Cultural bias is present when standardized tests are comprised of tasks that are more common in a culture, particularly mainstream American culture. A test that includes labeling of objects is said to be culturally biased since labeling is not a salient language socialization pattern in some cultures such as low-income Puerto Rican and African American cultures.
ModelEval30-AAESAE-SevereLanguageDelay-ShakenBabySyndrome.pdf
Anthony is a 3-year-old child with multiple-handicaps. He has “Shaken Baby Syndrome” due to abuse. He lives with his grandmother who primarily speaks AAE, but is also exposed to SAE. With all children, but especially children with severe multiple handicaps, it is critical to describe the child’s strengths which can be built upon in developing strategies to improve the child’s functional communication.
Oscar is a 4 year, 2 month old child who is strongly English dominant. His mother is African-American and speaks English. His father is of Puerto Rican decent and is fluent in Spanish and English. Oscar is a bright boy, but with some evidence of concrete thinking similar to that seen with Asperger’s syndrome.
Henry is a 3 year, 5 month old child who speaks African American Vernacular English. He was recently placed in a foster home so there is little background information. Henry is descriptive and communicative during play.
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This study proved that measures other than standardized language assessments can more accurately identify language impairment in culturally and linguistically diverse children (in this case monolingual Spanish speakers). Read More
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This book addresses the constellation of factors that have contributed to the misidentification of minority/culturally and linguistically diverse children as needing special education services. It also provides suggestions for improving the special education referral process.
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This article examines the benefits and differences of bilingual children’s linguistic and cognitive development.
In this module, Cate discusses the bias found in the WISC-4 Spanish. Read More
This module further describes where clinical judgment comes from. Read More
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