Working with Bilingual Clients with Phonological Disorders

ASHA Policy Documents

• Clinical Management of Communicatively Handicapped Minority Language Populations
• Cultural Competence in Professional Service Delivery
• Position Statement
• Professional Issues Statement
• Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists to Provide Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
• Issues in Ethics: Cultural and Linguistic Competence

Additional Resources

• Phonemic Inventories Across Languages
• Useful Websites for Additional Information
• ASHA's Special Interest Group Perspectives Newsletter Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, July 2007 
  Issue devoted to working with phonology in bilingual clients

Professional Development

Continuing education programs from ASHA on working with bilingual clients who have phonological disorders

Videos

View these YouTube videos for additional information.

• Assessment of Phonological Bilingual Skills in Children
• Phonological Treatment with Bilingual Individuals