Sean Pert (he/him) worked in the NHS for almost 20 years, in one of the few departments to deliver a speech and language therapy service exclusively in the family's home language or mother tongue. He provided a service to children with the most severe and complex speech and language disorders and shares his specialist knowledge as a trainer both in the UK and internationally. He is currently a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Manchester, and a Consultant Speech and Language Therapist. A three-times joint winner of the Sternberg Award for Clinical Innovation, Sean is the Service Lead for the Voice and Communication Therapy Team, Indigo Gender Service, and Chair of the Board for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. See his full biography at [...]

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Preface

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms and abbreviations

Introduction

Definitions and terminology

Differentiating language disorder from language difference

Working alongside interpreters

Translation protocol

Language assessment and intervention in home language

Speech sound disorder in a bilingual context

Alternative and augmentative communication

Authors:

Lizzie Sadiku, AAC Consultant

Katherine Small, AAC Consultant

Suzanne Martin, AAC Consultant

Cultural inquisitiveness and the bilingual service delivery checklist

Barriers to working with bilingual children and how to overcome them

Authors:

Dr Carol Stow

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