Language Disorders in Bilingual Children and Adults

Language Disorders in Bilingual Children and Adults, Third Edition, provides speech-language pathologists, advanced students in communication disorders programs, and clinical language researchers with information needed to formulate and respond to questions related to effective service delivery to bilingual children and adults with suspected or confirmed language disorders. The bilinguals of interest represent varying levels of first and second language proficiency across the lifespan. That is, bilingualism is not determined here by proficiency in each language, but rather by the individual's experience or need for two languages. In separate chapters, the book synthesizes the literature on bilingual children and adults with typical and atypical language skills. These chapters give the reader a deep understanding of the multiple factors that affect language development and disorders in those who rely on two languages for meaningful interactions. Chapters on assessment and intervention issues and methods are then presented for each population. For children, the text focuses on developmental language disorder but also discusses secondary language disorders (such as autism spectrum disorder) in bilingual populations. For adults, the focus is on aphasia, with additional discussion of dementia, traumatic brain injury, and right hemisphere disorder. Although child and adult, typical and atypical populations are presented separately, all are considered within a unifying Dynamic Interactive Processing perspective and within a new Means-Opportunities-Motives framework for understanding language disorders in bilinguals. This broad theoretical framework emphasizes interactions between social, cognitive and communicative systems to form the basis for very practical implications related to assessment and intervention. This third edition has been completely updated to reflect the current research on bilingual populations and the best practices for working with them. Studies at the intersection of bilingualism and language disorders have expanded to include additional disorders and new language combinations. The authors synthesize the current literature and translate it for clinical use.

Table of Contents:
Section I: Foundational Issues Chapter 1 Perspectives on Language, Bilingualism, and Language Proficiency Chapter 2 Culture and Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology Chapter 3 Principles for Clinical Actions: EBP and Common Factors Section II: Bilingual Children Chapter 4 Typically Developing Children Learning One or Two Languages Chapter 5 Primary Language Impairment in Bilingual Children Chapter 6 Language Assessment with Developing Bilinguals: Purposes, Principles and Procedures Chapter 7 Intervention with Bilingual Children with Language Impairment Section III: Bilingual Adults Chapter 8 Language and Cognition in Bilingual Adults Chapter 9 Bilinguals with Aphasia and Other Acquired Language and Cognitive-Communication Disorders Chapter 10 Assessment with Bilingual Adults: Giving Meaning to Measures Chapter 11 Intervention for Bilingual Adults with Aphasia and Other Language and Cognitive-Communication Disorders Resource Supplement

About the Author :
Kathryn Kohnert, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Professor Emeritus of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota. She received her PhD from the joint doctoral program in Language and Communicative Disorders at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Kohnert's NIH-funded research focused on language and cognition in diverse populations, including bilingual children and adults with and without language impairment. She is a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Kohnert has received many awards for research, teaching excellence, and professional service.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Kerry Danahy Ebert, PhD, CCC-SLP has been a speech-language pathologist serving diverse children for over 15 years. She completed a B.S. at Stanford University as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Ebert was Associate Professor and SLP Program Director at Rush University, teaching courses on children's speech and language disorders and cultural and linguistic diversity in speech-language pathology. She also conducts research on the cognitive-linguistic profiles of bilingual and monolingual children with developmental language disorder and implications for effective assessment and treatment services. Dr. Ebert is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Giang Thuy Pham, PhD, CCC-SLP is an Associate Professor in the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University, where she co-coordinates the M.A. Bilingual Specialization Programs and directs the Bilingual Development in Context Research Laboratory. Dr. Pham completed undergraduate degrees at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, the M.A. at San Diego State University, and the Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. She is a trilingual (English, Vietnamese, and Spanish) speech-language pathologist and a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Pham's NIH-funded research aims to improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment for diverse language learners, including children who speak Vietnamese or Spanish.