Culturally Responsive Practices in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Third Edition

Culturally Responsive Practices in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Third Edition provides an innovative perspective on cultural responsiveness in the field of communication sciences and disorders. It is imperative for clinicians and scientists to be aware of diverse aspects of globalization: how these aspects may affect their own knowledge, strengths, biases, and interventions, as well as the partnerships they build with communities, families, and individuals in their care. The purpose of this essential textbook is to facilitate the creation of knowledge and the development of attitudes and skills that lead to culturally responsive practices.

Authored by two leading scholars in the field, Yvette D. Hyter, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, ASHA Fellow, and ASHA Honors, and Marlene B. Salas-Provance, PhD, MHA, CCC-SLP, FNAP, and ASHA Fellow, the text presents conceptual frameworks to guide readers toward cultural responsiveness by becoming critically engaged users of culturally responsive and globally sustainable practices. The text is focused on speech, language, and hearing, but also draws from theoretical frameworks in other disciplines for an interprofessional, transdisciplinary, and macro-practice perspective. This information will help speech-language pathology and audiology students and professionals build their own conceptual framework for providing culturally and linguistically responsive services and engaging with others globally.

New to the Third Edition

• Chapters have been reorganized and edited for improved flow, conciseness, readability, and comprehension
• Updates throughout to reflect the current state of research
• More examples from the audiology perspective, and new information on disability justice, crip linguistics, raciolinguistics, translanguaging, and languaging
• Material in Chapter 4 (Culturally Responsive Practices: Human Rights, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice) and Chapter 6 (Culture and Hearing) has been updated and expanded 
• A revised chapter on Culturally Responsive Assessment (Chapter 7) now includes ethnographic interviewing
• Suggestions for readings, reflections, and activities are highlighted with new icons throughout
• New “Bonus Brilliance!” section outlining literature that should not be missed   

Key Features

• Numerous case studies to facilitate knowledge and skills
• Journal prompts and discussion questions that challenge individuals to use critical and dialectical thinking
• Real-life activities that can be completed inside or outside the classroom or therapeutic setting
• Suggested readings from the current literature in cultural and linguistic responsiveness, as well as global engagement, in order to build expertise and influence student attitudes