Catherine Easton Renfrew Explained

Catherine E. Renfrew
Honorific Suffix:	,
Birth Date:	1901
Death Date:	2002
Occupation:	Speech therapist
Workplaces:	United Oxford Hospitals

Catherine Easton Renfrew,, (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.
• Renfrew, C. E. 1972. "Prediction of Persisting Speech Defect", International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 8(1). 37 - 41.
• 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
• Calnan, J. and Renfrew, C. E. 1960 - 1961. "Blowing tests and speech", British Journal of Plastic Surgery 13. 340 - 346.

Notes and References

1. Calnan, J. . Renfrew, C. E. . Blowing tests and speech . British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 13 . 1960–1961 . 340 - 346 . 10.1016/S0007-1226(60)80064-1. free .
2. Web site: Expressive language assessments . Talking Point . 13 October 2018.
3. Web site: RCSLT Honours Roll Call . Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists . 13 October 2018 . 19 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180619214018/https://www.rcslt.org/honours_roll_call_1945-2016 . dead .
4. Web site: Catherine Renfrew Memorial Award . Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists . 13 October 2018.
5. News: Supplement to the London Gazette, 15th June 1974 . The Gazette: Official Public Record . 27 October 2018.