Background: The UK is a multicultural, multilingual society and the majority of paediatric
speech and language therapists in England have at least one bilingual child on their …

The findings are presented here of a questionnaire survey which asked speech and
language therapy managers in England about the caseloads of the therapists in their trust as …

Background: Speech and language therapy (SLT) managers are expected to ensure that
there are appropriate services available for bilingual and multilingual clients in order to …

The decision to write this book was taken by a group of practising speech therapists who
worked with bilingually language handi capped children in the UK. They formed a …

Both under-representati on and over-representation of bilingual children exist in different
contexts of speech and language therapy (SLT) provision. The research on which this paper …

Diagnosing specific language impairment (SLI) in monolingual children is a complex task,
with some controversy regarding criteria. Diagnosis of SLI in bilinguals is made more …

This paper reports on the results of an international survey undertaken by the Multilingual
Affairs Committee of the IALP, to investigate the intervention provided to bilingual children …

This study aimed to gather information from school-and clinic-based professionals about
their practices and opinions pertaining to the provision of bilingual supports to students with …

Research worldwide suggests that service delivery by speech-language therapists (SLTs) to
bilingual children is problematic and largely unsatisfactory. In multicultural South Africa, the …

Children with DD must and do become bilingual, but the research reported in this special
issue raises questions about equitable access to bilingual opportunities and provision of …