Additional considerations when working with clients with a CALD background

 Best Practice Statements

These statements have been updated by the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation (Aphasia CRE) in 2024 in accordance with the most up to date research and expert opinion. (Statements originally developed by the NHMRC CCRE in Aphasia Rehabilitation in 2014)

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7.16 Where possible, assessments should be used that are appropriate to the languages/dialects and cultural backgrounds of each client.

7.18 Language behaviours unique to the bi/multilingual person with aphasia such as translation, language mixing and code-switching should be considered in both assessment and intervention planning.