The relevancy of standard versus nonstandard speech and language patterns is examined relative to its impact upon academic training of speech clinicians and upon clinical competencies. (Author)

The article notes the impact upon the language/speech therapy profession of therapist interactions with social dialect speakers. Specifically, the role of the speech-language pathologist as a consultant to the classroom teacher is discussed. Clinician involvement in bidialectal training programs for teachers is recommended. (Author/DB)

Issues are addressed concerning the speech-language assessment, management, and consultancy role of public school speech-language specialists to multicultural clients. Discussed are the reliability, validity, and relevance of assessment data; the replacement of substandard utterances; cooperation with teachers of English-as-a-Second-Language; and…