Professor Jois Stansfield
Emeritus Professor
My profile
Biography
I was a registered speech and language therapist throughout my career and retired from Manchester Metropolitan University at the end of January 2017. I was awarded Emeritus status on retirement and, for the meticulous, I chose to adopt the title ‘emeritus’ as the better known term, rather than ‘emerita’, despite gendered differences in terminology. I maintain strong working relationships with colleagues in the Faculty of Health and Education.
My continuing research interests include ethical issues in research and practice; intellectual impairment; and speech and language therapy history. I recently completed an oral history project, which involved interviewing individuals who qualified as speech therapists between 1945 and 1970. I am now investigating the history of British speech therapy in the twentieth century.
I have supervised a wide range of PhD projects in speech and language therapy, psychology, nursing and information technology
I am an active member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, contributing to the work of the Heritage Working Group and sourcing material to add to the RCSLT on-line archive.
Academic and professional qualifications
Diploma and Licentiate of the College of Speech Therapists 1972
MSc, Human Communication, University of London 1998
EdD, University of Durham, 2001
MSc Health History, University of Strathclyde, 2019
Currently registered part time for a PhD in History 2021-
Other academic service (administration and management)
I mentor academic colleagues and those clinical colleagues who aspire to an academic career
External examiner roles
PhD, EdD MRes and MSc by research external examining
Practioner roles
I held honorary clinical contracts with local NHS Trusts throughout my academic career, working with people with intellectual impairments.
Community, charity and NGO links
PPI advisor to an on-line pre-registration MSc in Nursing 2020 -
Simulated patient for nursing, physiotherapy and sports science degrees at Napier University 2017-
Academic panel member for the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists 2001-2
Until 2021 I worked with CORU, the Republic of Ireland statutory health and care regulator on reviewing and approving degree programmes recognised by that body and acted as a vice chair of a local NHS Research Ethics Committee.
Prizes and awards
Queens Anniversary Prize Award for Clinical Applications of Speech Science to Speech and Language Therapy. Speech and Hearing Sciences Department, Queen Margaret University College, 2003.
Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, 2010
Membership of professional associations
Registered speech and language therapist: Health and Care Professions Council (and predecessors) No: SL04539, 2001-22
Registered Member; Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (and predecessors). No: 3147 1972 - date
Projects
Teaching
Why do I teach?
I no longer teach, but continue to contribute to seminars and workshops. These enable me to enjoy seeing speech and language therapists, other professional colleagues and students as they progress through their careers.
Subject areas
Speech and language therapy; professional ethics; psychology; history
Supervision
Research outputs
Guthrie S. Lancaster J. Stansfield J. (2017) Consensus-building on developing dysphagia competence. A North West of England perspective. IJLCD 52:6, 854-869
Guthrie S, Stansfield J (2017) Teatime threats. Choking incidents at the evening meal. JARID 30:1 47-60
Guthrie, S. Stansfield, J. (2020) Involving adults with intellectual disabilities in self-assessment of dysphagia using iPad® video. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities. DOI 10.1108/AMHID-04-2020-0007
Kiernan,J. Mitchell, D. Stansfield J. Taylor C (2017) Mothers’ perspectives on the lived experience of children with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities 20:10 1–15
Stansfield, J. (2020) Reflections on being an insider. Subjectivity, intersubjectivity and speech therapy. Oral History Journal 48:2, 90-101
Stansfield, J. (2022) Talking points: oral histories of Australian and British speech-language pathologists who qualified in the three decades after 1945. IJS-LP (on-line)
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Journal articles
Stansfield, J. (2022) 'Talking points: oral histories of Australian and British speech-language pathologists who qualified in the three decades after 1945.' International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24(6) pp. 573-584.
Guthrie, S., Stansfield, J. (2020) 'Dysphagia assessment and intervention: evaluating inclusive approaches using video.' Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 14(6) pp. 247-261.
Stansfield, J. (2020) 'Reflections on being an oral history insider: subjectivity, intersubjectivity and speech therapy.' Oral History Journal, 48(2) pp. 90-101.
Stansfield, J. (2020) 'Giving voice: an oral history of speech and language therapy.' International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 55(3) pp. 320-331.
Kiernan, J., Mitchell, D., Stansfield, J., Taylor, C. (2017) 'Mothers' perspectives on the lived experience of children with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour.' Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 23(2) pp. 175-189.
