Equity and Cultural-Linguistic Diversity

2068V - Speech and Language Outcomes in the Multilingual Context: Assessment Psychometrics

ON-DEMAND

Format: 1-Hour Seminar (Virtual)

Keywords: Multilingual, Jamaican Creole, Culturally Responsive, Psychometrics, Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS)

Presenting Author(s)

Leslie Kokotek

University of Cincinnati

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Author Only (Not Presenting)(s)

Karla Washington

University of Cincinnati
Barbara Cunningham

Western University
Rachel Karem

Indiana University

Presenting Author(s)

Brittany Fletcher

University of Cincinnati

The ongoing challenges regarding the misidentification of multilingual children with communication disorders are multifaceted. One significant challenge is the dearth of available assessment tools appropriate and validated for use within the multilingual context. This session will review findings from two validation studies conducted using the Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS) with a representative sample of simultaneous Jamaican Creole (JC)-English-speaking preschoolers. These studies offer a methodological approach for expanding the psychometric evidence of existing assessments to new and diverse contexts while concurrently expanding the evidence base to include an understudied language pairing.

Learning Objectives:

Define speech and language outcomes and describe ways in which they can be measured
Discuss how culturally responsive assessments can be planned and conducted
Describe strategies for creating new psychometric evidence for existing measures in a multilingual context