Prof Yvonne Wren

Yvonne is the lead for the Welsh Government funded Speech, Language and Communication Surveillance Package development and evaluation project. Funding of £1.5million has been awarded to the team involved in this project to develop a tool which can be used by early years practitioners to monitor children’s speech, language and communication development in the pre-school years. This project will assist in the early identification of children whose skills are not developing in line with their age and the provision of support and intervention to help these children. The team includes collaborators from the University of Newcastle, University of Plymouth, University of the West of England, Oxford Brookes University, Institute of Health Visiting and the charity, Speech and Language UK. This work builds on a series of reviews carried out for Welsh Government by Yvonne and the team at BSLTRU and CMET.

Yvonne is the Chief Investigator of the NIHR funded MISLToe_SSD study. This study is using existing evidence, a participatory workshop and an expert panel to agree the content for a core outcomes set and collection of minimal data for speech and language therapists working with children with speech sound disorder. It is anticipated that a similar model may be adopted for agreeing core outcome sets with other clinical populations working with speech and language therapists. You can follow this study on twitter @MISLToe_SSD.

Yvonne is also the Chief Investigator for two large studies in the field of cleft lip and palate at the University of Bristol. More information is available at The Cleft Collective | Bristol Dental School | University of Bristol and on twitter @cleftcollective.

Invited peer review journal papers

1. Wren, Y.E. (2021) Children with Speech Sound Disorder – who should we treat and how?. Revista Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala. (Portuguese Journal of Speech and Language Therapy). DOI: dx.doi.org/11.2181/rptf.2021.12.01

2. Wren, Y.E. Enderby, P.E. (2016) Speech, Language and Communication Impairments - How the Practice Nurse Can Help. Nursing in Practice 91, 11^th August, 2016. http://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/speech-language-and-communication-impairments-%E2%80%93-how-practice-nurse-can-help

3. Wren, Y.(2015) Invited publication: 'He'll grow out of it soon – won't he?' – The characteristics of older children's speech when they do-and don't- grow out of it. Perspectives on School-Based Issues, 16, 25-36.

Other peer review journal papers (* - submitted to UoA 3 for REF 2014, ** - submission to UoA 1 for REF 2020)

4. Burnley, A., St Clair, M., Dack, C., Wren, Y. (in press) Exploring the psychosocial experiences of individuals with Developmental Language Disorder during childhood: a qualitative investigation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

5. McAllister, J., Skinner, J., Hayhow, R., Heron, J. & Wren, Y. (in press) The association between atypical speech development and adolescent self-harm. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research

6. Bright, R., McKean, C., Ashton, R. Wren, Y. (in press) The Development of a Digital Story-retell Elicitation and Analysis Tool through Citizen Science Data Collection, Software Development and Machine Learning. Frontiers in Psychology, section Language Sciences

7. Harding, S., Burr, S., Cleland, J., Stringer, H. & Wren, Y. (2023) Outcome measures for children with Speech Sound Disorder: An Umbrella Review. BMJ Open13:e068945. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068945

8. Wren, Y., Pagnamenta, E., Orchard, F., Peters, T., Emond, A., Northstone, K., Miller, L. & Roulstone, S. (2023) Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties associated with persistent speech disorder in children: a prospective population study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Advances, 3(1), e12126. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12126

9. Berman, S., Sharp, G., Lewis, S., Blakey, R., Davies, A., Humphries, K., Wren, Y., Sandy, J.& Stergiakouli, E. (2022) Prevalence and Factors Associated with Behavioral Problems in 5-year-old Children Born with Cleft Lip and/or Palate from the Cleft Collective. Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656221119684

10. Fell, M., Davies, A., Davies, A., Chummun, S., Cobb, A., Moar, K., Wren, Y. (in press) Current surgical practice for children born with a cleft lip and/or palate in the United Kingdom. Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Journal.

11. Davies, A., Davies, A., Wren, Y., Deacon, S., Cobb, A., McLean, N., David, D. & Chummun, S. (2022) Syndromes associated with Robin sequence – a national prospective cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 0:1–5. https://doi:10.1136/archdischild-2022-324722

12. Prince, A., Marsden, J., Wren, Y., Hayhow, R., Harding, S. (in press) The Fluency Trust Residential Course for Young People who Stutter: A Pragmatic Feasibility Study. Journal of Communication Disorders.

