Culturally Responsive Practices in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

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
• An expanded PluralPlus companion website now includes additional guidance for using the ancillary resources

Yvette D. Hyter, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, is Professor Emerita of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, focuses on the influences of culture on communication development with emphasis in social pragmatic communication in children who speak African American English and children with histories of maltreatment. She developed a social pragmatic communication assessment battery for young children. Dr. Hyter has expertise in culturally responsive and globally sustainable practices; co-teaches study-abroad courses about causes and consequences of globalization on systems, policies, and practices; has published articles underscoring the need for conceptual frameworks guiding practice in culturally responsive and globally sustainable ways; and served in national and international leadership positions regarding global practice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Currently Dr. Hyter is the owner of Language and Literacy Practices, LLC. through which she provides culturally and linguistically responsive, and trauma informed assessments, interventions and educational consultations in the U. S. and around the world.

Marlene B. Salas-Provance, PhD, MHA, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, NAP Fellow, is Professor and Vice Dean at the Arizona School of Health Sciences at A.T. Still University. She received ASHA’s Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Multicultural Affairs and ASHA’s Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in International Achievement. She is past Coordinator of ASHA’s Special Interest Group 14, Communication Disorders and Sciences in CLD Populations; past President of the Hispanic Caucus; was a founding steering committee member and coordinator of ASHA’s Special Interest Group 17, Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders; and past member of ASHA’s Multicultural Issues Board. Dr. Salas-Provance is President and CEO of Bilingual Advantage, Inc., a medical interpreter training company. She has traveled worldwide with a medical team serving children with cleft lip and palate and providing professional education to team and community members. She has led teams of graduate students to provide bilingual clinical services in Lima, Peru.