Allen, Shirley and Lee, Maureen and Whalley, Mary E. and Scollan, Angela (2019) Developing professional practice in the early years. Open University Press, Maidenhead. ISBN 9780335264766
Allen, Shirley (2016) How can practitioners be supported to work on early intervention programmes within multidisciplinary teams? In: 26th Annual EECERA conference: Happiness, Relationships, Emotion & Deep Level Learning, 31 Aug - 03 Sept 2016, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
Allen, Shirley and Scollan, Angela (2016) How is the child positioned within parent-practitioner working? In: 26th Annual EECERA conference: Happiness, Relationships, Emotion & Deep Level Learning, 31 Aug - 03 Sept 2016, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
Allen, Shirley (2016) Play in a digital age. In: Young Children in a Digital Age: Supporting learning and development with technology in early years. Kaye, Lorraine , ed. Routledge, London, pp. 84-100. ISBN 9781138804807
Scollan, Angela and Allen, Shirley (2014) Exploring professionals' perceptions of effective provision for two year old children in England. In: 24th European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference - u2018Us, Them & Me: Universal, Targeted or Individuated Early Childhood Programmes', 07-10 Sept. 2014, Crete, Greece.