13. Holme, C., Harding, S., Lucas, P., Roulstone, S. & Wren, Y. (in press) Mapping the Literature on Parent-Child Language across Activity Contexts: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Early Years Education.

14. Lane, H., Harding, S. & Wren, Y. (in press) A Systematic Review of Early Speech and Language Therapy Interventions for Children with Cleft Palate. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.

15. Southby, L., Harding, S., Davies, A., Lane, H., Chandler, H. & Wren, Y. (in press) Parent/caregiver views of the effectiveness of Speech-Language Pathology for children born with cleft palate delivered via telemedicine during COVID-19. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools.

16. Tran, C., Crawford, A. A., Hamilton, A. J., French, C. E., Wren, Y. E., Sandy, J. R., & Sharp, G. C. (2021). Maternal stressful life events during the periconceptional period and orofacial clefts: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal.

17. Molyneaux, C., Sherriff, M., Wren, Y., Ireland, A., & Sandy, J. (2021). Changes in the Transverse Dimension of the Maxillary Arch of 5-Year-Olds Born With UCLP Since the Introduction of Nationwide Guidance. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal.https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656211028511

18. Fell, M., Dack, K., Chummun, S., Sandy, J., Wren, Y., & Lewis, S. (2021). Maternal Cigarette Smoking and Cleft Lip and Palate: A Systematic Review and  Meta-Analysis. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656211040015

19. van Eeden, S., Wren, Y., McKean, C., & Stringer, H. (in press). Early Communication Behaviours in Infants With Cleft Palate With and Without Robin Sequence: A Preliminary Study. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal.https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656211031877

20. Fell, M., Russell, C., Medina, J., Gillgrass, T., Chummun, S., Cobb, A., Sandy, J., Wren, Y., Wills, A.& Lewis, S. (in press) The impact of changing cigarette smoking habits and smoke-free legislation on orofacial cleft incidence in the United Kingdom: evidence from two time-series studies. Plos One.

21. Southby, L., Harding, S., Davies, A., Fell, M. & Wren, Y. (in press) Speech-Language Pathology provision during the COVID-19 pandemic for children born with cleft palate in the United Kingdom - Parent/Caregiver perspectives and experiences. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups.

22. Baker, S., Zhao, F. & Wren, Y. (in press) Exploring the relationship between conductive hearing loss and cleft speech characteristics. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.

23. Morgan, L., Bates, S., Titterington, J. & Wren, Y. (in press) Making the case for collection of a minimal dataset in clinical speech and language therapy. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders.

24. Stein, C., Iyengar, S., Bencheck, P., Lewis, B., Miller, G., Taylor, G. & Wren, Y. (in press) Association between genes regulating neural pathways for quantitative traits of speech and language disorders. npj Genomic Medicine, volume 6, Article number: 64.

25. Southby, L., Harding, S., Phillips, V., Wren, Y., & Joinson, C. (2021) Speech input processing in children born with cleft palate: a systematic literature review with narrative synthesis. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 56, 668-693.

26. Davies, A., Davies, A., Wren, Y., Deacon, S., Cobb, A. R., & Chummun, S. (2021). Exploring the Relationship Between Palatal Cleft Type and Width With the Use of Relieving Incisions in Primary Repair. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 10556656211019616.

27.Wren, Y., Pagnamenta, E., Peters, T. J., Emond, A., Northstone, K., Miller, L. L., & Roulstone, S. (2021). Educational outcomes associated with persistent speech disorder. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 56(2), 299-312.

28. Seifert, M., Davies, A., Harding, S., McLeod, S., & Wren, Y. (2021). Intelligibility in 3-year-olds with cleft lip and/or palate using the intelligibility in context scale: Findings from the cleft collective cohort study. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 1055665620985747.

29.    Babayiğit, S., Roulstone, S., & Wren, Y. (2021). Linguistic comprehension and narrative skills predict reading ability: A 9‐year longitudinal study. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(1), 148-168.

