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From: Ken St. Louis
Date: 10/22/02
Time: 8:53:24 AM
Remote Name: 157.182.12.205
Hi Sharon,
I don't have any firm thoughts on the best way that fluency might best be monitored in other languages, but I believe it should be. Of course, you can sometimes arrange to bring another speaker of the language to therapy. If that is not practical, then you can have the person read in his/her native language and watch for stutterings. You should be able to pick them up even if you don't understand what is being said. If the client is willing to talk to you in the other language (even if you can't understand), you can do the same thing in monologue. If none of these work, you might need to resort to self reports by the client and/or reports from others in the family.
Maybe these ideas will be helpful.
Ken