Dr Catherine Adams BSc, MSc, PhD, CertMRCSLT
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy
- Email: catherine.adams@manchester.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)161 275 3368
- Fax: 0161 275 3373
Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies
- Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Certified Speech and Language Therapist with the Health Professions Council
Research
- Specific language impairments
- Pragmatic language impairments
- Assessment of language skills in children
- Communication skills Asperger Syndrome
- Social communication impairment in children
Teaching
Major teaching duties:
BSc Hons Speech and Language Therapy
- Developmental Language Disorders 1 HCDI 20020
- Developmental Language Disorders 2 HCDI 40032
- Evidence Based Practice HCDI 40011
- Clinical examinations
BSc Hons Audiology
- Evidence Based Practice HCDI 40011
Qualifications
- BSc (Honours) Speech Pathology and Therapy
1981 University of Manchester - MSc Human Communication
1986 Institute of Neurology/University College London - PhD 2003 University of Manchester
Collaborators and affiliated staff
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Professor James Law
Queen Margaret College Edinburgh
National Research Group collaborator -
Professor Sue Roulstone
Frenchay SLT Research Unit, Bristol
National Research Group Collaborator -
Dr Anne Hesketh
University of Manchester
Research collaborator -
Dr Elaine Clarke
University of Manchester
Research project -
Dr Jonathan Green
University of Manchester
Research projects
Publications
2007
- Adams C, Julian Lloyd. (2007). Effects of speech and language therapy intervention in mainstream school for children with pragmatic language impairments. British Journal of Special Education, 34, 226-233.
- Clarke EM, Adams C. (2007). Binaural Interaction in Specific Language Impairment: an auditory evoked potential study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 49, 274-279. Full text doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00274.x
2006
- Adams C, Lloyd Julian, Aldred Catherine, Baxendale Janet. (2006). Exploring the effects of communication intervention for developmental pragmatic language impairments: a signal-generation study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 41, 41-66. Full text doi:10.1080/13693780500179793
- Clarke EM, Ahmmed A, Parker DJ, Adams C. (2006). Contralateral suppression of otoacoustic emissions in children with specific language impairment. Ear & Hearing, 27(2), 153-160. Full text doi:10.1097/01.aud.0000204311.73871.41
- Parker DJ, Ansar Ahmmed, Adams C. (2006). Auditory temporal resolution in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Medical Speech Pathology, 14, 79-96.
2005
- Adams C, Baxendale Janet, Lloyd Julian, Aldred Catherine. (2005). Pragmatic language impairment: case studies of social and pragmatic language therapy. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 21, 227-250.
- Adams C, Lloyd JT. (2005). Elicited and spontaneous communicative functions and stability of conversational measures with children who have pragmatic language impairments. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 40, 333-348.
- Adams C. (2005). Social communication intervention for school age children: rationale and description. Seminars in Speech and Language, 26, 181-188.
- Botting NF, Adams C. (2005). Inferential and semantic abilities in children with communication disorders. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 40(1), 49-66. Full text doi:10.1080/13682820410001723390
2004
- Adams C. (2004). Intervention for developmental pragmatic language impairments. Aula Abierta, 82, 79-96.
- Aldred C, Green J, Adams C. (2004). A new social communication intervention for children with autism: a pilot randomised controlled treatment study suggesting effectiveness. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 1420-1430. Full text doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00338.x
- Aldred C, Green J, Adams C. (2004). A new social communication intervention for children with autism: pilot randomised controlled treatment study suggesting effectiveness. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1420-1430.
2002
- Adams C, Green J, Gilchrist A, Cox Anthony. (2002). Conversational behaviour of children with Asperger syndrome and conduct disorder. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 43( 5), 679-90. Full text doi:10.1111/1469-7610.00056
- Adams C. (2002). Practitioner review: the assessment of language pragmatics. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 43( 8), 973-87.
2001
- Adams C, Cooke RE, Alison Crutchley, Hesketh A, Reeves D. (2001). Assessment of Comprehension and Expression (6-11).
- Adams C. (2001). Clinical diagnostic and intervention studies of children with semantic-pragmatic language disorder. Int J Lang Commun Disord, 36( 3), 289-305.
- Aldred C, Pollard C, Adams C. (2001). Child'sTalk--for children with autism and pervasive developmental disorder. Int J Lang Commun Disord, 36 Suppl, 469-74.
2000
- Adams C, Nightingale CC, Hesketh A, Hall Rebecca. (2000). Targeting metaphonological ability in intervention for children with developmental phonological disorders. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 16, 285-299.
- Bishop D, Chan J, Adams C, Hartley J, Weir F. (2000). Conversational responsiveness in specific language impairment: evidence of disproportionate pragmatic difficulties in a subset of children. Dev Psychopathol, 12( 2), 177-99.
- Hesketh A, Adams C, Nightingale C, Hall R. (2000). Phonological awareness therapy and articulatory training approaches for children with phonological disorders: a comparative outcome study. Int J Lang Commun Disord, 35( 3), 337-54.
- Hesketh A, Adams C, Nightingale CC. (2000). Metaphonological abilities of phonologically disordered children. Educational Psychology, 20, 483-498.