30.    Wren, Y., Titterington, J. & White, P. (2021) How many words make a sample? Determining the minimum number of word tokens needed in connected speech samples for child speech assessment. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 35:8, 761-778, DOI:10.1080/02699206.2020.1827458. [Was in the top most downloaded papers (*6) in 2021]/p>

31.    Sandy, J., Wren, Y., Humphries, K. & Davies, A. (2020) Cleft lip and palate: Care configuration, national registration, and research strategies. Journal of the World Federation of Orthodontists9(3), S40-S44

32.    Sandy, J., Grewal, S., Ponduri, S., Leary, S., Wren, Y., Thompson, J., Ireland, A., & Ness, A. (2020) Educational attainment of children born with unilateral cleft lip and palate in the United Kingdom. Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Journal1055665620959989.

33.    Williams, C., Harding, S., & Wren, Y. (2020) An exploratory study of speech and language therapy intervention for children born with cleft palate +/-lip. Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Journal 1055665620954734.

34.    Dardani, C., Howe, L., Stergiakouli, E., Wren, Y., Humphries, K., Davies, A., Ho, K., Mangold, E., Ludwig, K., Relton, C.L., Davey Smith, G., Lewis, S.J., Sandy, J., Davies, N.M. & Sharp, G.C. (2020) Cleft lip/palate and educational attainment: cause, consequence, or correlation? A Mendelian randomization study. International Journal of Epidemiology, dyaa047.

35.    Burr, S., Harding, S., Wren, Y.E., Deave, T. (2020) The relationship between feeding and non-nutritive sucking behaviours and speech sound development: A systematic review. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopedica, 1-14.

36.    Sainsbury, D., Williams, C., de Blacam, C., Chadha, A., Wren, Y., Hodgkinson, P. & the Cleft Multidisciplinary Collaborative. (2019). Non-Interventional Factors Influencing Velopharyngeal Function for Speech Following Initial Cleft Palate Repair: A Systematic Review Protocol. Systematic Review, 8:1, 261.

37.    Seifert, M., Morgan, L., Gibbin, S. & Wren, Y. (2019) An alternative approach to measuring reliability of transcription in children's speech samples. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopedica. Special Issue. 72(2), 84-91

38.    Morgan, L., Harding, S., Wren, Y., Powell, G., Marshall, J., Coad, J. & Roulstone, S. (2019) "It depends": Characterising speech and language therapy for preschool children with developmental speech and language disorders. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.  54(6), 954-970.

39.    Shriberg, L. & Wren, Y. (2019) A frequent acoustic sign of speech motor delay (SMD), Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 33:8, 757-771, DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2019.1595734.

40.    Sainsbury, D., Davies, A., Wren, Y.E., Southby, L., Chadha, A., Slator, R., Stock, N. & The Cleft Multidisciplinary Collaborative. (2019) The Cleft Multidisciplinary Collaborative: Establishing a network to support cleft lip and palate research in the United Kingdom. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 56(4), 502-507. doi: 10.1177/1055665618790174

41.    Baker, E., Masso, S., McLeod, S., & Wren, Y.E. (2018) Pacifiers, thumb sucking, breastfeeding, and bottle use: Oral sucking habits of children with and without phonological impairment. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopedica, 70, 165-173.

42.    Morgan, L. & Wren, Y.E. (2018) A systematic review of the literature on early vocalisations and babbling patterns in young children. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 40 (1), 3-14.

43.    Wren, Y.E., Harding, S., Goldbart, J. & Roulstone, S. (2018) A systematic review and classification of interventions for speech sound disorder in preschool children. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53, 446-467. In the top 10 most downloaded papers for the journal in 2017-2018 and third most cited for the journal in 2018-2019.

 

44.    Wren, Y.E., Humphries, K., Stock, N.M., Rumsey, N., Lewis, S., Davies, A., Bennett, R. & Sandy, S. (2018) Setting up a cohort study in speech and language therapy: Lessons from The UK Cleft Collective Speech and Language Study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53, 421-430 DOI:10.1111/1460-6984.12364

45.    McLeod, S., Crowe, K., McCormack, J., White, P., Wren, Y., Baker, E., Masso, S., Roulstone, S. (2018). Preschool children's communication, motor and social development: What concerns parents and educators? International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20, 468-482. DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1309065.

