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organisations

Association for Research into Stammering in Childhood (ARSC)
The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children
Pine Street
London EC1R OLP
Tel: 020 7530 4238 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
Website: www.stammeringcentre.org
ARSC is committed to funding scientific research into the complex causes of stammering in, and the most effective treatments for, children and young adults. The charity is based at The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, a national specialist centre founded in 1993. Their website contains useful questions and answers, an outline of different therapy options, and advice and articles specifically tailored for children, teenagers, parents, teachers and friends.

Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice
Coleheath Bottom
Speen
Princes Risborough HP27 0SZ
Tel: 01494 488306 (answerphone service)
E-mail: asltip@awdry.demon.co.uk
Website: www.asltip.co.uk
The official body for private speech and language therapists in the UK. The site provides details of training, news and recent developments in the field and advice on running a practice. Members of the public can search the association's database for a therapist or leave a message on the answerphone and details of the therapy they are interested in will be sent to them.

British Stammering Association
15 Old Ford Road
London E2 9PJ
Helpline: 0845 603 2001 (see website for opening hours)
Tel: 020 8983 1003 (office)
E-mail: info@stammering.org
Website: www.stammering.org
BSA runs a confidential helpline offering callers the opportunity to ask, talk about and explore any issues of concern in the context of stammering. The staff on the switchboard are selected because they appreciate the difficulties of talking and stammering on the telephone. The website and helpline also distribute free information packs for parents of children in all key stages of education, as well as teenagers, young adults and adults who stammer. The association also provides support and advice to speech and language therapists and teachers. The website has a separate section for people who live in Scotland.

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
2 White Hart Yard
London SE1 1NX
Tel: 020 7378 1200 (switchboard)
Tel: 020 7378 3012 (general information)
E-mail: info@rcslt.org
Website: www.rcslt.org
The professional body of speech and language therapists in the UK and Ireland. Concerned with all types of communication problems including delayed language, stammering, aphasia, and voice problems. Works to improve understanding of all aspects of communication impairment. Produces leaflets, runs an information service and can provide parents with details of speech and language therapists.

websites

Acting Up
http://westmidlands.ideasfactory.com/ ..
Article from Channel 4's IDEASFACTORY site in which Faisal Mahmood talks about how he overcame his stammer to pursue a career in acting.

Discrimination against people who stammer in the UK
www.stammeringlaw.org.uk
This site looks at how the UK's Disability Discrimination Act 1995 applies to people who stammer and also deals with social security benefits.

Chosing a private therapist
www.stammering.org/privatetherapist.html
Online article from the British Stammering Association giving advice about choosing a private speech and language therapist.

Speech and Language Therapy – What Can I Expect?
www.stammering.org/slt_what_can_I_expect.html
Online article from the British Stammering Association looking at what a parent can expect from speech and language therapy.

The Stammer Trust
www.stammertrust.co.uk
This Oxford-based charity describes the work of The Apple House speech therapy centre and its pioneering work in teaching people to cope with their speech impediment.

The Starfish Project
www.starfishproject.co.uk
Non profit-making organisation which runs intensive courses in East Sussex for people who stammer and provides lifetime support thereafter.

The Stuttering Homepage
www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/stutter.html
Website from Minnesota State University in the US with dozens of articles about stammering, including approaches to speech therapy, a list of famous stutterers from history, such as Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Darwin and Rowan Atkinson, and an online chatroom.

Talking Point
www.talkingpoint.org.uk
Website with information about speech, language and communication difficulties in children, aimed at both parents and professionals.

reading

	Beyond Stammering: The McGuire Programme for Getting Good at the Sport of Speaking by Dave McGuire (Souvenir Press, 2003) The McGuire method is a combination of breathing techniques and mental exercises that break the self-reinforcing cycle of stammering and gives the stammerer the opportunity to start enjoying speaking, rather than dreading it. Get this book
	Helping Children Cope with Stammering by Jackie Turnbull and Trudy Stewart (Sheldon Press, 1996) This guide describes what stammering is and how parents can combat it, and includes information on stammering in school, getting professional advice, family therapy, speech & language therapy and future developments. Get this book
	Stammering: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Other Professionals by Lena Rustin (David Fulton Publishers, 2001) This volume provides essential information and guidance for teachers about helping children with stammers get involved in classes, social activities and reading for oral exams.Illustrated with case studies, practical tasks and activities. Get this book

(resources updated March 2006)

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