Developing a clinical protocol for assessing speech in languages that you do not speak: The Speech Assessment of Children’s Home Language(s) (SACHL)

Kate Margetson; Sharynne McLeod

Abstract

Background: Assessment of multilingual children’s speech can be challenging, especially whenspeech-language pathologists (SLPs) do not speak the same language(s) as the children they areworking with. SLPs may only analyse children’s speech in the society language (e.g., English). Thereare limited clinical resources to support SLPs in assessing speech in unfamiliar languages. TheSpeech Assessment of Children’s Home Language(s) (SACHL) (Margetson & McLeod, 2025) is a newclinical protocol based on theories of speech perception (e.g., Best & Tyler, 2007), studies of SLPtranscription (e.g., Masso et al., 2020) of unfamiliar languages and the VietSpeech MultilingualTranscription Protocol (Margetson et al., 2023). The SACHL comprises four parts: MultilingualPreparation, Multilingual Collaboration, Multilingual Assessment and Multilingual Analysis. These fourparts include 20 steps which can be applied to working with multilingual children who speak differentlanguages. Clinical resources to support each step the protocol have also been developed.

Original language	English
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	20th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) Conference: ICPLA2025 - University of Patras, Conference and Cultural Centre, Patras, Greece Duration: 24 Jun 2025 → 27 Jun 2025 https://logoth.upatras.gr/en/icpla2025/ https://logoth.upatras.gr/wp-content/uploads/sites/228/2025/06/Book-of-abstracts.pdf (Abstracts) https://logoth.upatras.gr/en/programme/ (Program)

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Conference	20th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) Conference
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Patras
Period	24/06/25 → 27/06/25
Other	We are excited to invite you to the 20th biennial conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA), to be held from June 24-27, 2025, at the University of Patras, Conference and Cultural Centre, Greece. The conference is dedicated to fostering lively and stimulating discussions on the application of linguistics and phonetics to disordered speech and language. Our goal is to enhance theoretical frameworks and develop innovative approaches for the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of communication disorders.
Internet address	https://logoth.upatras.gr/en/icpla2025/ https://logoth.upatras.gr/wp-content/uploads/sites/228/2025/06/Book-of-abstracts.pdf (Abstracts) https://logoth.upatras.gr/en/programme/ (Program)

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Developing a clinical protocol for assessing speech in languages that you do not speak: The Speech Assessment of Children’s Home Language(s) (SACHL). / Margetson, Kate ; McLeod, Sharynne.
2025. Abstract from 20th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) Conference, Patras, Greece.

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