46.    Crowe, K., Cumming, T., McCormack, J., Baker, E., McLeod, S., Wren, Y., Roulstone, S. & Masso, S., (2017). Educators' perspectives on facilitating computer-assisted speech intervention in early childhood settings. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 33, 267-285 DOI: 10.1177/0265659017717437

47.    ** (High 3*) McLeod, S., Baker, E., McCormack, J., Wren, Y., Roulstone, S. Crowe, K., Masso, S., White, P. & Howland, C. (2017). Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Intervention Delivered by Educators for Children with Speech Sound Disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Advance, 60, 1891-1910. DOI: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-16-0385

48.    McLeod, S., Crowe, K., Masso, S., Baker, E., McCormack, J., Wren, Y., Roulstone, S., & Howland, C. (2017). Profile of Australian preschoolers with speech sound disorders at risk for literacy difficulties. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 22, 15-33. DOI: 10.1080/19404158.2017.1287105

49.    McCormack, J., Baker, E., Masso, S., Crowe, K., McLeod, S., Wren, Y. & Roulstone, S.E. (2017) Implementation fidelity of a computer-assisted intervention for children with speech sound disorders. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19, 265-276.  DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1293160

50.    Ness, A., Wills, A., Mahmoud, O., Hall, A., Sell, D., Smallridge, J., Southby, L., Stokes, D., Toms, S., Waylen, A., Wren, Y., Sandy, J.R. (2017) Centre level variation in treatment and outcomes and predictors of outcomes in 5 year old children with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip treated within a centralised service: the Cleft Care UK study. Part 6:  summary and implications. Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research 20 (Suppl. 2), 48-51. DOI: 10.1111/ocr.12188

51.    Wills, A.K., Mahmoud, O., Hall, A., Sell, D., Smallridge, J., Southby, L., Toms, S., Waylen, A., Wren, Y., Ness, A.R. & Sandy, J. (2017) Centre level variation of treatment and outcome in 5-year-old children with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate: The Cleft Care UK study. Part 1: Methodology and results for dento-facial outcomes. Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research, 20 (Suppl. 2) 1-7. DOI:10.1111/ocr.12183

 

52.    Sell, D., Southby, L., Wren, Y., Wills, A.K., Hall, A., Mahmoud, O., Waylen, A., Sandy, J.R. & Ness, A.R., (2017) Centre level variation in speech outcome and interventions, and factors associated with poor speech outcomes in 5-year-old children with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate: The Cleft Care UK study. Part 4. Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research 20 (Suppl. 2.) 27-39.  DOI:10.1111/ocr.12186

53.    McLeod, S., Verdon, S., & International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech (2017). Tutorial: Speech assessment for multilingual children who do not speak the same language(s) as the speech-language pathologist. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26, 691-1055. DOI:10.1044/2017_AJSLP-15-0161

 

54.    ** (3*) Wren, Y., Roulstone, S., Miller, L.L., Emond, A. and Peters, T. (2016) The prevalence, characteristics and risk factors of persistent speech disorder. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 59, 647-673. [IF 2.795]

55.    Sullivan, S., Hollen, L., Wren, Y., Thompson, A., Lewis, G. & Zammit. S. (2016). A longitudinal investigation of childhood communication ability and adolescent psychotic experiences in a community sample. Schizophrenia Research 173, 54-61.

56.    Pourcain, B., Cents, R., Whitehouse, A., Haworth, C., Davis, O., O'Reilly, P., Roulstone, S., Wren, Y., Ang, Q.,…& Davey-Smith, G., (2014) Common variation near ROBO2 is associated with expressive vocabulary in infancy. Nature Communications, 5, article 4831.

57.    Overton, S. and Wren, Y. (2014) Outcome measurement using naturalistic language samples: A feasibility study using language transcription software and speech and language therapy assistants. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 30, 221-229.

58.    Wren, Y.E., Hambly, H. and Roulstone, S.E. (2013). A review of the impact of bilingualism on the development of phonemic awareness skills in children with typical speech development. Child Language Teaching and Therapy. 29, 1, 9-23.

