JCPSLP November 2016

Creating sustainable services: Minority world SLPs in majority world contexts

From the editor David Trembath

Contents

S peech-language

105 From the editor 106 Special issue: A diverse global network of speech-language pathologists – Bea Staley and Suzanne C. Hopf 108 Building collaboration: A participatory

pathology offers countless opportunities for those

who are interested in working beyond geographical borders, across cultures, to understand and help address the needs of individuals with communication and swallowing difficulties at an international level. For me, the opportunity first arose during my undergraduate studies, via a self-guided study tour with two student colleagues through Nepal, Bangladesh, and India. At the time, these were often described as “developing” or “emerging” countries, terms that are now commonly replaced by “majority world” which captures the proportion of the world’s people

research initiative with Vietnam’s first speech-language pathologists – Marie Atherton, Bronwyn Davidson, and Lindy McAllister

116 Sustainable partnerships for

communication disability rehabilitation in majority world countries: A message from the inside – Karen Wylie, Clement Amponsah, Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe, and Nana Akua Owusu 121 Professional and personal benefits of volunteering: Perspectives of International clinical educators of Vietnamese speech- language pathology students in Vietnam – Lindy McAllister, Sue Woodward, and Srivalli Nagarajan 126 Development of the Vietnamese Speech Assessment – Ben Pha. m, Sharynne McLeod, and Xuan Thi Thanh Le 131 Practice innovations from the emerging speech-language pathology profession in Vietnam: Vignettes illustrating indigenised and sustainable approaches – Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dung, Le Khanh Dien, Christine Sheard, Le Thi Thanh Xuan, Trà Thanh Tâm, Hoàng V ă n Quyên, Le Thi Dao, and Lindy McAllister 137 Building speech-language pathology competence to speech-language pathology practice in east Africa – Helen Barrett 145 Ethical conversations: “I can’t believe you want to leave at lunch time” – A reflection on how narrative ethics may inform ethical practice in cross-cultural and majority-world contexts – Helen Smith 148 Webwords 56: Minority-world SLPs/SLTs in majority-world contexts – Caroline Bowen 151 Resource reviews capacity and colleagues across continents – Abbie Olszewski and Erica Frank 139 Applying theories of cultural

represented, and contrasts with the relatively small proportion living in “minority world” (otherwise described as “developed”) countries. Our goal was to learn from experts in community-based rehabilitation who were working on the ground in villages, towns, and cities in the countries we visited to deliver timely, appropriate, and effective support to persons with developmental and acquired disability. How I wish we had available to us at the time the wealth of information presented in this issue of JCPSLP focused on minority world speech-language pathologists working in majority world contexts. This issue is guest edited by Bea Staley and Suzanne C. Hopf, who have brought together an outstanding group of local and international authors to advance understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with international work and collaboration. The issue is infused with personal reflections and insightful advice, both of which are critical to minority world SLPs working ethically and effectively in majority world contexts, and also discusses implications for all SLPs aiming to initiate and sustain mutually beneficial and rewarding partnerships, wherever these partnerships occur. A common theme across articles is the importance of “change” as a multidirectional process that leaves all people and parties in better positions as a result of the work together, for the benefit of one another. In reflecting on this issue, which is the last under my editorship, as well as the work of the journal more broadly, the same theme emerges. The JCPSLP is a place where clinicians, researchers, and other members of the community come together to share knowledge, critical and clinical insights, and novel ideas to move our field forward. The journal works because authors, reviewers, members of the editorial committee, and the publication team understand the magnitude of “change” that can occur when the right information is given to the right people, at the right time; and generously volunteer their knowledge and skills to make it happen. I would like to sincerely thank all of those who contribute to the journal in this way, and extend my very best wishes to Dr Leigha Dark who will now take over as editor.

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