European fluency specialisation The ECSF consortium has announced that registration for the 2013-2014 course cycle is open.

Stammering Information

This index points to items which may be of particular interest to speech therapy professionals, and also to health visitors and other primary health care workers. The articles are for information, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the British Stammering Association. See also the menus for different age groups linked off the side bar to the left.

Some external websites (eg RCSLT and Fluency SIG) are listed at the end. For training courses and other events, see our events page.

Pre-school information | General information

Pre-School Information (See also our Under 5's page for parents)

Every Child's Chance of Fluency BSA's latest Early Intervention project has shown that with relatively minor adjustments SLT departments can dramatically improve their service. The final project report is now available. Previous pre-school projects.

Professor Mark Onslow's Lidcombe Project Articles by Professor Onslow, Mary Kingston, Rosmarie Hayhow and Trudy Stewart, plus 2005 BMJ paper. Also training courses and other links. See also below stutter-ed.com: continuing professional education seminars by Mark Onslow.

General Information

Therapy and courses for adults (16+) This section of our website offers information on different therapeutic approaches as well as more specific information on NHS therapy, private therapy and courses.

The Speech, Language and Communication Framework (SLCF) Teachers and others working with children and young people need to have the right skills and knowledge to support those with speech, language and communication needs. The SLCF is an interactive tool to support this. (2008)

Hospital staff training A chance encounter between Richard Cave, a speech and language therapist at a London hospital, and Christine Simpson led to a training session for hospital staff in March 2011.

7th Oxford Dysfluency Conference, 2005 Reports on some of the presentations and workshops at this international conference held in summer 2005. Also 6th ODC 2002.

Research Page BSA's research sub-committee, and research links on this website and elsewhere.

Stammer Trust: Grants towards treatment or research in stammering The Stammer Trust, a small charity mainly concerned with therapy and research in Oxford, invites applications for small grants up to £250 towards treatment and research anywhere in the UK.

Collaborative practice - an education perspective Collaborative practice - an education perspective (2nd article) More speech and language therapists are working in mainstream schools to support children who stammer. BSA Education officer, Cherry Hughes provides some ideas on developing this link between the therapy service and education.

Using therapeutic documents - from note taking to note sharing Jan Logan of the City Lit writes about using documents as part of the therapeutic process with clients who stammer.

BSA members help to choose their therapist An example of involving people who stammer in recruiting a speech and language therapist.

Helping tomorrow's therapists help people who stammer Alan Badmington's experience of giving talks to American student speech-language therapists about his experiences of stuttering, and a case study from City University, London.

An Australian experience: Stuttering Therapy Down Under Isobel Crichton-Smith reports on a visit to Australia

The Bristol Stammering Research Project Project aimed at finding out more about stammering and the effectiveness of stammering therapy.

BSA shop, library SLT books, and video loan service Resources for SLTs in our shop and members' library

Clinical Nuggets A link to the Stuttering Homepage. Clinical Nuggets, a special section in ASHA's newsletter, was a place for clinicians to share their therapy ideas in working with adults and children who stammer.

Dysfluency, Stammering and Down's Syndrome A leaflet produced in co-operation with the Down's Syndrome Association.

For Training courses and other events, see our events page.

You may also like to look at the following external websites:

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists The professional body for speech and language therapists in the UK .

Special Interest Group in Disorders of Fluency (SIG) UK group of speech and language therapists with an interest in fluency disorders. The website includes selected articles from the group's newletter "signal".

Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children The Michael Palin Centre in London is a centre of excellence in the UK for the treatment of children who stammer (including pre-school).

City Lit, London Highly recommended courses and workshops run by a team of speech and language therapists who have all specialised in working with adults who stammer.

Talking point Information about speech, language and communication difficulties in children. Talking Point was developed by I CAN, RCSLT and Afasic. It has separate parts directed at parents and professionals.