DOCUMENT RESUME ED 373 487 EC 303 256 AUTHOR Bess, Fred H., Ed.; And Others TITLE Concerns for Minority Groups in Communication Disorders. ASHA Reports No. 16. INSTITUTION American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Rockville, MD. REPORT NO ISSN-0569'3_353 PUB DATE Dec 86 NOTE 138p. AVAILABLE FROMAmerican-Speech-Language-Association, Publication Sales Office, 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Communication Disorders; Cultural Differences; *Delivery Systems; *Educational Strategies; Elementary Secondary Education; *Minority Groups; Research ABSTRACT This monograph addresses topical issues in training, service delivery, and research for minorities in communication disorders.It presents extended versions of papers that were delivered at the conference, "Concerns for Minority Groups in Communication Disorders," held in Nashville, Tennessee on September 17-19, 1984. Papers include: "The First Thomas E. Poag Memorial Lecture" (S. Allen Counter); "Valid Predictors of Minority Student Success" (Harold Powell); "Effective Counseling of Minority Students" (Elaine J. Copeland); "Opportunities and Responsibilities for Developing Positive Minority Initiatives in Higher Education" (Frank W. Hale, Jr.); "The Aging Minority: American Indian Perspective/Community-Based Rehabilitation Solution" (Gail A. Harris); "The Difference That Differences Make: Class and Culture as Components of Black Self/Group Awareness" (Thomas Kochman); "Theoretical Frameworks and Language Assessment" (Fay Boyd Vaughn-Cooke); "The Non-Native Speaker: Testing and Therapy" (Florence D. Wiener); "Assessment Instruments for Minorities" (Mary Ann Acevedo); "Alternative Strategies for the Teaching of Language to Minority Individuals" (Harry R. Seymour); "Language Policy for Immigrants and American Citizens Whose Native Language Is Other Than English" (Sarah E. Melendez); "Need and Justification for Bilingual Education for Minority Groups with Communication Disorders"(Ramon L. Santiago); "Sickle-Cell Anemia and Hearing Loss" (Diane Scott); "Verbal Communication of Minority Adolescent Mothers" (Bertha Smith Clark); "Backpacks or Parachutes: Management's Challenge of the Future" (Ronald E. Galbraith); "Legal Issues Affecting the Delivery of Services to Minorities" (Donald W. Fish); "Resarch Needs for Minority Populations" (David Satcher); "The So.:ial .....espnsibility of the Minority Researcher" (Lorraine Cole); "The 1:\velopmant of Linguistic Norms for Nonmainstream Populations" (IdaJ. Stockman); "Pragmatic Aspects of the Language of Speaker:. of '41ack American English" (Elaine Bremer Lewnau); and "Communication Disorders in Africa and the Caribbean: Some Implications for Black Americans" (Orlando L. Taylor). 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Permission to quote portions 1ASHA Reports is hereby granted if similar permission is obtained from t authorks) and if credit is given to the au- thor(s) and to ASHA Reports. CONCERNS FOR MINORITY GROUPS IN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 4 CONCERNS FOR MINORITY GROUPS IN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Edited by FRED H. BESS. PH.D. BERTHA SMITH CLARK, PH.D. IIARoLD R. MITCHELL, PH. D. ASIM Reports 16 (ISSN 0569-85531 AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION Rockville, Maryland December 1986 (:oncerns fir Nlinority Citnips in Communication 1)isorders ISSN 0569 4'45:3 Copyri Olt i 19.86 hy the American Speech-Langliaizt-Ilearing rights resered. No part of this publication ina In. reused or repahlishcd in am form xvitholit written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 86-72544 AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION President Chair, Legislative Council Chair, Executive Board Betty Jane Philips, Ed. D. Boys Town National Institute Omaha, Nebraska EXECUTIVE BOARD President-Elect Vice President for Planning Patricia R. Cole, Ph. I). Carol P. Leslie, Ph.D. Austin Center for Speech-Language-Learning Cincinnati Speech and Hearing Center Austin, Texas Cincinnati, Ohio Past President Vice President for Professional Richard NI. Flower. Ph.1). and Governmental Affairs University of CaliforniaSan Francisco Nancy G. Becker, Ph.D. Cook County Hospital Vice President for Administration Chicago, Illinois Ro A. Koenigsknecht, Ph.D. Northwestern University Vice President for Standards Evanston, Illinois and Ethics Jane R. Madill, Ph.D. Vice President for Clinical Affairs New York League for the Gilbert R. Hirer, Ph.D. !lard of }fearing Children's Hospital National Medical Center New York, New York Washington. DC Executive Director Vice President for Education and Frederick T. Spahr, Ph.D. Scientific Affairs Charles I. Berlin. Ph.D. Kresge Hearing Research Laborator) New Orleans, Louisiana PUBLICATIONS BOARD Robert (:. Binger. Ph.D.. Chair Edward G. Couture. Ph.D. Frederick T. Spahr. Ph. D. (ex officio) Tanya NI. Gallagher. Ph.D. Patricia A. Broen, Ph.D. iex officio) Katherine Harris, Ph.D. Robin S. Chapman. Ph.1). tex offic;o) Thomas J. Ilixon, Ph.1). Theodore J. Glattke, Ph.1). (ex officio' John II. Mills, Ph.D. Laurence Leonard. Ph.1). tex officio) David Prins. Ph.D. Arnold M. Small, Ph.D. wx officio, Gerald NI. Siegel. Ph.D. Michael I). Smith, Ph.D. ex officio) ASHA REPORTS NUMBER 16 Editors Fred II. Bess. Ph.1)Bertha Smith Clark. Ph.D., and Harold R. Mitchell. P11.1). Series Editor Publications/Marketing Division Arnold NI. Small. Ph.D. Alfred K. Kawana. Director Business Manager Production Editor Frederick T. Spahr, 1'11.1). Sharyn R. Schlesinger -There is no defense or security fbr any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.'' Booker T. Washington Address in Atlanta, 18 September 1895. CJ PREFACE In 1970, the Division of Hearing and Speech Sciences of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology of Tennessee State Uni- versity joined fbrces to develop a graduate level training program in communication disor- ders that focused on the specialized problems of speech, hearing, and language of the minor- ity populations, especially children. The program has been funded, in part, by the Maternal and Child Health Services (formerly the Children's Bureau), Bureau of Community Health. U. S. Public Health Service (MCIIS). This formal agreement was preceded by infbrmal net- working efforts, that began in the mid 1950s, under the capable and farsighted leadership of chairpersons Freeman E. McConnell. Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine) and Thomas E. Poag, Ph.1). (Tennessee State University), as well as the support and encourage- ment of Dr. Donald Harrington of MCIIS. Through this cooperative arrangement, facuit and students of the two university