Education
Our Education Officer
Cherry Hughes
If you have queries related to education and stammering, you can contact Cherry on:
 telephone 01606-77374; or
email ch@stammering.org.
For teachers: stammeringineducation.net
Our online education resource www.stammeringineducation.net houses online updated versions of all our education CDs for England and Scotland, produced by BSA Education Officer Cherry Hughes.
The website shows best practice for teachers and school staff when working with pupils who stammer, plus tips and techniques for English oral work. Like the original CDs, it includes video and audio clips of children who stammer, teachers and therapists, as well as classroom situations.
In November 2010, BSA presented stammeringineducation.net at a lunchtime reception in Speakers House, House of Commons. For more on the original CDs and the project to create them, see English CDs and Scottish CDs.
 Leaflet/poster for teacher and parent websites (pdf).
For parents: Expert Parent website
 Our Expert Parent resource, www.stammeringineducation.net/expertparent, gives parents detailed guidance on getting the best support for their child during preschool and school years.
Produced by Cherry, the resource launched in late August 2011, in time for the new school year starting September 2011, and coinciding with the 2011 National Year of Speech, Language and Communication. There was previously nothing available to parents that brings all the information that they may need together in easily accessible form.
The resource is wide-ranging and comprehensive so that parents have the information to work productively with the preschool, or school staff, and if necessary challenge their decisions. Topics covered for example include admissions policies, the complexities of the curriculum and examinations system, and policies on special educational needs, teasing and bullying.
The Expert Parent resources - Speaking Out article in which Cherry introduces the new Expert Parent website
Leaflet/poster for teacher and parent websites (pdf).
SEN Green Paper
In June 2011, BSA put in a response to the Government consultation on Special Educational Needs (SEN).
Report updated: October 2011
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