Guthrie, S., Lancaster, J., Stansfield, J. (2017) 'Consensus-building on developing dysphagia competence: A North West of England perspective.' International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 52(6) pp. 854-869.
Armstrong, L., Stansfield, J., Bloch, S. (2017) 'Content analysis of the professional journal of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, III: 1966–2015—into the 21st century.' International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 52(6) pp. 681-688.
Guthrie, S., Stansfield, J. (2017) 'Teatime Threats. Choking Incidents at the Evening Meal.' Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 30(1) pp. 47-60.
Stansfield, J., Armstrong, L. (2016) 'Content analysis of the professional journal of the College of Speech Therapists II: coming of age and growing maturity, 1946-65.' International journal of language & communication disorders, 51(4) pp. 478-486.
Patterson, A., Hansson, K., Lowit, A., Stansfield, J., Trinite, B. (2015) 'EU Collaboration in Speech and Language Therapy Education: The NetQues Project.' Perspectives on Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders, 5(1) pp. 21-32.
Stansfield, J., Matthews, A. (2014) 'Introducing advanced clinical reasoning to an adult learning disability service.' Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 18(1) pp. 20-34.
Matthews, A., Stansfield, J. (2014) 'Supporting communication for parents with intellectual impairments: Communication facilitation in social work led parenting meetings.' British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42(3) pp. 244-250.
Willis, S., Goldbart, J., Stansfield, J. (2014) 'The strengths and weaknesses in verbal short-term memory and visual working memory in children with hearing impairment and additional language learning difficulties.' International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 78(7) pp. 1107-1114.
Samuels, R., Stansfield, J. (2012) 'The effectiveness of social stories (TM) to develop social interactions with adults with characteristics of autism spectrum disorder.' BRITISH JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES, 40(4) pp. 272-285.
Caton, S., Chadwick, D., Chapman, M., Turnbull, S., Mitchell, D., Stansfield, J. (2012) 'Healthy lifestyles for adults with intellectual disability: knowledge, barriers, and facilitators..' J Intellect Dev Disabil, 37(3) pp. 248-259.
Stansfield, J. (2012) 'Parents with learning disabilities and speech and language therapy. A service evaluation of referrals and episodes of care.' British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(3) pp. 169-176.
Stansfield, J., Collier, R., King, R. (2012) 'Adults with intellectual impairment who stammer: a clinical case study.' British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(1) pp. 23-30.
Pachigar, V., Stansfield, J., Goldbart, J. (2011) 'Beliefs and attitudes of primary school teachers in mumbai, india towards children who stutter.' International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 58(3) pp. 287-302.
Mennen, I., Stansfield, J. (2006) 'Speech and language therapy service delivery for bilingual children: a survey of three cities in Great Britain.' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 41(6) pp. 635-652.
Stansfield, J. (2005) 'Issues and innovation in clinical education: Regulation, collaboration and communication.' International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 7(3) pp. 173-176.
Santiago, C., Stansfield, J. (1998) 'Prioritisation in Speech and Language Therapy departments in Scotland and Malaysia.' International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 33(SUPPL. 1) pp. 102-107.
Johnston, F., Stansfield, J. (1997) 'Expressive pragmatic skills in pre-school children with and without Down's syndrome: Parental perceptions.' Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 41(1) pp. 19-29.
Armstrong, L., Stansfield, J. (1996) 'A content analysis of the professional journal of the British society of speech therapists I: The first 10 years. Spotlight on ‘speech’ 1935–1945.' International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 31(2) pp. 91-105.
STANSFIELD, J., CHESELDINE, S.E. (1995) 'Research to practice: an evaluation of Gentle Teaching behaviour descriptions.' International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 30(1 S) pp. 516-525.
Stansfield, J. (1995) 'Word-final disfluencies in adults with learning difficulties.' Journal of Fluency Disorders, 20(1) pp. 1-10.
STANSFIELD, J. (1990) 'Prevalence of stuttering and cluttering in adults with mental handicaps.' Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 34(4) pp. 287-307.
Stansfield, J. (1989) 'Stammering in adults with mental handicaps: A PILOT STUDY.' Journal of the British Institute of Mental Handicap (APEX), 17(1) pp. 30-33.
Stansfield, J. (1988) 'Stuttering and cluttering in the mentally handicapped population: A review of the literature.' British Journal of Mental Subnormality, 34(66) pp. 54-61.