Turn the Page, Speech-Language Pathologists: Adequate, Authentic, and Accurate Representation as a Consideration in the Selection of Picture Books for Use in Treatment
- Resource Type
- Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
- Authors
- Harris, Sierrah; Owen Van Horne, Amanda J. (ORCID 0000-0002-3517-5885)
- Source
- Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Oct 2021 52(4):955-966.
- Subject
- Picture Books
Speech Therapy
Accountability
Culturally Relevant Education
Allied Health Personnel
Speech Language Pathology
Reading Material Selection
Ethics
Cultural Awareness
Racial Differences
Cultural Pluralism
Communities of Practice
Metacognition
Student Empowerment
Young Children
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0161-1461
Purpose: This tutorial discusses what it means to be a culturally responsive speech-language pathologist (SLP) and then grounds this discussion in strategies that SLPs can engage in to diversify the books and other materials that they use in clinical practice. Method: We motivate the tutorial by reviewing policy statements and theoretical information from allied literature. Then, we suggest some ways that SLPs can reflect on their practice to enact an antiracist/culturally responsive approach to treatment, taking the selection of children's literature up as a particular example. We identified strategies that have been suggested across a variety of fields and illustrate these strategies with examples. We both provide recommendations for how to select picture books and also suggest ways to implement these suggestions with accountability. Conclusions: There is a need for SLPs to reflect on how to be culturally responsive in their practice and to review their materials selection practices with regard to how materials reflect the composition of their caseloads. As a predominantly White profession serving diverse caseloads, we have an ethical obligation to review our choice of materials and align them with culturally responsive practices.