All CLD students are faced with an often daunting task of adjusting to the mainstream
American culture and participating in the educational process in the school while learning …

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are ethically responsible for providing the best
possible therapy to their clients. As the number of non-English-speaking homes is …

In an era of growing numbers of linguistically and culturally diverse students in the US
schools, classroom teachers are in the position of taking the initial role in identifying and …

There were over 3.4 million children with limited English proficiency in elementary and
secondary schools in the United States in 1997–2000 (Census, 2000). Schools across the …

HAT IS YOUR cultural heritage? Are you bilingual? Did anyone in your family speak a
language other than English? Have you attempted to learn a second language? Knowing …

In the last thirty years, many changes have occurred in the ways that the educational
process in the United States has been conceptualized and implemented. Many reforms …

Language Disorders in Bilingual Children and Adults, Third Edition, provides speech-
language pathologists, advanced students in communication disorders programs, and …

Fourteen years ago I had the pleasure of guest editing an issue of Seminars in Speech and
Language. As I again play the same role in this issue, I have reflected on changes that have …

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandate has pushed the debate on how to educate the
limited English proficient child to the forefront. Thus, criticism abounds in several states …

Providing appropriate services to the communicatively handicapped minority populations in
the United States is becoming a major concern to speechllanguage professionals. The …