INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION DISORDERS IN MULTICULTURAL POPULATIONS

This semester, I will have some youtube videos for you to demonstrate assessment and treatment techniques** Go to youtube and type in Celeste Roseberry This will get you to my youtube channel

Google earth can be used to locate places we’re talking about**

How many of you….** Speak another language? Were born outside the U.S.? Spent more than a few weeks in a country outside the U.S.?

My own story…** I was born in southern CA When I was 6, my family went to the Philippines where my parents served as Baptist missionaries for 10 years For several years in elementary school, I was the only White child I went to boarding school for grades 5 and 7-12 We came back to the U.S. when I was a 17-year old college freshman

My parents and sisters and I spoke Standard American English at home** We spoke Odionganon with our friends in the barrio of Odiongan Church services were preached in Hiligaynon I learned Tagalog formally in school Studied German in high school and college Learned Spanish later

I have been blessed to visit:** Philippines (lived there ages 6-17 years) Guam TaiwanLondonItaly HawaiiAustriaFiji JapanGermanyAustralia Hong KongSwitzerland MexicoFrance CanadaLuxembourg AthensVenice New Zealand

Now I work part time in San Juan Unified School District at Grand Oaks Elementary School**

I.DEMOGRAPHICS (statistics on this slide not on test)** The U.S. Census Bureau report in 2010 identified persons in our country who represent more than 207 different ancestral groups. More than 55 million people, or 20% of the population over 5 years of age, speak a language other than English at home (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011).

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2015):

Education Week December 2015:

II. CHALLENGES FOR OUR PROFESSION

In just one week in my job in the public schools, I assessed students from these backgrounds:** African American Vietnamese Chinese Spanish Hindi Punjabi Ibo

III. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS IDEA 1997 and 2004 states that:

IV. DEVELOPING CULTURAL COMPETENCE

V. VARIABLES INFLUENCING INDIV IDUAL BEHAVIOR

VI. INCREASING CULTURAL COMPETENCE

Kohnert, 2013 ( Language Disorders in Bilingual Children and Adults (2 nd ed); Plural Publishing)

In 2015, consider the impact of the economy (SES):** In 2000, 11.3% of Americans were living below the poverty line By 2008, 13.2% were below the poverty line Today, 15.4% of Americans do not have health insurance

Percent of Americans in poverty: (not on exam)**

Terry, P., Connor, C., Thomas-Tate, S., & Love, M. (2010).Examining relationships among dialect variation, literacy skills, and school context in first grade. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 53, ** Meta-analysis of research--widely varying achievement among children in American schools When children enter school (kindergarten), achievement gaps are observable even before they start learning to read

According to Education Week:** Nationwide, only 12% of students with limited English scored “at or above proficient” in mathematics in 4 th grade compared with 42% of students not classified as ELLs. The gap was much wider in 8 th grade math, where 5% of ELLs were proficient or above proficient in math, compared with 35% of non- ELLs.

In this class, we will emphasize

We will view** My children’s book drive PowerPoint Not on exam Just FYI!