Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Speech-language pathology demographic data from 2021 reveals that 8.7% of providers identified as American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or multiracial, with only 0.29% identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2022).Now more than ever, it is critical to increase the diversity of the field by recruiting and growing speechlanguage pathologists (SLPs) from a wide range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds.In addition to that, all SLPs and those in training need to develop cultural humility and learn how to provide culturally congruent and evidence-based practices.This is especially true when working with peoples that have experienced historical trauma, such as Indigenous populations.Providing culturally congruent, evidence-based practice to Indigenous children is confounded by the fact that there remains a scarcity of research describing speech, language, and literacy interventions with this population (Guiberson & Vining, 2022;Vining & Guiberson, 2021).More research is needed in order to adequately address the
Authors: Christine B. Vining, Mark Guiberson
Institutions: A.T. Still University, University of Wyoming
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4322763534