Speech-Language Development in Internationally Adopted Children

Karen E. Pollock, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

University of Alberta

Ongoing Projects

• Language Development Survey:  Children Adopted from non-English-Speaking Countries

Language Development Survey:  Children Adopted from Non-English-Speaking Countries

Karen Pollock (University of Alberta)

    The majority of research on internationally adopted children has focused on children from China or Eastern Europe.  We have recently expanded our longitudinal survey of speech and language development in internationally adopted children (originally designed for children adopted from China) to include children from any non-English-speaking country.  We are particularly interested in children adopted from other Asian countries (e.g., Korea, Thailand), the Caribbean (e.g., Haiti), Africa (e.g., Ethiopia), and South/Central America (e.g., Columbia, Guatemala).  Click here for more information about the longitudinal survey of speech and language development in children adopted from non-English-speaking countries.  Click here for more information about this study.

    We are currently looking for volunteers for this study.  Children between 9 and 42 months of age who were adopted from a non-English-speaking country (not China or Russia) within the last 12 months are eligible to participate.  Parents will be asked to complete a survey every three months until their children reaches approximately 3 year of age. The survey asks for information about the child's background, medical and developmental history, and speech-language skills.  The study has been approved by the Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Alberta.  Click here to find out how to participate.