African Americans

Communication Development and Disorders in Multicultural Populations

Readings and Related Materials

Bland-Stewart, L., & Pearson, B.Z. (2006). Difference vs. deficit: Delving into a solution with the new norm-referenced Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation (DELV-NR). Newsletter of the ASHA Special Interest Division14: Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, 13(1), 18–24.

Champion, T.B. (2000). Storytelling in an urban preschool classroom: Reconceptualizing narrative analysis. Newsletter of the ASHA Special Interest Division 14: Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, 6(3), 11–14.

Craig, H.K., & Washington, J.A. (2000). An assessment battery for identifying language impairments in African American children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43(2), 366–379.

Craig, H.K., & Washington, J.A. (2002). Oral language expectations for African American preschoolers and kindergartners. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11(1), 59–70.

Craig, H.K., & Washington, J.A. (2004). Language variation and literacy learning. In C. A. Stone, E. R. Silliman, B. Ehren, & K. Apel (Eds.), Handbook of language and literacy: Development and disorders (pp. 228–247). New York: Guilford.

Craig, H.K., Washington, J.A. & Thompson, C.A. (2005). Oral language expectations for African American children in grades 1 through 5. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14(2), 119–130.

Curenton, S.M., & Justice, L.M. (2004). African American and Caucasian preschoolers' use of decontextualized language: Literate language features in oral narratives. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 35(3), 240–253.

Hammer, C.S., & Weiss, A.L. (2000). African American mothers' views of their infants' language development and language-learning environment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9(2), 126–140.

Hammer, C.S., & Weiss, A.L. (2001). Guiding language development: How African American mothers and their infants structure play interactions. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42(5), 1219–1233.

Harris, J.L., Kamhi, A.G., & Pollock, K.E. (2000). Literacy in African American communities. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Jackson, S.C & Roberts, J.E. (2001). Complex syntax production of African American Preschoolers. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44(5), 1083–1096.

Jarmulowicz, L., Taran, V.L., & Hay, S.E. (2007). Third graders’ metalinguistic skills, reading skills, and stress production in derived English words. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50(6), 1593–1605.

Johnson, I.A. (2003). Early literacy development in speakers of African American English. Newsletter of the ASHA Special Interest Division 16: Perspectives on School-Based Issues, 4(1), 34–37.

Lovelace, S., & Stewart, S.R. (2009). Effects of robust vocabulary instruction and multicultural text on the development of word knowledge among African American children. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 18(2), 168–179.

Mayfield-Clarke, A.B. (2005). Examining low-level lead poisoning and speech-language performances in school-aged children. ECHO: E-Journal for Black and Other Ethnic Group Research and Practices in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 1(2), 29–45.

Molrine, C.J., & Pierce, R.S. (2002). Black and White adults' expressive language performance on three tests of aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11(2), 139–150.

Qi, C.H., Kaiser, A.P., Milan, S.E., Yzquierdo, Z., & Hancock, T.B. (2003). The performance of low-income, African American children on the Preschool Language Scale-3. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46(3), 576–590.

Qualls, C.D., & Harris, J.L. (2003). Age, working memory, figurative language type, and reading ability: Influencing factors in African American adults' comprehension of figurative language. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 12(1), 92–102.

Roberts, J., Jurgens, J., & Burchinal, M. (2005). The role of home literacy practices in preschool children's language and emergent literacy skills. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48(2), 345–359.

Turkstra, L., Ciccia, A., & Seaton, C. (2003). Interactive behaviors in adolescent conversation dyads. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 34(2), 117–127.

Ulatowska, H.K., Wertz, R.T., Chapman, S.B., Hill, C.L., Thompson, J.L., Keebler, M.W., Olness, G.S., Parsons, S.D., Miller, T., & Auther, L.L. (2001). Interpretation of fables and proverbs by African Americans with and without aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10, 40–50.

Washington, J.A. (2001). Early literacy skills in African-American children: Research considerations. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 16, 213–221.

Zhang, X., & Tomblin, J.B. (2000). The association of intervention receipt with speech-language profiles and social-demographic variables. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9(4), 345–357.



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