MULTICULTURAL ISSUES:
This web site has been developed as a partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder/Marion Downs Center and Hands & Voices. These pages contain research and information for researchers, practicing audiologists, teachers of the deaf, speech/language pathologists, early intervention providers, parent leaders and Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Leaders, mentors and sign language instructors providing services to families and children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Research information on the auditory skills, speech, language, cognitive, and social-emotional development of infants and children who are deaf or hard of hearing will be provided on this website
GENERAL MULTICULTURAL RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES/PARENTS:
- Information about General Health in multiple languages
- Information about Developmental Milestones in multiple languages
- Information about Intervention Tips about Play, Language Development, Use of Music, Drama and Art, and Reading in multiple languages
GENERAL MULTICULTURAL RESOURCES FOR PROVIDERS:
- Information about the History and Culture
- Information about Different Languages
- Information about Deafness and Hearing Loss in multiple languages
- Information about Developmental Milestones in multiple languages
- Information about Intervention Tips about Play, Language Development, Use of Music, Drama and Art, and Reading in multiple languages
MULTICULTURAL RESOURCES BY LANGUAGE
AMHARIC FOR FAMILIES
AMHARIC FOR PROVIDERS
ARABIC FOR FAMILIES
ARABIC FOR PROVIDERS
WRITTEN CHINESE, SPOKEN MANDARIN OR CANTONESE FOR FAMILIES
WRITTEN CHINESE, SPOKEN MANDARIN OR CANTONESE FOR PROVIDERS
NEPALI FOR FAMILIES
NEPALI FOR PROVIDERS
RUSSIAN FOR FAMILIES
RUSSIAN FOR PROVIDERS
SOMALI FOR FAMILIES
SOMALI FOR PROVIDERS
SPANISH FOR FAMILIES
SPANISH FOR PROVIDERS
TAGALOG FOR FAMILIES
TAGALOG FOR PROVIDERS
TURKISH FOR FAMILIES
TURKISH FOR PROVIDERS
VIETNAMESE FOR FAMILIES
VIETNAMESE FOR PROVIDERS
INFORMATION ABOUT CULTURAL COMPETENCE:
A number of organizations, including the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) have developed training materials for professionals for culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
https://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/
https://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Professional-Issues/Cultural-Competence/
The webpages are organized by language as well as by ethnic-American populations.
Information is provided for English-speaking professionals who provide services to families/parents who have infants/toddlers/children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Therefore, comparisons are made between spoken language characteristics between other languages and English. Information could be modified to contrast with any country’s instructional language.
Website Information includes:
- Countries in which the language is spoken
- Historical characteristics as well as immigration status in the United States
- Characteristics of the Language: Acoustics, Speech Motor Characteristics, Development
- Developmental milestones
- Information about Deafness and Hearing Loss including: Audiological information for parents in the language, Amplification, Causes of Hearing Loss
- Assessments in the various language
- Language
- Auditory Skills
- Speech discrimination
- Sign language in the countries in which the specific language is spoken
- Language development strategies
- Play
- Literacy
- Use of Music/Children’s Songs in Language
- Cognitive/Social Emotional information