Professor Judy Clegg

BSc, PhD, FRCSLT

Human Communication Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery

Professional Lead for Speech and Language Therapy

j.clegg@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 22 2450
Room 209, 362 Mushroom Lane

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Professor Judy Clegg
Human Communication Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Room 209
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield
S10 2TS
Profile

I am a Professor of Speech and Language Therapy in the School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing & Midwifery (AHPNM), University of Sheffield.

I qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1997 and completed my PhD in 2002. Before joining the University of Sheffield, 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 lead the Small Talk Clinic for pre-school children with developmental differences in their communication. 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

My research addresses the needs of children, young people and adults with developmental differences in communication, 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 developmental differences in their communication
  • Impact of social disadvantage on children’s speech, language and communication development
  • Mental health and wellbeing of children and young people with developmental differences in their communication 
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of speech, language and communication interventions for children and young people 

Current funded projects

  • The INTERACT Trial: a randomised controlled trial evaluating Intensive Interaction for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment call (Co-PI; £1.8million), 2023-2027
  • Evaluation of the Elklan Early Years Based Information Carrying Words Programme (EYBIC), funded by the Communications Consortium (Pi; £20K), 2021-2023
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Journal articles

  • Matei R & Ginsborg J (2017) Music performance anxiety in classical musicians - what we know about what works.. BJPsych International, 14(2), 33-35. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Current PhD Students

  • Carla Rohde: Medical students' knowledge of people with communication impairments
  • Deya Alharbi: Developmental Language Disorder in Arabic-speaking children
  • Dalal Alshati: Vocabulary learning and literacy in Developmental Language Disorder
  • Sian Wood: Communication passports for people with learning disabilities
  • Deborah Pullicino: Music interventions for children with Autism
Professional activities and memberships

I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and a Trustee of Speech and Language UK.  I am also co-editor of the journal Child Language Teaching and Therapy with Professor Vicky Joffe, University of Essex.