Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are working with an increasing number of families
from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds as the world's population continues to …

Background The speech and language therapy profession is required to provide services to
increasingly multilingual caseloads. Much international research has focused on the …

A major challenge for the speech-language pathology profession in many cultures is to
address the mismatch between the “linguistic homogeneity of the speech-language …

This paper analyses how and why cultural diversity is relevant to children with speech and
language difficulties and the professionals who work with them. The relevance of various …

Speech-language pathologists play important roles in supporting people to be competent
communicators in the languages of their communities. However, with over 7000 languages …

Within predominantly English-speaking countries such as the US, UK, Canada, New
Zealand, and Australia, there are a significant number of people who speak languages other …

Children and young people with speech, language and communication needs raise
considerable challenges for professionals in terms of both the identification and nature of …

In this paper, we explore cultural values and expectations that might vary among different
groups. Using the collectivist-individualist framework, we discuss differences in beliefs about …

Although most children learn language relatively quickly, as many as 10 per cent of them are
slow to start speaking and are said to have developmental language disorder (DLD) …

Background: There is an increasing demand for the assessment of speech and language in
clinical and research situations in countries where there are few assessment resources. Due …