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DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37447
Multicultural Issues in School Settings
Publication History
Publication Date:
25 February 2003 (online)
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ABSTRACT
As the caseload of ethnically and culturally diverse students who stutter increases, speech-language pathologists will need to become more culturally sensitive. Many speech-language pathologists, however, indicate that they are not comfortable treating clients from diverse backgrounds who stutter. Busy school schedules may prevent speech-language pathologists from obtaining information about multicultural aspects of stuttering. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to provide speech-language pathologists with information that addresses multicultural perceptions about stuttering and suggestions for the assessment and treatment of stuttering in ethnically and culturally diverse groups.
KEYWORD
Multicultural - culture - stuttering - fluency disorders
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