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Spanish-English Developmental Speech Norms
December 1, 2008
We got a question about what speech acquisitions norms to use. The truth is that a lot of different research that has different timeframes for sound acquisition. Lisa Bedore at the University of Texas compiled most of the available research in one table. I attached some of the forms that we use here in Central [...]
Stuttering Info in Spanish
November 24, 2008
Hey everyone,
I found out that the Stuttering Foundation has a separate website with downloadable brochures in Spanish. It’s at:
www.tartamudez.org
Scott
Stumbling over Cultural Considerations
November 17, 2008
Taking Culture into account when working with diverse populations is always a sticky point. You don’t want to say that every member of a culture says or does a certain thing but you also don’t want to ignore cultural differences all together. Anne put together some great research on therapy and evaluations related to culture. [...]
Liking the C-PAC Spanish Articulation Test
November 10, 2008
For those of you working with Spanish-speakers, Super Duper is debuting the Contextual Probes of Articulation Competence. We have been helping with the field testing and it is actually a really nice measure.
Decisions, decisions: Where do we start with bilingual children with phonological disorders?
November 3, 2008
Working with a bilingual child with phonological impairments raises some questions about what might be a correct approach. Different approaches may be considered, such as selecting a single target or multiple targets from one language first and then focusing on the other language, treating both languages simultaneously, choosing phonological patterns shared between languages, or targeting [...]