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Patterns of Narrative Discourse: A Multicultural, Life Span Approach
Allyssa McCabe
Lynn S. Bliss

ISBN-10: 0205338690
ISBN-13: 9780205338696

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paper; 224 pp
Published: 09/30/2002

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Patterns of Narrative Discourse: A Multicultural, Lifespan Approach educates professionals about the features of narrative discourse from a multicultural perspective.

This text is intended for speech-language pathologists, early childhood specialists, elementary and high school educators, as well as students in these disciplines. The authors seek to prevent misdiagnoses of cultural differences as deficits. The importance of narratives for children and adults is presented with respect to literacy, education, law and medicine. Narratives from children with typical and impaired discourse development are described regarding the following cultures: European North American, African American, Spanish-speaking communities, and Asian Americans. Adult narratives are also presented from speakers with typical and impaired discourse from different cultural backgrounds. Assessment, intervention and educational considerations that take into account multicultural backgrounds are presented.

  • Narratives spoken by children from different cultures with typical impaired language development are included in seperate chapters. The following specific cultures are addressed: European North American (Ch. 3), African American (Ch. 4), Spanish-speaking (Ch. 5), and Asian American (Ch. 6). These narratives provide the reader with concrete examples of typical and impaired narration.
  • Narratives spoken by adults with typical and impaired language behavior are included in Chapters 9 and 10.
  • Narrative Assessment Profiles throughout the text enable the reader to analyze adult and child narratives from a multidimensional perspective that considers the cultural background of the speaker.
  • Intervention and Educational Guidelines assist speech-language pathologists and educators in improving the narrative abilities of children and adults.

Introduction.

PART I. OVERVIEW.

 1. Eliciting and Analyzing Personal Narrative.

 2. Discourse and Education, Law, and Medicine.

PART II. TYPICAL AND DISORDERED CHILD NARRATION IN VARIOUS CULTURES.

 A. Children with English as a First Language.

 3. European North American Children.

 4. African American Children: With Tempii Champion and Karen Mainess.

 B. Children with English as a Second Language Overview.

 5. Spanish-Speaking American Children with Nancy Mahecha.

 6. Asian American Children with Masahiko Minami.

 C. Clinical Applications.

 7. Assessment Guidelines for Children and Adults.

 8. Intervention Guidelines for Children and Adults.

PART III. TYPICAL AND DISORDERED ADULTS IN VARIOUS CULTURES.

 9. General Overview of Typical and Impaired Adult Narration.

 10. Examples of Impaired Adult Narration.

 11. Assessment and Intervention with Adults.

Summary of NAP for Children and Adults.

Summary Chart: NAP Dimensions In Four Ethnic Groups.

Quantitative Version of NAP.

Examples of Scorings by Ethnic Group and Dimension.

Appendix A. Parents as Teachers of Pre-Literacy Skills: An Intervention Study with Carole Peterson and Beulah Jesso.

References.

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