ARSC is committed to funding scientific research into the complex causes of stammering in, and the most effective treatments for, children and young adults.
Introduction
ARSC was founded in 1991 by the late Dr Lena Rustin, an internationally recognised speech and language therapist, and Travers Reid, a successful businessman who has stammered all his life. ARSC is a registered charity and is based at the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children in London, England.
The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children was founded in 1993 as a national specialist centre. It is jointly funded by ARSC and the Islington Primary Care Trust (formerly the Camden and Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust).
Patrons
The Very Reverend the Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable the Bishop of London Richard Chartres
Life President and Co-founder
Travers B. Reid
Co-founder
The late Lena Rustin DSc (Hon), MPhil, FRCSLT, MRCSLT
Vice Presidents
Michael Palin CBE
Jane Fraser
Dame Gail Ronson DBE
Clive R Thorp BSc (Econ)
Billie Whitelaw CBE
ARSC Board Members
Thomas Hughes-Hallett (Chairman)
Joanna Hunter BA ACA (Treasurer)
Paul A Clarke BSc FCA
Lord Egremont
Hayley Goldenberg BEd
Diana Moir MSc.,FRCSLT, MRCSLT
Richard Morgan
Oliver Rawlins
Debbie Sell OBE, PhD, FRCSLT, MRCSLT
Administrator
Diana de Grunwald MA
The Charity
The Board of the Association for Research into Stammering in Childhood has, as its main task, to oversee and support the work of the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children.
Originally ARSC employed one part time Speech and Language Therapist, but there are now 8 (full- and part-time) specialist therapists supported by a small administrative team. ARSC is very proud of the high standard of professionalism and dedication of the staff who work there.
While the Association is astonished by the rate of growth in the Centre's activities, it feels that this reflects the level of need for specialist help for this complicated problem. The Centre offers a national consultation and advisory service, a full range of therapy programmes, as well as professional training throughout the country. The research programme is developing rapidly, limited only by the difficulties of obtaining funding.
