Janna B. Oetting: Assessing Language Abilities in Diverse Populations

Janna B. Oetting, professor of communication sciences and disorders at Louisiana State University, discusses the joys and challenges of working with speakers of different dialects and provides helpful tips for assessing the language development of children who differ widely in locality, language learning profile, and age. This topic, and more, is discussed further in Clinical Forum: Toward Accurate Identification of Developmental Language Disorder Within Linguistically Diverse Schools.

Explore the Clinical Forum: Oetting, J. B. (2018). Prologue: Toward accurate identification of developmental language disorder within linguistically diverse schools. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 49, 213–217.
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