TY  - BOOK
AU  - Saville,Deborah M.
TI  - Language and language disabilities: Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal perspectives 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Montreal, Que.
PB  - McGill University
KW  - Speech, language, and hearing
KW  - Children with disabilities
KW  - Language development in children
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 1998
N2  - This ethnographic study combines qualitative and quantitative research methods to examine the relationship between culture and language disability. Nine Cree and nine non-Cree couples, all parents of a language-disabled child, were interviewed. The parental responses from the two cultural groups were compared. Comparisons of interest included language socialization patterns, the influence of culture on the concept of language disability and perceptions of speech-language pathology service delivery. Few cross-cultural differences in parental responses about caregiver-child interaction and about language disability were identified. It is hypothesized that a process of cultural blending may account for these findings. However, differences relating to the perception of speech-language pathology service delivery were found. While both groups described poor access to services, long waiting periods for intervention and insufficient quantity of service, there were differences in degree reported between the Cree and non-Cree families. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed
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ER  -