The increase in numbers of children and families who are culturally and linguistically diverse served in early intervention and early childhood special education requires greater awareness and use of family-centered and culturally responsive practices. The purpose of this study was to identify the t
Purpose: The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) is a population-based measure of children's development across five domains in the first year of formal schooling. In this study, the AEDC data from two domains (Language and Cognitive Skills and Communication Skills and General Knowledge) were used to explore the extent and distribution of vulnerability in communication skills among children in Australian communities. Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) membership data were then used to explore the accessibility of services within those communities.Method: The 2012 AEDC data were accessed for 289,973 children, living in 577 communities across Australia. The number of children identified as “at risk” (10–25th percentile) or developmentally “vulnerable” ( 20%) of these children was determined. These data were mapped against the location of paediatric speech-language pathologists (SLP...
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