Children from bilingual backgrounds are sometimes overidentified with language
impairment (LI) because educators do not have appropriate developmental expectations. At …

Background Children who are bilingual and have speech sound disorder are likely to be
under‐referred, possibly due to confusion about typical speech acquisition in bilingual …

Paediatric speech and language therapists are challenged by diminished resources and
increasingly complex caseloads. The new edition addresses their concerns. Norms for …

Background Bilingual children are under‐referred due to an ostensible expectation that they
lag behind their monolingual peers in their English acquisition. The recommendations of the …

Background: British society is multicultural and multilingual, thus for many children English is
not their main or only language. Speech and language therapists are required to assess …

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 …

Purpose: Multilingual children are disproportionately represented on speech pathology
caseloads, in part due to the limited ability of traditional language assessments to accurately …

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 …

Abstract The World Report on Disability provides a major challenge to the conceptualization
and delivery of services for people with communication disabilities around the world. Many …

The study examined the role of oral language skills in reading comprehension and listening
comprehension levels of 125 monolingual (L1) and bilingual (L2) English‐speaking learners …