September 15, 2025

Supporting multilingual children and families

 Dr Kate Margetson, A/Prof Sarah Verdon and I have a very productive partnership supporting multilingual children - particularly those who do not speak the languages of their speech-language pathologist. We have been working on the following book chapter

  • Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Verdon, S. & Phạm, B. (2025, submitted). Differentiating typical speech from speech sound disorder (SSD) in Vietnamese-English-speaking children. In K. N. Washington, K. Crowe, T Másdóttir (Eds.). Diagnosing speech sound disorders in multilingual children. Routledge. 

Here are some recent articles that have been accepted for publication:

  • Margetson, K., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2025, in press June). Cross-linguistic transfer in Vietnamese-English speech. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schoolshttps://doi.org/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00046
  • Margetson, K. & McLeod, S. (2025, in press September). Multilingual speech assessment: Using an implementation science framework to explore acceptability of the Speech Assessment of Children’s Home Language(s) (SACHL). American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Advance online publication.