impact of immigrant/refugee status and religion: implications for speech-language pathologists
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•IMPACT OF IMMIGRANT/REFUGEE STATUS AND RELIGION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS
I. RELIGION**
•A. Buddhism
• 1. Buddha-Indian prince
• 2. Reincarnation—repeated cycle of being born into the world till Nirvana is achieved
• 3. Karma—you get what you give out (even from a previous life)
B. Islam—Characteristics, Beliefs
What do you know about Islam?
Basic Facts**
•1. Their god is Allah•2. Mohammed is the
prophet and founder of Islam
•3. Koran—sacred book
Islam is a rapidly-growing religion:**
•After Christianity, it is the 2nd largest religion in the world
How Islam is practiced depends heavily on the
country
Generally…
Example of modesty for women—clothes should:**
• Cover the whole head and body except the face and hands
• Not “attract a man’s attention to a woman’s beauty”
• Be thick enough to conceal the color of the skin
• Loose enough to conceal the woman’s body
• Not resemble men’s clothing
II. RELIGION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SLPS
III. IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: INTRODUCTION** (no %s on test, but
please know top 5 countries)
• In 2011, the top 5 countries (in order) that immigrants arrived from were: 1) Mexico, 2) China, 3) India, 4) Philippines, and 5) Dominican Republic.
• In 2011, the leading states of residence of refugees admitted to the U.S. were 1) Texas (10%), 2) California (8.8%), New York (6.3%), and Pennsylvania (5.3%) (Martin & Yankay, 2012).
• In the decade of 2000-2010, more than 13 million new immigrants arrived in the U.S. The United States adds a new immigrant approximately every 31 seconds. **
• The U.S. Census Bureau (2010) has projected that the number of foreign-born residents in the U.S. will increase from 31 million in 2000 to 48 million in 2025. Projections indicate that in 2030, 43% of U.S. citizens will be non-Anglo and from culturally and linguistically
diverse backgrounds. **
IV. IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: CONCERNS
AND CHALLENGES
Research shows:
Other research:
My own research:**• Studied 376 immigrants from
82 different countries around the world
• Found that 51% of the immigrants stated that learning and communicating in English was their greatest challenge
.
Other problems cited by subjects:
A number of immigrants said…
Many interviewees said:
When asked about persons with disabilities:
When asked about SLPs and our services:
V. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR SLPs**
• In small groups, list 3-4 practical implications of the information we just discussed about immigrants and refugees
• What can we do to best serve them?