Supporting culturally responsive assessment practices with preschoolers: Guidance from methods in the Jamaican context

KN Washington, RW Karem, LE Kokotek… - Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: There is a shortage of available methods to accurately inform the developmental
status of children whose cultural and linguistic backgrounds vary from the mainstream. The …

The cultural and diagnostic appropriateness of standardized assessments for dual language learners: A focus on Jamaican preschoolers

RW Karem, KN Washington - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the appropriateness of standardized
assessments of expressive grammar and vocabulary in a sample of preschool-age dual …

Characterizing speech sound productions in bilingual speakers of Jamaican Creole and English: Application of durational acoustic methods

M León, KN Washington, VS McKenna, K Crowe… - Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: This study examined the speech acoustic characteristics of Jamaican Creole (JC)
and English in bilingual preschoolers and adults using acoustic duration measures. The …

Productions of Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation–Third Edition Stimulus Words Among Teenage Speakers of Anguillian Eastern Caribbean English

AD Franklin, C Turner, KT Lindsay Nurse… - Perspectives of the ASHA …, 2024 - ASHA
Purpose: This study documents consonant and vowel variation in typically developing
teenage speakers of Anguillian English, demonstrates how consonant variation impacts …

Speech-Language Outcomes in the COVID-19 Milieu for Multilingual Jamaican Preschoolers and Considerations for Telepractice Assessments

LE Kokotek, KN Washington, BJ Cunningham… - American Journal of …, 2024 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize the communicative participation and
functional speech intelligibility (ie, how children use communication and how well they are …

Phonemic and pitch variability in bilingual preschoolers: A comparison of Jamaican Creole and English

AS Mira, ME Wilkens, KN Washington… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-linguistic influences of
Jamaican Creole (JC) and English on phonemic and vocal development in bilingual JC …

Linguistically informed acoustic and perceptual analysis of bilingual children's speech productions: An exploratory study in the Jamaican context

M León, KN Washington, VS McKenna, K Crowe… - Journal of Speech …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The aim of this study was to characterize speech acoustics in bilingual
preschoolers who speak Jamaican Creole (JC) and English. We compared a standard …

Intraword variability in children with auditory brainstem implants: A longitudinal comparison with children with cochlear implants

J Faes, S Gillis - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Intraword variability designates the phenomenon that a particular target word is
produced variably by a child at one point in the child's development. In this study, the …

Productions of Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation--Stimulus Words Among Teenage Speakers of Anguillian Eastern Caribbean English.

AD Franklin, C Turner… - Perspectives of the …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Purpose: This study documents consonant and vowel variation in typically developing
teenage speakers of Anguillian English, demonstrates how consonant variation impacts …

Variability, accuracy, and cross-linguistic transfer in bilingual children speaking Jamaican Creole and English

AJ Canta, S Abu El Adas, KN Washington… - Clinical linguistics & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Due to the lack of normative data about bilingual speech development and limited
availability of diagnostic tools optimised for this population, bilingual children under …