New on the BSA website:
*Please write to your MP - help raise support for a Parliamentary motion on Early Intervention.
*'Save 9 out of 10 children from a lifetime of stammering' - YouTube video by BSA Vice Chair, Leys Geddes.
*London Open Day - further details and provisional programme now available. 8th June.
*Cardiff Open Day - 'Wales and the West'. Theme is 'Making Connections'. 20th September, provisional programme available.
*BSA Summer Social - Hampstead Heath, London. Pub or picnic lunch as you choose, followed by a walk on the heath. Saturday 9th August.
*BSA Conference call - 'Hidden Treasures in Stammering?'- John Evans is the guest speaker. 3rd June. Any BSA member can phone in.
*British 10km London run, July - BSA has 6 runners. You can sponsor them online.
*London Marathon - pictures and full account of Mark Limbert's run for BSA last month.
* - Ollie Minton is running the St Albans Half Marathon for BSA this June.
*Justgiving - raising money online for BSA.
*McGuire Programme Open Day, Norwich - Sat 31st May.
*Apple House Fun Day 2008 - Stammer Trust afternoon of tea & fun.
Oxford, Sunday 20th July.
*Nordic Stuttering Seminar update - English information available at www.nordiska08-en.blogspot.com.
*Mothers who stammer wanted! - Are you a mother living with a stammer? Interested in telling your story?
*The Lidcombe Programme of early stuttering intervention - workshop in Norwich presented by Mary Kingston and Sally Wynne, October.
*Small grants towards treatment or research - the Stammer Trust invites applications for grants up to £250.
*From the Spring 2008 edition of Speaking Out:
Feeling the fear - John Harrison
Making connections - John M. Evans
Mind over white matter - brain research, Kate Watkins
Student allowance granted for fluency device Linked from
Outdoor adventure and stammering - Winter 2007 article on Fluency Trust course
Updated versions of BSA leaflets:
*The pupil who stammers: information for teachers
*Does your young child stammer?
*Making phone calls without speaking - update of information on RNID Typetalk and text communication.
BSA SCOTLAND
*Glenshee 'walk and talk' fundraising and social weekend - 12-14 September
*Summer 'Scool - free summer residential for 10-14s, July/Aug
*Blether, Issue 7 - Spring edition of the BSA Scotland newsletter.
*Tellin' Stories Open Day, April - report
*Update on free drama workshops available in Glasgow for 16-30s
*VoiceAmp trial in Scotland - electronic fluency device available at BSA Scotland office (as well as London office).
*BSA Scotland committee: nominations invited - are you interested in taking a leading role in BSA Scotland?