Speaking my language: International speech acquisition in Australia

重要的是要区分有沟通障碍的儿童(学习所有语言都有困难)和那些只有学习后续语言困难的儿童(S)。由于缺乏对文化敏感的测量工具，多语种儿童的沟通障碍既没有得到诊断，也被过度诊断。早期干预可以改善儿童的沟通障碍，并可以减少随后未经治疗的沟通障碍的教育、社会和职业后果。通过与世界各地的人们合作，这一奖学金将导致国际言语评估的发展，旨在区分儿童并明确全面的早期干预目标。

It is important to differentiate between children who have communication impairment (difficulty learning all languages) from those who only have difficulty learning subsequent language(s). Communication impairment in multilingual children is both undiagnosed and over-diagnosed due to lack of culturally-sensitive measurement tools. Early intervention can ameliorate communication impairment in children and can reduce subsequent educational, social and occupational outcomes of untreated communication impairment. By working with people around the world, this Fellowship will result in the development of the International Speech Assessment designed to differentially identify children and to specify holistic early intervention goals.