Multilingual Perspectives on Child Language Disorders

Janet L. Patterson is Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has worked in the field for over 35 years and her research interests include bilingual language development and assessment and dynamic assessment. Barbara L. Rodríguez is Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her research interests include bilingual language acquisition and assessment.

Contributors



Acknowledgments



1. Janet L. Patterson: Child Language Disorders Across Languages, Cultural Contexts, and Syndromes          



Section 1 Language Disorders in Specific Clinical Populations



2. Stefka H. Marinova-Todd and Pat Mirenda: Language and Communication Abilities of Bilingual Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders



3. Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird: Bilingualism and Children with Down Syndrome   



4. John Thorne and Truman Coggins: Communication in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Impairment and Intervention



5. Vesna Stojanovik: Multilingual Perspectives on Language in Children with Williams Syndrome



Section 2 Language Disorders in Specific Languages 



6. Carol To: Language Disorders in Cantonese-Speaking Children



7. Jane Stokes and Nita Madhani: Perspectives on Working with Preschool Children from Panjabi, Gujarati, and Bengali Speaking Families



8. Elin Thordardottir: Typical Language Development and Primary Language Impairment in Monolingual French-Speaking Children



9. Seyhun Topbaş and Ilknur Maviş: Comparing Measures of Spontaneous Speech of Turkish Speaking Children With and Without Language Impairment



10. Barbara L. Rodríguez: Linguistic Variation and Assessment Implications for Spanish-Speaking Children in the United States