Dr Judy Clegg, BSc, PhD, MRCSLT.

Department of Human Communication Sciences
University of Sheffield
31 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
UK


Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 2450
Fax: +44 (0) 114 273 0547

email : j.clegg@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I am a lecturer in the department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield. My research is in the field of developmental speech and language impairments, specifically the long term outcomes of children with speech and language impairments, the role of social disadvantage in speech and language development in children and adolescents and the complex co-morbidity between speech and language development, social disadvantage and mental health.

Prior to joining the department in February 2002, 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 qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1997 and completed my PhD in 2002. The PhD was based on the Language Development Project, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham with Professor Chris Hollis and Professor Sir Michael Rutter, Institute of Psychiatry, London.

I hold an honorary clinical contract with the Sheffield Speech and Language Therapy Agency and I am 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 Professions Council.

Research interests

• Developmental trajectories and adult outcomes of individuals with speech and language difficulties.
• The relationships between language development, educational attainment and social disadvantage in primary and secondary age pupils.
• Language and behaviour in children, adolescents and adults with emotional and behavioural disorders and primary mental health difficulties.
• Speech and Language/Speech and Language Therapy Intervention in adolescents and adults with speech and language difficulties.

Professional activities

• Co-editor of the journal Child Language Teaching and Therapy, Sage Publications, London, UK. This journal is one of the leading journals for researchers and practitioners in the field of children’s speech and language difficulties.
• Member of the editorial board of the British Journal of Learning Difficulties, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK. This journal aims to be a leading inter-disciplinary journal in the field of learning disability.
• Journal and grant reviewer for the following international journals and funding bodies: Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry; Journal of Developmental Psychology; Child: care, health and development: Autism; International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders; Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research; Medical Research Council (MRC) and the PPP Foundation, UK.

Current projects

• Howlin, P., Bolton, P., Le-Couteur, A., & Clegg, J. (2007). Adult outcomes and needs among high functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their siblings. Nuffield Foundation, UK, £183,900. June 2007 to June 2009.
• Stackhouse, J., & Clegg, J. (2006). Helping Sheffield children with speech and language difficulties: the Tall Ship project. University of Sheffield Centenary Fundraising, £32,000. January 2007 to January 2010.
• Clegg, J. (2005). What happens to children with speech and language difficulties? A joint follow up project of former pupils with speech and language difficulties. Grant awarded from the Knowledge Transfer Opportunities Fund-HEIF for a total sum of £7,676, commenced April 2005.
• Stackhouse, J. & Clegg, J. (2005). Adults with persisting speech and language difficulties: life experiences and outcomes. ESRC Case PhD Studentship, Stipend and fees, January 2006 to January 2009.
• Clegg, J., & Stackhouse, J. (2005). Social disadvantage, language, literacy and behaviour in secondary school-age children. University of Sheffield PhD studentship, Stipend and fees, October 2006 to October 2009.

Collaborators

• PhD students: Lydia Ansorge, Sarah Spencer, Tom Muskett, Hannah Sowden.
• I CAN, a national UK charity for children with severe speech and language impairments.
• Professor Sir Michael Rutter and Professor Pat Howlin, Institute of Psychiatry, London.
• Professor Chris Donlan, Human Communication Sciences, University College London
• Sheffield South East Excellence in Cities
• Sheffield Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services

Key publications

1. Clegg, J., Brumfitt, S.M., Parks, R., & Woodruff, P. (2007). Speech and language therapy intervention in schizophrenia: a case study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 42, S1, 81-101.
2. Clegg, J. ¬Children’s Speech and Language Difficulties. Chapter to be published in the Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry by the end of 2007.
3. Ginsborg, J., & Clegg, J. (Eds.) (2006) Language and Social Disadvantage: theory into practice. Wiley Publishers, London: UK. I co-edited this book and wrote two of the chapters titled ‘Childhood speech and language difficulties and later life chances’ and ‘Language, behaviour and social disadvantage’. This book was recommended as one of the ‘best literary discoveries’ of 2006 by the Guardian Newspaper.
4. Clegg, J., Hollis, C., Mawhood, L., Rutter, M. (2005). Developmental language disorders – a follow-up in later adult life. Cognitive, language and psychosocial outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 46, 2, 128-149.
5. Clegg, J., & Hartshorne, M. (2004). Speech and language therapy in hyperactivity: The UK perspective on the role of speech and language therapy in complex cases. Invited Paper. Seminars in Speech and Language, 25, 3, 263-270

Last updated: 25 January 2012