Meeting of the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech

The second face-to-face meeting of the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech was held on 11th June in Stockholm, Sweden. The panel members brought insights from working in:

• Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Fiji, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK, US, Vietnam, Wales 

and speaking the following languages in a professional capacity:

• Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Jamaican Creole, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovenian, Swedish, Welsh, and Yiddish.

We worked on writing a tutorial paper regarding assessment of the speech of children who do not speak the same language as the speech-language pathologist they are working with.

Some of the International Expert Panel members from
Canada, UK, Slovenia, Australia, The Netherlands, Israel, US, and UK

International Expert panel members from Iceland, Australia, Canada, UK, Fiji and US/Jamaica

To date, the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech have achieved the following outcomes:

POSITION PAPER

1. International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech (2012). Multilingual children with speech sound disorders: Position paper. Bathurst, NSW, Australia: Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning & Education (RIPPLE), Charles Sturt University.
   Retrieved from http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/position-paper

JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Bowen, C., & International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech (2013). International aspirations for speech-language pathologists’ practice with multilingual children with speech sound disorders: Development of a position paper. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46(4), 375-387. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021992413000130 (The JCD journal report received on 11 June 2014 indicated this paper had been downloaded or viewed 1099 times up until 30 April)
2. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wong, S. (2014, in press April). Reconceptualising practice with multilingual children with speech sound disorders: People, practicalities, and policy. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Bowen, C. & International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech (2013, November).  Aspirations of an international expert panel for working with multilingual children with speech sound disorders. Technical paper (30 minute oral presentation) presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL, USA.
2. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Bowen, C., International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech (2013, August). Multilingual children with speech sound disorders: Creation of a position paper by an international expert panel. Presentation in 2 hour seminar titled Multilingual children’s speech, language, and hearing. 29^th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Turin, Italy.
3. Verdon, S. & McLeod, S. (2013, August). Supporting multilingual children with speech sound disorders: People, practicalities, and policy. 29^th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Turin, Italy.
4. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wong, S. (2014, June). Investigating speech and language therapists’ practices in diverse contexts: People, practicalities and policy. ProPEL (Professional Practice, Learning and Education) Conference, Stirling, Scotland