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RE: information on language assessment and speakers of AAE: <br>
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<dd>A potentially helpful text:
<dd>Van Keulen, J., Weddington, G.T., & Debose, C. (1998).
<i>Speech, language, learning and the African American child</i> .
Boston: Allyn & Bacon<br><br>
<dd>A relevant article:<br><br>
<dd> Seymour, Harry N.; Bland-Stewart, Linda; Green, Lisa J. (1998).
Difference versus deficit in child African American English. <i>Language,
Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools Vol 29(2</i>),
96-108.<br><br>
<dd>Also, look at the website for the NIH Working Group on AAE at U Mass
Amherst:
<a href="http://www.umass.edu/aae/" eudora="autourl">http://www.umass.edu/aae/</a>
for latest information on that project, which has recently resulted in publication of a new formal test designed to eliminate dialect effects from assessment. I believe they post working papers and conference papers there as well.<br><br>
<dd>Information on incidence of language disorders among speakers of AAE is probably difficult to find and likely to be affected by testing bias (if incidence is higher than in other ethnic groups, testing bias cannot be ruled out as a cause, because until very recently appropriately normed materials have not been available). See </font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Plante, E. & Vance. R. (1994). Selection of preschool language tests: A data-based approach, <i>Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools, 25,</i> 15-24 for evidence that many tests fail a 90% criterion of sensitivity and specificity, needing adjustments for local norms not to over- or under-identify at unacceptable levels, even among SAE speakers. <br><br>
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<dd>Lynne Hewitt<br><br>
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</dl>At 09:58 AM 1/8/2004 -0500, Diane Pesco wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Pam,<br>
See the work of Holly Craig and Julie Washington at the U of Michigan (Michigan Project on African American Language (M-<i>PAL</i>). Make sure your lit searches include the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences; work in this area has been published there. Ida Stockman and Orlando Taylor have also done work in this area. Would you post your results to the board once you've compiled them or send a copy on to me? I'd appreciate it!<br>
Diane Pesco<br><br>
Pam Norton wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi -<br>
I'm preparing to do research on African American children who speak AAVE and assessment practices/dialectal differences awareness in speech/language pathologists. I'm hoping someone can direct me to good sources on best practices in language (disorders) assessment for African American children, especially those who speak AAVE. Also, any sources on linguistic bias in language assessment and/or incidence of language disorders in African American children.<br>
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Thanks much,<br>
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Pam Norton<br>
UCB/SFSU Jt. Doctoral Program in Special Ed</blockquote><br><br>
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Diane Pesco
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
McGill University
<a href="mailto:dpesco2@po-box.mcgill.ca">dpesco2@po-box.mcgill.ca</a>
tel. 514-398-4102
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