Dr Yvonne Wren on ALSPAC and the Cleft Collective

Dr Yvonne Wren has been on the road this week speaking at a number of events. She was joined by delegates from the US, Finland, Sweden, Greece and throughout the UK at the recent LSCD Workshop on ‘Late Stages in Speech and Communication Development’.  Discussion was focused on s issues relating to the development of speech and communication skills in older children. Dr Wren gave a presentation on the findings from ALSPAC, a large scale longitudinal population study, and data on speech production in 8-year-olds.

Keble College, Parks Road, Oxford, UK

Dr Wren then spoke on the Cleft Collective Speech and Language Study and the plans for recruitment and data collection, to speech and language therapists from the UK and Ireland who specialise in children with cleft palate and cranio- facial disorders, at the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific conference.

For more information on these projects contact Dr Wren: Yvonne.wren@speech-therapy.org.uk