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September 2010
 BSA Scotland Telephone Support Group - BSA Scotland conference calls are back! The first call on 22nd Sept welcomes Paul Brocklehurst, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, as guest speaker. Any BSA member can phone in.
August 2010
Experiences of women who stammer: questionnaire - Charlotte Carter, a Speech and Language Therapy student, is asking women who stammer to take a few moments to fill out a questionnaire for a research project.
Mindfulness based approaches - an experiential workshop for Speech and Language Therapists - Bristol, 30th Sept and 1st Oct.
BSA Conference call - Wed 1st Sept, any BSA member is welcome to phone in. David Friedman, a bank manager based in California who stammers, will be talking about his experience working with Neuro-Semantics practitioner Bob Bodenhamer.
Participants wanted for research on text relay services - people who stammer may not know that there is a Relay Service available for those who have difficulty with phone calls. You can have your say on the future of these services by taking part a major research project.
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP at BSA London Open Day - we are delighted that Ed Balls MP is taking time out of his busy schedule to attend our Open Day on September 4th.
BSA London Open Day: Provisional Programme now available.
Stammer Trust: Grants towards treatment or research in stammering - the Stammer Trust is inviting applications for small grants up to £250.
July 2010
The Lidcombe Programme of early stuttering intervention - workshop for SLTs, presented by Mary Kingston and Sally Wynne. London, January 2011.
Winchester self-help group - meets every two months
What do you think of speech therapy services? - a 3rd year speech and language therapy student at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, is looking for participants aged 18 years or over to complete an online survey about what adults who stammer want from therapy services.
Brit Writers success - Ashaur Rahman reached the finals of The Brit Writers' Awards this month, out of 21,000 applicants. One of his poems was about stammering.
Obituary: Oliver Bloodstein - Author of the classic work 'A Handbook on Stuttering', now in its sixth edition, Oliver Bloodstein passed away this month.
ASICS British 10k London Run - the 10th annual British 10K Run took place on Sunday 11th July. BSA had a fantastic group of eight runners who spent months training and fundraising for the race.
June 2010
'Outpoken' DVD now on sale. Particularly aimed at Scottish schools, the DVD is based on a drama about the challenges of stammering in adolescence. BSA Scotland collaborated with TAG Citizens Theatre.
Internet discussion forums page reviewed and updated - includes social networking, Skype, email lists and discussion boards.
Link to sentencetrouble.info - 60% of young people in the youth justice system have communication needs. This website is aimed at anyone working with young people in and around the youth justice system.
New in the BSA library:
'Message to a stutterer' and 'No words to say', DVD of these 2 Sheehan documentaries
The School Age Child who Stutters, DVD
Working with preschoolers who stutter: successful intervention strategies, DVD
Assessment and self-assessment of stuttering and self-image
A history of the treatment of speech disorders, Eldridge, 1968.
Carpe mare - art exhibition in Weymouth last April inspired by Rachel Reed's Channel Swim for BSA.
The Stammurai - free iPhone/ iPod touch game created by young people age 13-18 who stammer.
BSA London Open Day 2010 - 4th September. An eclectic mix of workshops and presentations, and a great chance to meet other people who stammer.
Catherine Montgomery, the director and founder of the American Institute for Stuttering, passed away at the end of May.
May 2010
Covent Garden Speakers (pdf) - flyer for a Toastmasters breakfast meeting in central London run by someone who stammers (for anyone, stammer or not). Linked off our London page.
From the Spring 2010 edition of Speaking Out:
10 Downing St reception
Blind date
In front of the class
The McGuire Programme: a personal view
Reasonable adjustments - the need to know
A silent minority - challenges faced by women who stammer
Talk to BSA online - Facebook and Twitter
Talking consequences - butterfly effect
They laughed in the right places - giving a Rotary Club talk
Thinking to change - 'MACH1' NLP course
Year in the life of Doncaster Stammering Association self-help group
Joseph Sheehan (1918-1983) - writing by Sheehan, links and articles. Sheehan saw stammering as a result of conflicting drives to speak and to refrain from speaking, and coined the analogy of stammering as an iceberg.
Link from our AAF software page to StutterSolution.com, company offering package of iPod touch (optional) with DAF/FAF software, wireless earpiece and neckloop receiver.
British 10K London Run, July - please support the BSA team taking part in this. You can sponsor them at justgiving.com (Or are you interested in running yourself?)
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