Language Research in Post-Traumatic Stress

This collection brings together different perspectives on post-traumatic stress, considering its causes, its impact on different groups, and ways forward toward equipping speech-language clinicians, educators, and scholars to better understand and support the individuals and communities with which they work.

Yvette D. Hyter is an ASHA Fellow, has received ASHA Honors, is a Professor Emerita of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Western Michigan University, USA, and is the Owner of Language & Literacy Practices, LLC, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.

List of Contributors Acknowledgments Preface 1 Introduction to Language Research in Post-Traumatic Stress Yvette D. Hyter Part One Post-traumatic stress: Considerations, concepts, and consequences within language research 2 Racialized Stress and Trauma in Black Communities: Lessons for Speech and Language Professionals Paul Archibald and Lajuana Archibald 3 Post-traumatic Stress, Autobiographical Memory, and Cultural Neuroscience: Implications for Migrants and Refugees Carol Westby 4 Post-traumatic stress and social pragmatic communication Yvette D. Hyter 5 Neurodevelopmental Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Michelle Suarez and Cara Masselink 6 Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress on Cognitive Communication in Multilingual Children And Adults Sulare Telford Rose and Jennifer Myers Part Two Post-traumatic stress: Considerations across the lifespan for language development and functioning 7 Post-traumatic stress: Child language development and functioning Na'ama Yehuda 8 Addressing the Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress on Adolescent Language and Identity: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Ginger G. Collins, Jayna Maumbauer-Pisano, and Tobias Kroll 9 Attachment-based narrative speech styles in adults with posttraumatic stress Karin Riber and Emma Beck 10 PTSD and Cognitive Communication Effects Linda Carozza 11 Language research in post-traumatic stress: Where do we go from here? Yvette D. Hyter Index