In the past, competent services were provided to culturally and linguistically diverse students by simply applying knowledge of typically developing monolingual children, generally from middle class, mainstream American school-oriented cultures. This is no longer adequate. Significant information from researchers and outcome studies indicates how to provide significantly more effective services to our ELL students. As such, ethical violations in providing services may occur today that would not have been problematic in the past. In addition to identifying particular ethical issues, this session focuses on strategies to deal ethically with these situations as they occur.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• identify the most pertinent sections of ASHA's Code of Ethics that apply to providing services to English Language Learners and other culturally and linguistically diverse students
• apply the pertinent sections of ASHA's Code of Ethics to common situations encountered by SLPs who work with these students
• identify strategies to ensure appropriate practice in more ethically challenging situations when working with English Language Learners and other culturally and linguistically diverse students

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