Talking Across Cultures in Early Intervention: Finding Common Ground to Meet Children’s Communication Needs

This resource uses a collectivist-individualist framework to illustrate differences in cultural beliefs, values, and expectations surrounding the role of caregivers and service providers???specifically speech-language pathologists???working with young children. The article highlights how an understanding of the origins of these cultural attitudes can help bridge differences and avoid frustration for caregivers and dissatisfaction among service providers. (Description from source)