<html><head></head><body style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">Sharynne McLeod writes (14 November):</span></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p><br>
Dear Colleagues<br></p></div></div></div></div></div></span><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">Today the Multilingual Children's Speech website has been launched:</span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p><a href="http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/">http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/</a><br><br>
The purpose of this website is to present a compilation of resources for speech-language pathologists who are working with multilingual children with speech sound disorders and to partially address the following question:<br></p></div></div></div></div></div></span><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">How do we "close the gap between the linguistic homogeneity of the profession and the linguistic diversity of its clientele"? (Caesar & Kohler, 2007, p. 198)</span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
The website contains the following information:<br><br>
*Overview: an overview about the site</p></div></div></div></div></div></span><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
* Position paper: description of the Multilingual Children with Speech Sound Disorders: Position Paper</p></div></div></div></div></div></span><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
* Languages: comparative information about 25 languages</p></div></div></div></div></div></span><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
* Speech acquisition: a summary of speech acquisition for English + a compilation of information from 250 studies of monolingual speech acquisition around the world</p></div></div></div></div></div></span><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
* Speech assessments: a list of 96 speech assessments (articulation and phonology) in languages other than English (including purchasing information)</p></div></div></div></div></div></span><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
* Intelligibility in Context Scale: quick parent-report measure translated into 29 languages</p></div></div></div></div></div></span><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
* Information about publications and the research team</p></div></div></div></div></div></span><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
Some of the content on this website also may be useful for others who support monolingual and multilingual children's speech skills including educators, interpreters, other health and education professionals, families, and communities.<br><br>
Funding for this website has been made available from the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT0990588) and I appreciate the support from colleagues from Charles Sturt University, as well as speech-language pathologists, phoneticians, linguists and others around the world have contributed to the development of this website. Specific contributions are acknowledged throughout the website; however, the generosity of others within the wider international community is acknowledged.<br></p></div></div></div></div></div></span><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">Please use this website to make a difference in children's lives.</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
Please share this information with your colleagues.<br>
Regards<br>
Sharynne</p></div></div></div></div></div></span><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="background-color: #fff;"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
Caesar, L. G., & Kohler, P. D. (2007). The state of school-based bilingual assessment: Actual practice versus recommended guidelines. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 38(3), 190-200.<br></p></div></div></div></div></div></span><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">Sharynne McLeod, PhD, CPSP, FSPA, ASHA Fellow</span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position: relative; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><p>
Professor in Speech and Language Acquisition<br>
Australian Research Council Future Fellow<br><br>
Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE)<br>
Charles Sturt University<br>
Panorama Ave, Bathurst, 2795 AUSTRALIA<br>
Phone 61-2-63384463; Fax 61-2-63384417<br>
Email <a href="mailto:smcleod%40csu.edu.au">smcleod@csu.edu.au</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:smcleod%40csu.edu.au">smcleod@csu.edu.au</a>><br><a href="http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/educat/teached/staff/profiles/professor/mcleod_sharynne">http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/educat/teached/staff/profiles/professor/mcleod_sharynne</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: normal; ">__,_._,___</span></p></div>
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