Language diversity, language disorder, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among youth sentenced to detention in Western Australia

Kippin, Natalie; Leitão, Suze; Watkins, Rochelle; Finlay‐Jones, Amy; Condon, Carmen; Marriott, Rhonda; Mutch, Raewyn; Bower, Carol

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.09.004

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“…Further, it provides an opportunity to support young people in developing strategies to deal with their neurodevelopmental disability and to find different pathways into the future. The relationships that the young people have within their families and networks; their participation in education, employment and prosocial activity for their futures; and their neurodevelopmental strengths and difficulties will all need consideration (Fast and Conry 2004;Bower et al 2018;McLachlan et al 2014;Snow, Bagley and White 2017;Kippin et al 2018).…”

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“…In this article, we report the qualitative findings of a first-of-its-kind Australian study that was undertaken to establish the prevalence of FASD among youth sentenced to detention in Banksia Hill Detention Centre (Banksia) in WA between 2015 and 2017 (Bower et al 2018;Passmore et al 2016;Passmore et al 2018;Freeman et al 2018;Kippin et al 2018;Hamilton et al 2019a;Hamilton et al 2019b). The article focuses on specific facets of participants' recovery capital: happiness and hopes for the future, family relationships, and networks and connections.…”

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“…FASD, which is a lifelong condition, describes a range of anomalies in brain function caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Individuals with FASD have difficulty with memory, attention, judgement and impulse control (Fast and Conry 2004) and many have communication and language impairments (Snow, Bagley and White 2017;Kippin et al 2018).…”

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Putting ‘Justice’ in Recovery Capital: Yarning about Hopes and Futures with Young People in Detention

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are over-represented in Australian youth detention centres and the justice system. In contrast to deficit-focused approaches to health and justice research, this article engages with the hopes, relationships and educational experiences of 38 detained youth in Western Australia who participated in a study of screening and diagnosis for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. We report on a qualitative study that used a ‘social yarning’ approach. While the participants reported lives marred by substance use, crime, trauma and neurodevelopmental disability, they also spoke of strong connections to country and community, their education experiences and their future goals. In line with new efforts for a ‘positive youth justice’ and extending on models of recovery capital, we argue that we must celebrate success and hope through a process of mapping and building recovery capital in the justice context at an individual and institutional level.

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“…Streissguth and colleagues (2004) found that 60% of adolescents and adults with an FASD diagnosis in the United States had engagement with the justice system. Those with FASD have difficulty with language and communication (Kippin et al, 2018), understanding, and linking consequences to actions; they have memory problems, difficulty with attention and judgment, and are prone to impulsivity and suggestibility (McLachlan, Roesch, Viljoen, & Douglas, 2014).…”

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Disability “In-Justice”: The Benefits and Challenges of “Yarning” With Young People Undergoing Diagnostic Assessment for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in a Youth Detention Center

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Undertaking research with young people presents an array of methodological challenges. We report the findings from a qualitative study that took place alongside a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevalence study among detainees in Australia. Of 38 participants, 27 were Aboriginal youth. Interviews were conducted using “social yarning” and “research topic yarning,” an Indigenous research method which allows for data collection in an exploratory, culturally safe way. A complex interplay emerged between social yarning and research topic yarning which provided a space to explore responsively with participants their experiences of FASD assessments. Flexibility, including language adaptation and visual descriptions about assessments, was utilized to assist participants recall and retell their experiences. There were, however, challenges in gathering data on the assessment experiences of some participants. We describe how employing a “yarning” method for collecting data could benefit children and young people undergoing neurodevelopmental assessments in the future.

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“…The challenges that YOs with DLD are likely to face when participating in the YJS have been considered from various angles, with numerous studies having assessed particular linguistic or pragmatic skills in YOs that are deemed relevant to YJS interactions. These have included understanding of key legal vocabulary, such as 'caution' and 'penalty' (Sanger, Moore-Brown, Magnuson, & Svoboda, 2001), the ability to correctly interpret non-literal language (Snow & Powell, 2008 and comprehension of longer spoken passages (Gregory & Bryan, 2011;Kippin et al, 2018;Winstanley, Webb, & Conti-Ramsden, 2019). Young offenders' expressive skills have also been thoroughly examined.…”

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Supporting Young Offenders to Communicate in the Youth Justice System

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Objective: The scoping review will collate literature from different disciplines on supporting young offenders to communicate in the youth justice system. Specifically, it will map the evidence on a) the communication requirements of youth justice interactions; and b) how to support young offenders to communicate in this context. Introduction: Young offenders disproportionately present with unidentified Developmental Language Disorder. Successfully participating in the youth justice system demands considerable proficiency in language, and a large proportion of young offenders will thus struggle to engage in the required processes. Although there is emerging evidence regarding the specific communication tasks that young offenders are likely to struggle with, and published guidelines exist for supporting young offenders to communicate, it is unclear to what extent these recommendations are substantiated by evidence. This scoping review will collate what is currently known about supporting young offenders to communicate, identifying gaps and trends in research. Inclusion criteria: The review will consider publications which focus on young offenders, describe the communication requirements of the youth justice system, and/or provide guidelines for supporting young offenders to communicate in this context. Publications only concerning victims or witnesses will be excluded. Methods: Five databases will be searched, using identified keywords from relevant papers. To identify further studies, reference lists will be scanned and the grey literature will also be searched. Relevant data will be extracted from included publications using a pre-defined tool, and a narrative and visual summary of the findings will be presented.

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Language diversity, language disorder, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among youth sentenced to detention in Western Australia

Cited by 41 publications

References 44 publications

Putting ‘Justice’ in Recovery Capital: Yarning about Hopes and Futures with Young People in Detention

Putting ‘Justice’ in Recovery Capital: Yarning about Hopes and Futures with Young People in Detention

Disability “In-Justice”: The Benefits and Challenges of “Yarning” With Young People Undergoing Diagnostic Assessment for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in a Youth Detention Center

Supporting Young Offenders to Communicate in the Youth Justice System

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