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This resource provides evidence-based and practical guidance for professionals working with bilingual and multilingual children who experience SLCD. It shows how to identify diversity from disorder and introduces effective approaches in line with the best clinical practice.
List of contents
List of contributors
List of tables
List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Introduction
Definitions and terminology
Differentiating language disorder from language difference
Working alongside interpreters
Translation protocol
Language assessment and intervention in home language
Speech sound disorder in a bilingual context
Alternative and augmentative communication
Authors:
Lizzie Sadiku, AAC Consultant
Katherine Small, AAC Consultant
Suzanne Martin, AAC Consultant
Cultural inquisitiveness and the bilingual service delivery checklist
Barriers to working with bilingual children and how to overcome them
Authors:
Dr Carol Stow
Resources
About the author
Sean Pert (he/him) worked in the NHS for almost 20 years, in one of the few departments to deliver a speech and language therapy service exclusively in the family’s home language or mother tongue. He provided a service to children with the most severe and complex speech and language disorders and shares his specialist knowledge as a trainer both in the UK and internationally. He is currently a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Manchester, and a Consultant Speech and Language Therapist. A three-times joint winner of the Sternberg Award for Clinical Innovation, Sean is the Service Lead for the Voice and Communication Therapy Team, Indigo Gender Service, and Chair of the Board for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. See his full biography at www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/sean.pert.html
Summary
This resource provides evidence-based and practical guidance for professionals working with bilingual and multilingual children who experience SLCD. It shows how to identify diversity from disorder and introduces effective approaches in line with the best clinical practice.
