signal is the twelve page magazine style free newsletter of the SIG and has been published twice a year (spring and autumn) since 1994. The latest edition, issue twenty five, was sent out in April 2006. signal carries articles by practitioners and academics from within and outside the SIG membership and is edited by SIG member Jan Anderson. A selection of articles can be read on the Articles page.
In the past the signal has included:
o interviews with therapists who have made a major
contribution to the field of stammering therapy
o articles on approaches and current issues
o reports from conferences and courses
o international contributions
o summaries of SIG study days
o updates on SL&T under-graduate training in stammering
o book and journal reviews
o letters
o notice board
signal has received praise from within and outside the SIG
membership. It has flourished due to the willingness of SIG members (and others)
to commit themselves to paper. Fortunately, there is rarely a shortage of
material and Jan is always delighted to hear from anyone who is willing to
contribute.
Guidelines for contributors
Preparing signal for publication can be a time consuming task.
However, Jan recently updated her computer and is now on line. Feedback
and contributions to the newsletter can therefore be received via e-mail. Where
this is not possible, the favoured alternative is a floppy disc (preferably in
Microsoft Word, formatted for Apple Mac or Word in PC format). Typed submissions
are the next best option. Short hand written items can be accepted but this does
increase the editor's workload!
If you would like to contribute to signal or offer any feedback,
please contact Jan Anderson at:
Jan Anderson
1F2, 50 Leamington Terrace,
Edinburgh EH10 4JL
Tel: 0131 229 8069
jan.anderson@ecosse.net
Topics covered in the Spring 2006 edition included:
"Teaching Disorders of Fluency - a retrospective"
Monica Bray reflects on her wealth of experiences in education over the past 21 years.
"Roberta Lees OBE/MBE"
Trudy Stewart congratulates Roberta for her enthusiastic and considerable contribution to the field of stammering in education and research.
"It's all in the mind or is it"
Rachel Everard writes about NLP and stammering.
"Scott Yaruss"
Sharon Millard interviews the Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
"Using the power of speaking circles
Carolyn Desforges discusses how Nottingham therapists have adopted this approach with adults, adolescents and children who stammer.