Tutorial: Speech assessment for multilingual children who do not speak the same language (s) as the speech-language pathologist

S McLeod, S Verdon, E Baker, MJ Ball, E Ballard… - American Journal of …, 2017 - ASHA
Purpose The aim of this tutorial is to support speech-language pathologists (SLPs)
undertaking assessments of multilingual children with suspected speech sound disorders …

Advancing workplace diversity through the culturally responsive teamwork framework

SC Hopf, K Crowe, S Verdon, HL Blake… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Diversification of the profession is an important element of combating racism, bias,
and prejudice in the speech-language pathology workforce at national and systemic levels …

Language maintenance and loss in a population study of young Australian children

S Verdon, S McLeod, A Winsler - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Information about children's cultural and linguistic diversity and language
acquisition patterns is important for the development of sustainable educational practices …

Multilingual speech acquisition by Vietnamese-English–speaking children and adult family members

S McLeod, S Verdon, K Margetson, VH Tran… - Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: This article presents a large-scale example of culturally responsive assessment
and analysis of multilingual Vietnamese-English–speaking children and their family …

The use of a standardized language assessment tool to measure the language development of urban Aboriginal preschoolers

E Miller, V Webster, J Knight… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The use of standardized language assessment tools with Australian Indigenous children has
been criticized for language and cultural reasons; however, this has not been tested in an …

The influence of linguistic bias upon speech-language pathologists' attitudes toward clinical scenarios involving nonstandard dialects of English

C Easton, S Verdon - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Variation within languages, including dialects, takes on an indexical function,
marking belonging and connection. Meanwhile, attitudes toward these speech varieties …

The cultural appropriateness and diagnostic usefulness of standardized language assessments for Indigenous Australian children

WM Pearce, C Williams - International Journal of Speech …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Speech-language pathologists experience uncertainty about how to interpret standardized
assessment results for Indigenous Australian children. There are risks for inappropriate …

Self-reported confidence and knowledge-based differences between multilingual and monolingual speech-language pathologists when serving culturally and …

TL Narayanan, HL Ramsdell - Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore factors associated with multilingual and
monolingual speech-language pathologists'(SLPs) knowledge base and confidence levels …

Considerations of dialect on the identification of speech sound disorder in Vietnamese‐speaking children

B Phạm, S McLeod - International Journal of Language & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background The dialect spoken by children influences diagnostic decision‐making
regarding the identification and severity of speech sound disorder (SSD). Aims The primary …

The impact of linguistic bias upon speech-language pathologists' attitudes towards non-standard dialects of English

EL Clark, C Easton, S Verdon - Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Dialectal variations are present in all languages, originating from cultural, geographic and
socioeconomic diversity. This study investigates speech-language pathologists'(SLPs) …