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Video/DVD

DVD: THE KING'S SPEECH. Director: Tom Hooper. This film depicts the attempts by King George VI to alleviate his stammer with the help of the Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue. Some of it is fiction but the film contains strong factual elements. Momentum Pictures, 2011.

DVD: OUTSPOKEN, TAG Theatre, British Stammering Association Scotland. DVD based on a drama about the challenges of stammering in adolescence. It describes the experience of Danny, a first year High School pupil who stammers. 2009. More on Outspoken DVD.

DVD: GENETICS OF STUTTERING: DISCOVERY OF CAUSES, Dennis Drayna. The author discusses the discovery of the first three genes for stuttering. Stuttering Foundation of America, 2010. (Article by Dennis Drayna.)

DVD: MESSAGE TO A STUTTERER and NO WORDS TO SAY. (1 DVD)
"Message to a Stutterer" (34 minutes) is a documentary tribute to eminent American psychologist Joseph Sheehan who ran the stammering clinic at the University of California for 35 years. It comprises archive footage of research, experimentation, lectures and TV appearances outlining avoidance reduction therapy. Review.
"No Words to Say" (56 minutes): filmed at UCLA's stammering clinic, students share their personal experiences - their fears, failures, and triumphs. Review.
( Alternatively, we have 'Message to a stutterer' as a videotape).

DVD: ROCKET SCIENCE, Jeffrey Blitz. A feature film about a 15-year-old boy in an American school trying to combat a stammer, and the emotional effects this has on him. 2008.

DVD: LIAM, Stephen Frears (director), Jimmy McGovern (screenwriter). A passionate film drama, suitable for those aged 15 years and over, set in Liverpool in the depression years. The story revolves around Liam, a small boy who stammers. BBC Films, 2000

DVD: TRANSCENDING STUTTERING: THE INSIDE STORY, Dr Phillip Schneider. An intimate journey into seven lives of people who stammer as they travel from fear and isolation to a position of courage, strength and freedom of speech. National Stuttering Association, 2007. You can see a two minute trailer online at the NSA website. Article: Inside stories of stammering.

DVD: UNSPEAKABLE - John Paskievich (89 minutes). This documentary, intended both for the general public and people who stammer, examines the nature, history and treatment of stammering. It also looks at how successful therapy can be, both for children and adults. National Film Board of Canada, 2006. External link to 'Unspeakable' interview and film clips

DVD: CLUTTERING, Florence Myers & Kenneth O. St Louis. This DVD, lasting 42 minutes, features people who clutter and illustrates the essence of cluttering as well as the problems that often accompany it, together with suggestions for its diagnosis and treatment,. Stuttering Foundation of America 2007.

VIDEO: LOST FOR WORDS. BBC documentary examining how four very different people cope with stammering. It includes an overt stammerer who attends the Starfish project, a young father, a young boy who is treated by Dr Trudy Stewart, and an interiorised stammerer. BBC, 2003.
(Article: From a DJ to national TV.)

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DVD: IF YOU STUTTER: ADVICE FOR ADULTS This 55 minute DVD provides insight and inspiration for those who stammer. A variety of therapy techniques are demonstrated, including stammerers' attitudes about speech and transferring skills into the real world. There is a section for teenagers too. Stuttering Foundation of America. (Video also available.)

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VIDEO: VOICES TO REMEMBER. (60 minutes, colour.) An inspirational Canadian video that tells the stories of four adults who stammer (a farmer, nurse, scientist and dentist) and the challenges they have faced in their lives. Review.

VIDEO: A VOICE IN EXILE. Educational Media Film and Video Ltd. 29 minute video story of a young American man's quest to stop stammering.

VIDEO: WHY CAN'T WE TALK. A quirky production by members of Speak Easy International (USA), featuring incidents of tragedy and comedy in the everyday lives of people who stammer. Review.

VIDEO: CAN I HELP YOU? (60 minutes, colour.) A compilation video featuring BSA promotional video (voice-over by Clare Rayner); several adult stammerers talking about their experiences; and footage from Stammering Awareness Day 1991, featuring Margaret Drabble, Paul Raymond, Ray Connally and Glen Baxter.

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VIDEO: THE QUEUE by Stefan Stuckert. (15 minutes, colour.) A moving dramatic representation of the experiences of a stammerer as he queues to order his meal in a restaurant.

VIDEO: MAY THE TECHNIQUE BE WITH YOU by Ron Kennedy. (30 minutes, colour.) A personal documentary taking a look at the 'Speak More Fluently' approaches of Gerda Wilson, Margaret Evesham and Andrew Bell.

VIDEO: PREVENTION OF STUTTERING - IDENTIFYING THE DANGER SIGNS. From the National Stuttering Project of America.

