Reducing the number of languages that a bilingual child with a speech and language disorder is exposed to does not cure the language impairment. It only creates a monolingual child with a speech and language disorder. As part of Strand 6 of the MEITS Project we study bilingual and monolingual children on the autism spectrum.
However, speech-language pathologists can use evidence that is known about phonological development in bilingual children, universal characteristics of phonological development, and the translation of theory into practice to guide decision-making about appropriate intervention services to bilingual children with phonological disorders.
At the same time, understanding how language-specific variables can affect impairment, assessment, and treatment, and how developmental and acquired language disorders may manifest in multilingual individuals, is critical for maximizing the quality of services provided to individuals with language impairment and for increasing the efficacy of rehabilitation approaches.
Kathleen Reilly, CCC-SLP is a bilingual speech pathologist and clinical instructor with subspecialty interests in autism, social communication disorders and interdisciplinary assessment practices. She received her speech-language pathology degree from Boston University's Sargent College (College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences) in 1986, and later a second degree in Applied Linguistics in.
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