Working with Internationally Adopted Children
Note: Internationally adopted children are not the same as bilingual children. International adoptees do not typically maintain their first language. Typically, families are not able to maintain their first language.
The ASHA Leader Articles
- Speech and Language 'Mythbusters' for Internationally Adopted Children
- Return to a Chinese Orphanage: Collaboration Helps Children with Communication Disorders
Additional Resources
- ASHA's blog post "Relationship and Communication Development in Children Adopted from Abroad"
- ASHA's webpage "Phonemic Inventories Across Languages"
- ASHA Journals
- Pragmatic Language Performance of Children Adopted Internationally
- False Belief Performance of Children Adopted Internationally
- Internationally Adopted Children in the Early School Years: Relative Strengths and Weaknesses in Language Abilities
- Phonological Processing Skills of Children Adopted Internationally
- How Well Do Children Who Are Internationally Adopted Acquire Language? A Meta-Analysis
- ASHA's SIG (Special Interest Group) Perspectives Newsletter Articles
- Changing Trends in International Adoption: Implications for Speech-Language Pathologists
- Language Loss in Internationally Adopted Children
- International Adoption Speech and Language Mythbusters
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration With Internationally Adopted Children
- Speech and Language in Children Adopted Internationally at Older Ages
- Language Development of Internationally Adopted Children: The School-Age Years
- Towson University's webpage " Language Development in Internationally Adopted Children" [PDF]
Consumer Information
Speech and Language Development in International Adoptees brochure
