammering. You can help for Stammering Awareness Day 2009 by flagging offending YouTube videos.

ISAD Online Conference 2009 - 'Stuttering: More Than a Tangled Tongue' - opens on 1st October. Read and discuss papers by professionals and people who stammer around the world. The conference is freely available.

BSA trustees page updated for 2009/10. Keith Boss and Colin Marsh were elected by members this Summer. Leys Geddes is now Chair, and Pete Hancock is Vice Chair.

Blether, Issue 9 - Summer/Autumn edition of the BSA Scotland newsletter.

'My Silent Pause', by Hunter Adair - book, free download. Born in the 1930s, Hunter tells of his experiences as a stammerer and the techniques he developed to control it, including the 'silent pause'.

Summer 'Scool 2009 - BSA Scotland's July event

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