This morning I was honoured to present (online) the 2024 Nancy McKinley Lecture organised by the American Board of Child Language & Language Disorders that was attended by 711 people across the USA.
https://www.speechpathology.com/slp-ceus/nancy-mckinley-lecture-series/
By age 5, most children worldwide have acquired most consonants, vowels (and tones), and are intelligible. Respectful assessments that analyze children’s speech in all thei r home languages, and consider standard and dialect forms relevant to the child’s family, are described in this course. Free, evidence-based resources to support SLPs working with monolingual and multilingual children are also shared.
https://www.childlanguagespecialist.org/specialist/sharynne-mcleod/
