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Miss Charlotte Wray

(Former)

Supervised by

Courtenay Norbury First/primary/lead supervisor
1/10/13 → …
Courtenay Norbury First/primary/lead supervisor
1/10/13 → 3/06/17
Carolyn McGettigan First/primary/lead supervisor
1/10/13 → 3/06/17

Educational background

MSc Developmental Disorders, Lancaster University

BSc (Hons) Psychology, The University of Manchester

Other work

I previously worked as a Research Assistant on the Surrey Communication and Language in Education Study (SCALES) and as a Data Assistant for CAMHS Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC).

Research interests

My PhD explored how gesture can be used support language. More specifically, the project looked at how children with developmental lanugage disorder (DLD) and their parents use gesture naturally when communicating at home.

My research questions are:

Is parental gesture use associated with gesture and language abilities in children with DLD?
Does gesture help children learn new words?
What are the relationships between language and gesture in children with DLD?