What is it about?
This article discusses the importance of maintaining the home language when it's different from the community language, even for children experiencing communication challenges. The idea that bilingualism is a "demand" or "burden" on a child is challenged, and guiding principles and practical recommendations are offered for working with bilingual children and their families.
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Why is it important?
Language choice is about relationship and connection, and what's best relationally between a caregiver and a child should be primary when making decisions about language maintenance.
Perspectives
I hope this article helps caregivers feel empowered to continue speaking their home language, and that it encourages professionals to make appropriate and family-centered recommendations when working with bilingual families.
Ana Paula Mumy
University of Kansas
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This page is a summary of: Culturally Responsive Guidelines for Serving Families of Bilingual Children Who Stutter, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, February 2023, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2022_persp-21-00235.
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