Attitudes and Skills of Latinx Caregivers and Augmentative and Alternative Communication Coaching: A Pilot Study Purpose: This pilot study aimed to explore Spanish-speaking caregivers' attitudes and perceptions toward their preschool child's augmentative and...

The latest from #ASHASIG14 looks at Spanish-speaking caregivers attitudes and perception toward their child's augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system. Authors also evaluate a coaching program delivered in Spanish https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00016 @usf.edu

Traumatic Brain Injuries in Diverse Populations: A Tutorial for Applying the Intersectionality Framework to Analyze the Societal Impacts of Injury Purpose: This article serves as a tutorial on the importance of analyzing traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) through the lens of an intersectionalit...

An individual's race, socioeconomic status, or gender can all affect their outcomes after a traumatic brain injury. The latest article from #ASHASIG14 provides a practical framework for addressing these disparities head-on! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00315 #SLPeeps

Impacts of Seeing Bilingual Children on Intelligibility Ratings Purpose: Overall, seeing a speaker results in higher intelligibility than hearing speech alone because of visual speech cues. Intelligibility rat...

Visual speech cues can help people understand each other. This article from #ASHASIG14 examines if SLPs rated speech samples of bilingual children differently when they could see the child speaking https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00043 #SLPeeps

Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist: Time to Revise Our Titles?

Speech-language pathologists have worked under a number of different job titles throughout the history of the profession. A letter to the editor from #ASHASIG14 invites SLPs to consider revising their title for four key reasons pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Assessing Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Student Clinicians' Services With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences and knowledge of speech-language pathology graduate student clinicians in relati...

Graduate students in CSD may require additional training to effectively serve clients who are culturally or linguistically diverse. Authors recommend changes to curriculum design and available resources in the latest from #ASHASIG14 pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

A Comparison Between First and Second Language Generative Discourse Production in Bilingual Persons With Mild Dementia Purpose: With the increasing prevalence of dementia, quantifying the relationships between languages in discourse expression for bilingual speake...

This article from #ASHASIG14 explores language production in older bilingual individuals with and without dementia. Researchers found that bilingual individuals experienced decline in both languages simultaneously on.asha.org/4jA2MZo #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Persian Adaptation of the SOAP Test of Sentence Comprehension Purpose: Individuals with aphasia often struggle with comprehension, particularly for complex sentences where word order deviates from the langua...

People with aphasia may struggle with comprehending complex sentences, particularly when word order is involved. Read from #ASHASIG14 how a valid measure of sentence-level comprehension was translated from English to Persian on.asha.org/42ZcRbq
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Culturally Responsive Early Literacy Interventions in Speech-Language Pathology: A Scoping Review Purpose: Early literacy strategies for children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds are essential for fostering early ac...

In this article from #ASHASIG14, author Mark Guiberson writes "We identify culturally responsive early literacy strategies in #SLP, & share case studies, aiming to support culturally and linguistically diverse (#CLD) learners and caregivers #EarlyLiteracy pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

The Lee Assessment of Articulation and Phonology for African American Children Part 1: An Articulation and Phonology Assessment for African American English Speakers Purpose: Speech sound assessment tools normed based on racial and ethnic demographic data from the current U.S. Census (U.S. Census Bureau, 2021)...

Assessment tools can misdiagnose speech differences as speech disorders, particular for African American individuals. Learn about a new articulation and phonology assessment for African American English speakers from #ASHASIG14 on.asha.org/4iLqQb7

Best Practices When Delivering Gender-Affirming Voice Services: A Phenomenological Interpretative Analysis of Four Semistructured Client Interviews Purpose: While gender-affirming communication research is growing, most of the research has been focused on acoustic, biological, and perceptual ...

In addition to providing quality gender-affirming voice care, SLPs can also build therapeutic relationships and focus on holistic and relationship-centered care. Read more from #ASHASIG14 on.asha.org/3RaCn7P #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Upholding LGBTQ+ Inclusive Practices in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to provide ethical considerations for professionals and university clinics working with transgender and ...

Clinicians working with transgender and gender-diverse individuals must hold high ethical standards of care when providing affirming services. The ethical scenarios outlined in this tutorial from #ASHASIG14 can help on.asha.org/3F4p3iy

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Speech Sound Assessment Considerations for Speakers of Trinidadian English and Trinidadian English Creole Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to share the phonological features of Trinidadian English (TrE) and Trinidadian English Creole (TrinEC) ...

Learn about the phonological features of Trinidadian English and Trinidadian English Creole in the latest from #ASHASIG14. This tutorial can help you provide a culturally and linguistically responsive language assessment on.asha.org/41KpE22

Conceptualization of a Universally Usable Dynamic Assessment Screener for Developmental Language Disorder Purpose: This article reviews current best practice recommendations in the areas of assessment for developmental language disorder in multilingua...

This article from #ASHASIG14 looks at a currently used screening tool for identifying developmental language disorder (DLD) for its usefulness as a dynamic assessment tool in multilingual individuals on.asha.org/4gWCiyZ #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Gender-Stereotype Messaging Impacts Perceptions of the Field of Speech-Language Pathology Purpose: The field of speech-language pathology has been and remains predominantly female, despite efforts aimed at increasing gender diversity. ...

In a predominantly female field like speech-language pathology, presenting gender-stereotyped messaging could help recruit more male SLPs. Learn more in this study from #ASHASIG14 on.asha.org/42Alz1e #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Speech-Language Pathologists' Language Practices During Speech-Language Therapy for Bilingual Children Purpose: Previous research and clinical practice guidelines indicate that it is best practice to support bilingual children with communication di...

Due to a shortage of bilingual SLPs, bilingual children with communication disorders cannot always receive services in both their languages. This article from #ASHASIG14 explores how SLPs serve bilingual children in the clinic on.asha.org/3Wekt79

Teacher Confidence and Practices When Referring Students From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations for Speech and Language Services: A Case Study Purpose: The purpose of this case study was to investigate teacher behaviors and attitudes toward referring culturally and linguistically diverse...

Students from culturally and linguistically diverse groups may be over- or under-identified for speech and language services in schools. Read about how teachers refer these students and their confidence in these referrals on.asha.org/3OWKzr9 #ASHASIG14