59.    Hambly, H., Wren, Y., McLeod, S. and Roulstone, S. (2013) The influence of bilingualism on speech production: A systematic review. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 48, 1,1-24.

60.    McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Bowen, C., and the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech (2013). International aspirations for speech-language pathologists' practice with multilingual children with speech sound disorders: Development of a position paper. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46(4), 375–387. doi 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2013.04.003 

 

61.    *Wren, Y., McLeod, S., White, P., Miller, L.L. and Roulstone, S. (2013). Speech characteristics of 8-year-old children with speech difficulties: Findings from a prospective population study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46, 1, 53-69.

62.    Roulstone, S.E., Wren, Y.E., Bakapoulou, I. and Lindsay, G. (2012) Interventions for children with SLCN: An exploration of current practice. Child Language Teaching and Therapy.28, 3, 325-341.

63.    *Wren, Y., Roulstone, S. and Miller, L.L. (2012). Distinguishing groups of children with persistent speech disorder: findings from a prospective population study. Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Vocology, 37, 1, 1-10.

64.    Roulstone, S., Miller, L.L., Wren, Y. & Peters, T.J. (2009) The natural history of speech impairment of 8-year-old children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: Error rates at 2 and 5 years. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Special edition on Population Based Studies of Language Speech and Hearing. 11,5, 381-391.

 

65.    Wren, Y and Roulstone, S. (2008) A comparison between computer and tabletop delivery of phonology therapy. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Volume 10 Issue 5, 346-363.

 

66.    Wren, Y. (2003) Using scenarios to evaluate a professional development programme for teaching staff. Child Language Teaching and Therapy,19, 115-134

 

67.    Wren, Y., Roulstone, S., Parkhouse, J. and Hall, B. (2001) A model for a mainstream school-based speech and language therapy service. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 17, 2, 107-126.

 

68.    Roulstone, S.E., Wren., Y.E. (2001) Investigation of theoretical models and therapy activities: Phonological difficulties. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 36 Supp, 441-446.

69.    Wren, Y.E. (2001) Software and Speech-A review of software in phonology therapy. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 36 Supp, 487-492.

 

70.    Wren, Y.E., Parkhouse, J. (2001) Working towards an inclusive curriculum. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 33 Supp, 620-625.

 

 

Government Reports

71.    Law, J., Lee, W., Roulstone, S., Wren, Y., Zeng, B. and Lindsay, G. (2012). "What works": Interventions for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs. London: DfE.

 

72.    Roulstone, S., Wren, Y., Bakapoulou, I., Goodlad, S. and Lindsay, G. (2012) Exploring interventions for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs: A study of practice. London: DfE.

Published Research Reports and Preprints

73.    Fell, M., Davies, A., Davies, A., Chummun, S., Cobb, A., Moar, K. & Wren, Y. (2021) Current surgical practice for children born with a cleft lip and/or palate in the United Kingdom. MedRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.10.21264828  

74.    Yue, Z., Barker, J., Christensen, H., McKean, C., Ashton, E., Wren, Y., Gadgil, S., Bright, R. (2021) Parental Spoken Scaffolding and Narrative Skills in Crowd-Sourced Storytelling Samples of Young Children. Proc. Interspeech 2021, 2946-2950, doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2021-1297.

 

75.    Benchek, P., Igo, R., Voss-Hoynes,H., Wren, Y.E., …. (9 authors), Lewis, B., Stein, C., Iyengar, S., (2021) Association between genes regulating neural pathways for quantitative traits of speech and language disorders. medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.09.21251441

76.    Berman, S., Sharp, G., Lewis, S., Blakey, R., Davies, A., Humphries, K., Wren, Y., Sandy, J., Stergiakouli, E. (2021) Prevalence and Factors Associated with Behavioural Problems in 5-year-old Children Born with Cleft Lip and/or Palate from the Cleft Collective. medRxiv 2021.08.04.21261594; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.04.21261594

77.    Roulstone, S.E., Marshall, J.E., Powell, G.G., Goldbart, J., Wren, Y.E., Coad, J., Daykin, N., Powell, J.E., Lascelles, L., Hollingworth, W., Emond, A., Peters, T.J., Pollock, J.I., Fernandes, C., Moultrie, J., Harding, S.A., Morgan, L., Hambly, H.F., Parker, N.K.& Coad, R.A. (2015) Evidence-based intervention for preschool children with primary speech and language impairments: Child Talk - an exploratory mixed-methods study. Programme Grants for Applied Research 3, 5DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3310/pgfar03050

 

 

Edited Books

78.    Dobinson, C. and Wren, Y. (Eds) (2019) Creating practice-based evidence: A guide for SLTs – 2^nd Edition. Guildford: J&R Press.

