"An altogether different approach": Roles of speech-language pathologists in supporting indigenous children's language development;« une démarche complètement différente »: Le rôle des orthophonistes pour faciliter l'acquisition du langage chez les enfants autochtones

Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-158

  Ball, Jessica ^a   Lewis, Marlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ACCESS Speech Language Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Community; Community driven; Cultural competence; Culture; English dialects; First nations; Heritage language; Indigenous; Inuit; Language socialization; Practitioner survey; Speech and language development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959579523     PISSN: 1913200X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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