•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?