79.    Dobinson, C. and Wren, Y. (Eds) (2013) Creating practice-based evidence: A guide for SLTs. Guildford: J&R Press.

 

 

 

Book Chapters

80.    Wren, Y. & the CLAPA Cleft Collective Patient Consultation Group. Working with people across the lifespan. In Volkmer, A. & Broomfield, K. (Eds) Seldom Heard Voices in Service User Involvement: The how and why of meaningful collaboration. Guildford: J&RPress.

 

81.    Sell, D., Pereira, V., Wren, Y. & Russell, J. Speech disorders related to cleft palate and velopharyngeal dysfunction. In Damico, J., Muller, N. & Ball, M. (Eds) Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders (2nd Edition). Hoboken, NJ; Wiley. 

 

82.    Wren, Y., Masso, S. and Williams, A.L. (2020). Computer Based Interventions (second edition). In Williams, A.L., McLeod, S. and McCauley R. (Eds) Interventions for speech sound disorders in children. Baltimore. MA:P.H.Brookes.

83.    Dobinson, C. & Wren, Y.E. (2019) Practice Based Evidence: What is it and why do we need it? In Dobinson, C. & Wren, Y.E. (Eds)  (2019) Creating Practice Based Evidence: A guide for SLTs (pp1-20).  Guildford: J&RPress.

 

84.    Wren, Y. (2019) We are doing some training. What are the benefits? In Dobinson, C. & Wren, Y.E. (Eds)  (2019) Creating Practice Based Evidence: A guide for SLTs (pp225-252).  Guildford: J&RPress

 

85.    Hayhow, R., Wren, Y. & Deave, T. (2019) Sharing your findings and ensuring impact. In Dobinson, C. & Wren, Y.E. (Eds)  (2019) Creating Practice Based Evidence: A guide for SLTs (pp315-338).  Guildford: J&RPress.

 

86.    Wren, Y., McCormack, J., Masso, S., McLeod, S., Baker, E. & Crowe, K. (2018). Digital tools to support children's speech and language skill. In S. Danby, M. Fleer, C. Davidson & M. Hatzigianni (Eds). Digital childhoods: Technologies and children's everyday lives (pp. 235-251). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

87.    Dobinson, C. and Wren, Y. (2013) Practice-based evidence: What is it and why do we need it. In C. Dobinson and Y. Wren, (Eds) Creating practice-based evidence: A guide for SLTs (pp. 1-18). Guildford: J&R Press.

 

88.    Dobinson, C. and Wren, Y. (2013) Summary. In C. Dobinson and Y. Wren, (Eds) Creating practice-based evidence: A guide for SLTs (pp. 233-236). Guildford: J&R Press.

 

89.    Wren, Y. (2013) We are doing some training. What are the benefits? In C. Dobinson and Y. Wren, (Eds) Creating practice-based evidence: A guide for SLTs (pp. 135-162). Guildford: J&R Press.

 

90.    Wren, Y., Roulstone, S. and Williams, A.L. (2010). Computer Based Interventions In Williams, A.L., McLeod, S. and McCauley R. (Eds) Interventions for speech sound disorders in children. Baltimore, MA:P.H.Brookes.

 

91.    Wren, Y. (1999) Children with speech and language difficulties. In Berger, A. and Gross, J. (eds) Teaching the Literacy Hour in an Inclusive Classroom. David Fulton; London.

