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Rosalee C Shenker¹

¹Montreal Fluency Centre, 4626 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3Z 1S3, Canada. rosalee.shenker@mcgill.ca

Journal of Fluency Disorders

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Assessing and treating young children who stutter requires careful consideration of their multilingual background. This paper addresses challenges and offers insights for clinicians working with bilingual children who stutter.

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Area of Science:

Speech-Language Pathology
Developmental Pediatrics
Linguistics

Background:

Stuttering is a universal communication disorder affecting children across all cultures.
Limited research exists on the assessment and treatment of stuttering in multilingual young children.
Clinical practice with bilingual children who stutter highlights unique challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To review current literature on stuttering assessment and treatment in multilingual children.
To identify and discuss clinical challenges in managing bilingual children who stutter.
To provide evidence-based and experiential insights for clinicians treating this population.

Main Methods:

Literature review of studies on stuttering in bilingual children.
Analysis of clinical case examples from research and author's experience.
Focus on linguistic and cultural diversity in Canada, specifically Quebec.

Main Results:

Challenges include accurately identifying stuttering in unfamiliar languages.
Language proficiency significantly influences assessment and intervention.
Effective treatment strategies for multilingual children who stutter are discussed.

Conclusions:

Clinicians must adapt assessment and treatment for multilingual children who stutter.
Understanding linguistic and cultural factors is crucial for successful intervention.
Further research is needed to support evidence-based practices for this population.