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February 2012

Ploink Did you know that the BSA is now registered on Ploink.co.uk? Ploink is a fantastic little micro-giving website that allows you to give small change to charity.

January 2012

The King's Speech 2-for-1 offer For the opening nights in Guildford (2nd Feb), Nottingham, Bath, Brighton and Richmond. Also an invitation to a BSA pre-theatre reception on the Guildford opening night.

Speech therapy cuts: Private Eye article Article from Private Eye magazine on therapy cuts and the final report of the Communication Champion Jean Gross.

Communication Champion report The final report of the Communication Champion for Children, Jean Gross CBE is now available. BSA has issued a Press Release welcoming the report.

December 2011

Improve your communication and leadership skills A new London Toastmasters group is proposed specifically for people who stammer. Harry Dhillon describes some of the benefits of Toastmasters and invites you to get in touch.

Renée Byrne We were very sad to hear that speech and language therapist Renée Byrne passed away on Sunday 4th December, after an illness.

News Archive

Research notices - volunteers wanted

Participants wanted for research into stammering and Skype Declan Whelan at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin is looking for adults who stammer to take part in his research project on the use of Skype as a possible therapeutic aid for stammering.

Web based anxiety treatment for adults who stutter Adults who stammer can sign up to use the Australian Stuttering Research Centre's web-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) program on speech-related anxiety, for a research project investigating the effect of the program.

Experiences of women who stammer Participants are needed for a research project to help improve understanding of the experiences of women who stammer.

Cluttering brain research study Dr David Ward at Reading University is interested to hear from anyone who has symptoms of cluttering, perhaps alongside stammering.

People in Birmingham area wanted for research study Study takes no longer than 2 hours, and participants can be reimbursed for their time (around £15). In some cases the University can contribute towards travel expenses.

New sibling or other event when your stammering started? Patricia Sims, an SLT, is asking people to complete a short web form to help test the hypothesis that those who stammer are likely to have had some change in the home at the time of onset of stammering (the early repetitions).