Assessing the Speech Production of Multilingual Children: A Survey of Speech-Language Therapists in French-Speaking Belgium

Autor/inn/en	van der Straten Waillet, Pauline; Crowe, Kathryn; Charlier, Brigitte; Colin, Cécile
Titel	Assessing the Speech Production of Multilingual Children: A Survey of Speech-Language Therapists in French-Speaking Belgium
Quelle	In: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 58 (2023) 5, S.1496-1509 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (van der Straten Waillet, Pauline)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-2822
DOI	10.1111/1460-6984.12875
Schlagwörter	Speech Communication; Speech Skills; Speech Language Pathology; Allied Health Personnel; Multilingualism; Foreign Countries; French; Children; Norm Referenced Tests; Evaluation Methods; Employment Qualifications; Training; Resources; Barriers; Speech Impairments; Language Usage; Diversity; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; Französisch; Child; Kind; Kinder; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Ausbildung; Betriebsmittel; Hilfsmittel; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Sprachgebrauch; Belgien
Abstract	Background: Assessing the speech production of multilingual children is challenging for speech-language therapists (SLTs) around the world. Scientific recommendations to improve clinical practice are available, but their implementation has mostly been described in studies from English-speaking countries. Aims: This survey aimed to describe the perspectives and practices of SLTs in assessing the speech production of multilingual children in French-speaking Belgium. Methods & Procedures: An online survey was completed by 134 SLTs in French-speaking Belgium. Outcomes & Results: SLTs predominantly used norm-referenced assessment approaches, which are not recommended for use with multilingual children, and lacked necessary training and resources to implement recommended practices in the assessment of speech production of multilingual children. The shift towards more appropriate practices with multilingual children seems to be in its infancy among SLTs in French-speaking Belgium. Some challenges identified by the SLTs were common to those in other countries and languages, such as the difficulty to distinguish between speech differences and speech disorders. Other challenges were specific to the French language and/or the Belgian context, such as the lack of appropriate tools in French. Conclusions & Implications: Action is required to improve clinical practice in assessing the speech production of multilingual children in French-speaking contexts: better training for SLTs regarding linguistic diversity, more implementation research in the field of SLT, and advocacy for linguistic diversity with decision makers. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01