ICPLA19- Day2- Multilingual Children's Speech in 70+ languages

Today Sharynne coordinated a panel of 18 presentations over 5 hours titled "Children’s speech development in 70+ languages and dialects"

1. Children’s speech development: Cross-linguistic considerations – Sharynne McLeod, Helen L. Blake, Australia; Kathryn Crowe, Iceland and Australia
2. Danish children’s speech development – Marit Carolin Clausen, Denmark
3. Dutch children’s speech development – Anniek van Doornik, Ellen Gerrits, Paula Fikkert, Mieke Beers, The Netherlands
4. English English children’s speech development – Robert Mayr, Rachael-Anne Knight, Sally Bates, Yvonne Wren, and Sara Howard, United Kingdom
5. Irish English speech development – Joan Rahilly, Jill Titterington, United Kingdom
6. Scottish English children’s speech development –James M. Scobbie, Joanne Cleland, Eleanor Lawson, Sonja Schaeffler, Scotland, United Kingdom
7. Canadian French children’s speech development – Andrea MacLeod, Daniel Bérubé, Susan Rvachew, Canada; Francoise Brosseau-Lapré, USA
8. Swiss French children’s speech development – Margaret Kehoe, Nathalie Niederberger, Switzerland 
9. German children’s speech development – Annette Fox-Boyer, Sigrun Lang, Germany 
10. Standard Greek children’s speech development – Areti Okalidou, Greece; Elena Babatsouli, USA
11. Cypriot Greek children’s speech development – Kakia Petinou, Cyprus; Elena Babatsouli, USA; Spyros Armostis, Cyprus Hungarian children’s speech development – Krisztina Zajdó, Hungary 
12. Jamaican Creole children’s speech development – Karla N. Washington, Canada; Kathryn Crowe, Iceland and Australia; Melanie Basinger, Joseph Farquharson, USA
13. Laki children’s speech development –Akram Ahmadi, Zahra Malmir, Iran; Michelle Pascoe, South Africa; Talieh Zarifian, Marjan Larimian, Iran
14. Maltese children’s speech development – Helen Grech, Malta 
15. Norwegian children’s speech development – Kristian E. Kristoffersen, Nina Gram Garmann, Hanne Gram Simonsen, Norway
16. European Portuguese children’s speech development – Maria João Freitas, Marisa Lousada, Ana Margarida Ramalho, Portugal 
17. Swedish children’s speech development – Sofia Strömbergsson, Inger Lundeborg Hammarström, Sweden 

It was followed by a rich discussions which considered:

• What are the common threads you noticed?
• Are there any surprises (AHA! moments)?
• What are general trends across languages? How many languages follow universal trends and what languages go against those trends?
• What will be your takeaway message for families?
• What will be your takeaway message (clinical implications) for SLPs/educators/other professionals?
• What theories does this speak to?

Thank you to the amazing authors who presented their languages and research so concisely yet comprehensively.