VIDEO: MESSAGE FOR TEENAGERS. Produced by the National Stuttering Project of America.

VIDEO: STUTTERING IS NOT FUNNY. Produced by the National Stuttering Project of America.

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VIDEO: A TALE OF TWO STAMMERERS, directed by Wyn Mason. 4 minutes only.

VIDEO: SPEAKWELL EDUCATIONAL VIDEO: STAMMERING. Review.

VIDEO: VIDEO DIARY. BBC2 video diary of a person who stammers, featuring his experiences of a course at the City Lit.

VIDEO: SPEAKING CIRCLES. National Stuttering Project & San Francisco Speaking Circle sessions and feedback. National Stuttering Project (now National Stuttering Association).

VIDEO: ADULT STUTTERING THERAPY - PART 1. (black and white.) Charles Van Riper conducting a block modification therapy course with a young adult client. Diagnostic Interview (28 minutes), identification (47 minutes), desensitisation (49 minutes), Variations (44 minutes). Available as 1 tape, or individual parts available as separate tapes.

VIDEO: ADULTS STUTTERING THERAPY - PART 2. (black and white.) Charles Van Riper conducting a block modification therapy course with a young adult client. Modification/cancellation (42 minutes), modification/monitoring (52 minutes), stabilisation (47 minutes), one year later (30 minutes). Available as 1 tape, or individual parts available as separate tapes.

VIDEO: ADULT STUTTERING THERAPY- A TWENTY YEAR FOLLOW UP WITH JEFF. 20 years since the Van Riper tapes were made, Barry Guitar looks at how Jeff is doing, and an analysis of the therapy. Stuttering Foundation of America 1995.

DVD: AVOIDANCE WORKSHOP (hosted by Daniel Bell). This workshop formed part of the BSA. Open Day in London in 2010, and illustrates ways of dealing with avoidance problems in stammering. British Stammering Association, 2010

DVD: THE ONE SHOW, BBC. During the show Dr Kate Watkins, from St. Anne's College, Oxford, explains how brain imaging during stammering is helping to identify various parts of the brain that appear different when stammering is in progress. BBC, 2011

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Audio

AUDIO CD: BBC SPEAKEASY PROGRAMME - went out on Radio Wales in 2004. Examines the psychology of the voice including stammering.

CASSETTE: WRESTLING WITH WORDS, BBC Radio 4 programme, 2004. Philip French explores the process of speaking and gives new insight into the causes of stammering. More about the programme...

CASSETTE AND BOOKLET: SLOW PROLONGED SPEECH. Produced by the Association for Stammerers (now BSA). Slow-prolonged speech is a technique for helping to control your stammer and feel confident about speaking. 1990.

CASSETTE AND BOOKLET: FLUENCY MAINTENANCE TAPE by Mary Cassar. Australia 1988

CASSETTE: A CONVERSATION WITH A GRADUATE OF THE NATIONAL STUTTERING PROJECT OF AMERICA. National Stuttering Project.

CASSETTE AND BOOKLET: COMPREHENSIVE STUTTERING PROGRAM, Einer Boberg and Deborah Kully. Clients tape & accompanying booklet outlining the Comprehensive Stuttering Programme. 1985.

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CASSETTE: TALK JUNE 1991 - Eugene Cooper. A talk to BSA members, in London, June 1991, by Eugene Cooper.

CASSETTE: RELAPSE - Trudy Stewart. From the Nottingham Open Day 26/11/83 Trudy Stewart talks about relapse

CASSETTE: PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AT DR BREITENFELDT'S WORKSHOP. Graduation exercises at Dr. Breitenfeld's stuttering workshop at Eastern Washington University. Produced by the National Stuttering Project.

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CASSETTE: A PRESENTATION BY THE NSP TO THE CALIFORNIAN SPEECH AND HEARING ASSOCIATION. National Stuttering Project.

CASSETTE: A REPRESENTATION TO THE NSP BY TWO GRADUATES OF THE PRECISION FLUENCY SHAPING PROGRAMME. National Stuttering Project.

CASSETTE: NATIONAL STUTTERING PROJECT CHAPTER MEETING - SAN FRANCISCO. A meeting of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Stuttering Project. 1983

CASSETTE: NATIONAL STUTTERING PROJECT STORIES TAPE. A stories tape produced by the National Stuttering Project of America.

CASSETTE: PASSIVE AIRFLOW DEMONSTRATION TAPE by Peter Louw. South Africa. Basic training cassette course for the management and control of stuttering, with emphasis on management and control, not cure. Explains Martin Schwartz's theory of stuttering including stress control, slowed first syllable and passive air flow. 1992. Review.

More videos under Videos for speech and language therapists and Children, Parents and Teachers. There is also a selection of BBC and other network programmes on stammering available to view at the BSA office; all inquiries to the librarian.