Catherine E. Renfrew

MBE, FRCSLT
Born1901
Died2002
Occupation
  • Speech therapist
Academic work
Institutions
  • United Oxford Hospitals

Catherine Easton Renfrew, MBE, FRCSLT (died 2002) was a British speech therapist.

Career

Renfrew was Chief Speech Therapist for United Oxford Hospitals.[1]

During her career Renfrew pioneered three forms of expressive language assessments: The Renfrew Action Picture Test (RAPT), in which a child describes a picture with a single sentence, assesses the length and complexity of spoken sentence structure in 3–8 year olds; the Renfrew Bus Story involves story re-telling to assess oral and narrative skills in 3–8 year olds; and Renfrew word finding assesses word finding abilities through the naming of pictures and the recording of errors in 3–9 year olds.[2]

Awards

Renfrew was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists in 1950. She was awarded the Honours of the RCSLT in 1982. Following her death, the RCSLT instituted a biennial award in her memory.[3] The Catherine Renfrew Memorial Award encourages international collaboration and attendance at non-UK conferences and events through an award of £500.[4]

She was awarded a MBE in the 1974 Birthday Honours.[5]

Selected publications

  • Renfrew, C. E. and Mitchell, P. 2015 (4th edition). Bus story test : a test of narrative speech. UK, Speechmark Publishing.
  • Renfrew, C. E. 1997. Renfrew language scales / Action picture test. Bicester, Oxon, Speechmark.
  • Renfrew, C. E. 1976. "Screening for Language Disorders in Preschool Children", Developmental Medicine and Chid Neurology 18(1). 97–98. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.1976.tb03612.x
  • Renfrew, C. E. 1972. "Prediction of Persisting Speech Defect", International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 8(1). 37–41. doi:10.3109/13682827309011583
  • Renfrew, C. E. 1972. Speech disorders in children. Oxford, Pergamon Press.
  • Renfrew, C. 1968. The child who does not talk : report of an International Study Group, St. Mary's College, Durham, 1963 on The Development and the Disorders of Hearing, Language and Speech in Children. London, Spastics International Medical Publications.
  • Renfrew, C. E. 1966. "Persistence of the Open Syllable in Defective Articulation", Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders 31. 370–373 doi:10.1044/jshd.3104.370
  • Calnan, J. and Renfrew, C. E. 1960–1961. "Blowing tests and speech", British Journal of Plastic Surgery 13. 340–346. doi:10.1016/S0007-1226(60)80064-1

References

  1. ↑ Calnan, J.; Renfrew, C. E. (1960–1961). "Blowing tests and speech". British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 13: 340–346. doi:10.1016/S0007-1226(60)80064-1.
  2. ↑ "Expressive language assessments". Talking Point. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "RCSLT Honours Roll Call". Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Catherine Renfrew Memorial Award". Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Supplement to the London Gazette, 15th June 1974". The Gazette: Official Public Record. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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