15 research outputs found
Doing Our Work: Addressing Racially Based Conflict in Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs
Conflicts based on race and ethnicity have been documented in CSD programs. The purpose of this paper is to discuss a racially based conflict that occurred in a speech-language pathology graduate program at a Historically Black University and how the program director, the universityâs chief diversity officer, the program faculty, and students worked together to address it. The paper discusses, in detail, the racially based conflict and the specific steps that the program took to address the conflict and to maintain a racially inclusive atmosphere in the program. Details of five specific activities that were used are discussed. The paper concludes with ten suggestions for other programs who may experience racially based conflicts among students
Support of the IPSyn for children who speak AAE
Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Chicago, IL
Index of Productive Syntax for Children Who Speak African American English
Purpose: The validity of the Index of Productive Syntax (IPSyn; Scarborough, 1990) for children who speak African American English (AAE) was evaluated by conducting an item analysis and a comparison of the childrenâs scores as a function of their maternal education level, nonmainstream dialect density, age, and clinical status.
Method: The data were language samples from 62 children; 52 of the children were between the ages of 4 and 6 years and were classified as developing typically, and 10 were 6 years old with specific language impairment (SLI).
Results: All IPSyn items were produced by at least 1 child, and 88% of the items were produced by 50% or more of the children. The childrenâs IPSyn scores were unrelated to maternal education level and dialect density and were visually comparable to IPSyn scores reported for children who speak mainstream English. Nevertheless, IPSyn could not be used to detect differences between the 4- to 6-year-olds based on age, nor could it be used to detect differences between the 6-year-olds with and without SLI.
Conclusion: IPSyn is a valid measure for AAE speakers, but it can be insensitive to age and clinical differences between children who are over the age of 48 months