 

 

Software

92.    Wren, Y. and Roulstone, S. (2013) Phoneme Factory Sound Sorter – Australian Edition. Bristol, UK: Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit

 

93.    Wren, Y. and Roulstone, S. (2013) Phoneme Factory Sound Sorter – 2^nd Edition. Bristol, UK: Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit

 

94.    Wren, Y., Hughes, T. and Roulstone, S. (2006) Phoneme Factory Phonology Screener. London; NFER Nelson.

 

95.    Wren, Y. and Roulstone, S. (2005) Phoneme Factory Sound Sorter. London; SEMERC

 

 

Guidelines, position papers and policy briefings

96.    Child Speech Disorder Research Network (2017) Good practice guidelines for the transcription of children's speech samples in clinical practice and research (2^nd edition). Retrieved from http://development.nbt.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/Good%20practice%20guidelines_Transcription_2Ed_2017.pdf Also translated into Portuguese.

 

97.    Child Speech Disorder Research Network (2017) Good practice guidelines for the analysis of children's speech samples in clinical practice and research. Retrieved from https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/BSLTRU_Guidelines%20for%20Analysis%20of%20Child%20Speech%20Data%20FINAL%20v2%20Oct%202017.pdf 

 

98.    Ness, A., Sandy, J., Waylen, A., Wills, A., Wren, Y.E., Hall, A., Sell, D., Smallridge, J.,Southby, L., & Stokes, D. (2017) Cleft lip and palate: Improved centralised model of care to ensure best outcomes for children. Policy Bristol Briefing 44: June 2017

 

99.    International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech (2012) Multilingual children with speech sound disorders: Position paper. (2012) Bathurst, NSW, Australia: Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE), Charles Sturt University. Retrieved from http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/position-paper ISBN 978-0-9874288-0-6

 

 

Other publications

100.    Wren Y.E. (2021) Children start making us laugh from a surprisingly young age. The Conversation article 23rd July 2021: https://theconversation.com/children-start-trying-to-make-us-laugh-from-a-surprisingly-young-age-164737. As of 26th July 2021, this article has been picked up by 15 other outlets, including international ones: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/children-start-trying-us-laugh-130642587.html ; https://illinoisnewstoday.com/children-start-trying-to-make-us-laugh-from-a-surprisingly-young-age/312235/ ; https://eminetra.co.uk/children-start-trying-to-make-us-laugh-from-a-surprisingly-young-age/603581/ .

 

101.    Wren, Y.E. (2021) How lockdown has affected children's speech and what parents can do to help. The Conversation article 19th May 2021: https://theconversation.com/how-lockdown-has-affected-childrens-speech-and-what-parents-can-do-to-help-160886 . As of 1st July, 2021, The Conversation article has been translated into French and is about to be translated into Arabic. To date, the article has been re-published by 14 different publications internationally and had 29,737 readers (81% in Canada, 6.3% UK, 3% US, 1.5% France, 8.1% other).

 

102.    Wren, Y.E. (2019) How do we identify children whose speech problems are unlikely to resolve. RCSLT Bulletin, August 2019

 

103.    Wren, Y.E. (2019) Gender Disparity in the Speech and Language Therapy Profession. RCSLT Bulletin, May 2019. Also on www.rcslt.org/75years/on-equal-footing.

 

104.    Humphries, K., Davies, A., Wren, Y. & Sandy, J. (2018) Using free text from notes to enrich a longitudinal cohort study. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3, 3:063.

 

105.    Wren, Y. & the Specialists in Specific Speech Impairment Network. Research in specific speech impairment – what questions should we be posing?  Bulletin of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, November, 2015. [A]

 

106.    Wren, Y.E. & Sell, D. (2010) Paediatric Medicine – Developmental Speech Impairment. GP Online, 09/12/2010, p26-27

 

 

External Links

 

1. Dr Yvonne Wren, BSc (Hons), MEd, PhD, Cert M RCSLT | North Bristol NHS Trust (nbt.nhs.uk)
2. Yvonne Wren (researchgate.net)
3. Yvonne E Wren — University of Bristol
   

1. Dr Yvonne Wren, BSc(Hons), MEd, PhD, Cert M RCSLT | North Bristol NHS Trust (nbt.nhs.uk)
2. Yvonne Wren (resreachgate.net)
3. Yvonne Wren - University of Bristol