Tag Archives: British Stammering Association

Comic Relief, stammering, and the real irony

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Avril Nicoll

Humour can be difficult to get right - but last night Lenny Henry and the BBC got it very wrong. My children have been very moved by the various TV programmes leading up to Comic Relief, in particular one involving Lenny Henry in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Stammering, Voluntary organisations | Tagged anti-bullying, BBC, British Stammering Association, Comic Relief, finish their sentences, interrupt, Kenya, Lenny Henry, Leys Geddes, Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, real irony, self-esteem, The King's Speech, use of humour | 13 Comments

Major conferences in 2011 and how to get there

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Avril Nicoll

With training budgets severely constrained, it is likely UK speech and language therapists will have to use some ingenuity to access funds for major conferences in 2011. If you're not quite ready to have a car boot sale or go … Continue reading →

Posted in Autism, Conferences, CPD, Learning disability, Phonetics / phonology, Speech and language development, Stammering | Tagged 9th Oxford Dysfluency conference, ADHD, autism, bilingual, British Stammering Association, Caroline Bowen, Child Language Seminar, communication, Elizabeth Pena, James Law, Jean Gross, Jeremy Turk, Julie Dockrell, language, literacy, Lorna Wing, Maggie Snowling, major conferences, minor grants, NAPLIC, neurodevelopmental disorders, Newcastle, No Mind Left Behind, Norbert Lieckfeldt, RCSLT, Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, Sam Goldstein, Sheena Reilly, Simon Baron-Cohen, speech sound disorders, Sue Rioulstone, training budgets | Leave a comment

Leys new Chair of British Stammering Association

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Avril Nicoll

Newly elected chair of the British Stammering Association Leys Geddes - known to many as speakingout2 on YouTube - has put raising awareness at the top of the agenda for his three year tenure. Leys says, "It is difficult to raise awareness of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Speech and Language Therapy, Stammering, Voluntary organisations | Tagged British Stammering Association, early intervention, Leys Geddes, speakingout2, speech and language therapist, stammering research | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: British Stammering Association

Comic Relief, stammering, and the real irony

Major conferences in 2011 and how to get there

Leys new Chair of British Stammering Association

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