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Sharynne McLeod is Distinguished Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition at Charles Sturt University, Australia. This blog records the work of her team to support multilingual children's speech acquisition throughout the world. The associated Multilingual Children's Speech website contains resources for over 100 languages: http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech
January 17, 2013
Invited lecture: The importance of supporting children’s speech and language development
Today I presented an invited lecture titled: "The importance of supporting children's speech and language development" to the pediatricians and registrars in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica. During the lecture I covered the prevalence, risk, and impact of speech and language impairment within the framework of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (World Health Organization, 2001, 2007). I also described the research we were undertaking in Jamaica, and summarized what is known about multilingual speech and language acquisition.