Global Issues and Practices

1143L - Implications of Development and Dissemination of Communication Norms Globally

Thursday, November 17, 2022

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Format: 1-Hour Seminar (In-Person)

Audience: Students, International Affiliates, Public/Consumers, Researchers, Related Professionals, Assistants, Early Career Professionals (under 5 years)

Keywords: CDC Norms, Development, Global, Multilingualism, Cultural and linguistic diversity

Presenting Author(s)

Mellissa Bortz

St. John's University
Lemmietta G. McNeilly, PhD, CCC-SLP

Chief Staff Officer, Speech-Language Pathology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

This session is developed by, and presenters invited by, Global Issues and Practices. Norms of development are essential tools for Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists (SLPs &As) to determine if a child presents with communication needs and is eligible for services. The CDC has revised norms for the United States. Local norms should be developed for populations or countries where none exist. The purpose of this presentation is to empower SLPs&As to develop local norms for culturally and linguistically diverse clients. Factors such as multilingualism and determining speech sounds, language structures and social communication will be explored. Strategies such as networking, focus groups, collaboration with stakeholders to include in teams to develop local norms will be described. Repositories which contain cross-linguistic studies of norms from the six World Health Organizations will be shared.

Learning Objectives:

Identify resources of typical and atypical communication norms
Discuss local communication skills with families that identify a delay in communication development by Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists (SLPs & As) screening and assessment tasks.
State local norms in communication development and diagnose atypical development.