ACQ Vol 11 No 1 2009

F rom the E ditors Speech Pathology in the Asia-Pacific Region: Speech- language therapy in Singapore – Elizabeth Jane Teh and Melissa Hui Ling Chua ......................................................... 26 Webwords 32: Multiculturalism in communication sciences and disorders – Caroline Bowen ................................. 29 Emerging Trends Impacting on Ethical Practice in Speech Pathology – Marie Atherton and Lindy McAllister ..... 31 C ontents From the Editors .......................................................................... 1 From the President ...................................................................... 2 Speech Pathology in the Context of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: Working with people from an Arabic background – Samar Al-amawi, Alison Ferguson, and Sally Hewat ............................................................................. 3 Speech Pathology and Bilingual Children: Do we think in terms of “two monolingualisms”? – Joyce Lew and Linda Hand ............................................................................ 10 Defining Language and its Relationship to Cognition, Literacy and Chaos Theory – Regina Walsh ............................ 17 Updates from the Multicultural Interest Group (NSW) ...... 23 Letter to the Editor .................................................................... 23 Top 10 Resources for Students and New Graduates Working with CALD Clients – Elizabeth Old . ........................ 24

Free Water Protocols: A review of the evidence – Claire Langdon ............................................................................. 36 Free Water Protocols: Collecting the evidence – Jo Murray and Anna Correll ........................................................ 43 A Consumer Speaks – Ken Rauber ........................................... 46 A Father-inclusive Model of Paediatric Dysphagia Intervention – Erin Palmowski and Bernice Mathisen .............. 47 Clinical Insights: 22q11 Deletion Syndrome (Velocardiofacial Syndrome) – Alex Forsyth and Maeve Morrison ........................................................................... 50 My Top Ten Resources for Working with Children with Feeding Difficulties in the Community Setting – Kylie Harris .................................................................. 54 My Top 10 Resources for Dysphagia – Asher Peet ................. 56 Around the Journals – Jane Watts ............................................ 57 Webwords 33: Dysphagia – Caroline Bowen ........................... 58 Book Reviews ............................................................................. 59 Research Updates The early language in Victoria study – Laura Conway .......... 62 Language development in Australian bilingual children – Ruth Nicholls ............................................................. 63 Free water policy quality project – Kate Mills ........................ 64

A s the new ACQ editors, we are delighted to present the first issue of ACQ for 2009. Having been avid readers of ACQ for many years, we are excited about the opportunity to be involved in its publication. We thank the previous editors Chyrisse Heine and Louise Brown for the excellent job they have done in the last two years and for their support and guidance in the handover period. During the first three months of our editorship, we have become aware of the hard work and expertise of the many people who contribute behind the scenes to the production of ACQ . The journal could not go ahead if it was not for our fabulous copy editor, Carla Taines, our graphic designer Bruce Godden and the administrative support of Filomena Scott. We would also like to thank the members of the ACQ editorial committee who do so much work sourcing and editing articles. As speech pathologists with both a clinical and research background we hope that our experience from each of these areas will assist us to create a high-quality clinical journal that brings evidence based, up-to-date and clinically useful information to clinicians and researchers. With this in mind, we are introducing a new column in this issue entitled “Research Updates”. This column will highlight current research projects throughout Australia to keep clinicians informed of what is happening. We are also keen to increase the number of peer-reviewed articles in the journal and would encourage those who submit articles to consider placing their article for peer review. Finally, we have a commitment to provide support to clinicians and new authors to publish and to act as a forum for discussion of clinically relevant issues. In this edition the focus is on two very clinically relevant topics: multiculturalism and dysphagia. It contains a number of articles relating to working with clients and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. For example, Lew and Hand provide an excellent discussion paper on the issues that arise when working with children who are bilingual, while Al-amawi, Ferguson and Hewat present a fascinating and very practical article related to working with families from an Arabic background. In keeping with our wish for ACQ to act as a forum for the discussion of recent clinical issues, several articles discuss the “free water protocol”, a topical form of dysphagia management that has been introduced in many health facilities in Australia and around the world. We hope that whether you work with children or adults, you will find something of use in this issue. We look forward to our editorial term and welcome your comments regarding the content and format of the journal. Nicole Watts Pappas and Marleen Westerveld

Nicole Watts Pappas

Marleen Westerveld

ACQ uiring knowledge in sp eech , language and hearing , Volume 11, Number 1 2009

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