Professor Judy Clegg
BSc, PhD, FRCSLT
Human Communication Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Professional Lead for Human Communication Sciences
+44 114 22 2450
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Human Communication Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield
S10 2TS
- Profile
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I am a Senior Lecturer in the department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield. I am the Director of Professional Education for the two speech and language therapy programmes, the BMedSci (Speech) and the MMedSci (Clinical Communication Sciences). I co-edit the journal Child Language Teaching and Therapy with Professor Vicky Joffe, City University, London, UK. I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and a Trustee of ICAN, the Children’s Communication Charity.
I qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1997 and completed my PhD in 2002. Prior to joining the department, I worked as a clinical Speech and Language Therapist in Chesterfield and North Derbyshire NHS Trust, St Andrews Hospital, Northampton and Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.
I hold an honorary clinical contract with the Sheffield Speech and Language Therapy Agency. Through this I work as a speech and language therapist with the tier 4 child and adolescent mental health services in Sheffield and through the Philippa Cottam Communication Clinic in the department where I lead the Small Talk clinic for pre-school children with developmental speech and language disorders. I am also a Registered Intermediary with the Home Office as part of the Vulnerable Witness Scheme. I am a registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Research interests
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My research addresses the needs of children, young people and adults with communication impairments, who grow up in high socio-economic deprivation, are involved in the criminal justice system and experience mental health difficulties from childhood to adult life.
- Developmental trajectories and long term outcomes of children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
- Impact of social disadvantage on children’s speech, language and communication development
- Complex co-morbidity between speech and language development, social disadvantage, behaviour and mental health in children and adolescents
- Evaluating the effectiveness of speech and language therapy interventions for children and adolescents
Current projects
- Evaluating Elklan Talking Matters Programme. Funded by Elklan and the DfE. PI:Dr Judy Clegg
- Investigating children’s language, communication and behaviour in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Funded by the Department for Education. PI: Professor Sue Roulstone, University of the West of England (UWE). Co-PI: Dr Judy Clegg
- Evaluating the implementation of Intensive Interaction for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) in day service provision. Funded by a Knowledge Transfer Partnership, University of Sheffield and NHS Sheffield. PI: Judy Clegg. RA: Rachael Black..
- Communication for life: enabling effective communication for adolescents with severe and complex communication disability: an online learning resource. Funded by a Collaborative Research & Development and Partnership Award, University of Sheffield and Freeman College, Sheffield. PI Judy Clegg and Sarah Spencer. RA: Carla Rohde.
- Publications
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Journal articles
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- Research group
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Current PhD Students
- Indri Hapsari: Prevalence of language and communication difficulties of children in Indonesia.
- Kate Blake: Interactions between the police interviewers and child witnesses.
- Kim Turner: Language and communication of young offenders in the secure estate.
- Helen Cameron: Interactions between speech and language therapists and children.
- Rachael Black: Adults with learning disabilities.
- Mary Hartshorne: Evaluating whole school language and communication programmes First supervisor