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Speech-Language Pathologist's Race, But Not Caseload Composition, Is Related to Self-Report of Selection of Diverse Books


 
 We provide a preliminary report on speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) practices with regard to the selection of representative materials for clinical service delivery.
 
 
 
 We conducted a pilot survey of the practices of SLPs serving children under age 9 years, asking them about the books used, their own race, and the racial composition of their caseload. The survey was begun by 181 SLPs. Complete responses from 22 Black SLPs and 79 White SLPs were coded for the race of the protagonist of the named books and the rationale given for book selection.
 
 
 
 Black SLPs were more likely than White SLPs to report selecting books with people and selecting books with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color protagonists. For neither group did the book selection align with their own reported intents to select diverse books. SLP race and the racial composition of caseloads were tightly aligned. Thus, we lacked the power to determine if caseload composition uniquely predicted diverse books selection or motivations provided.
 
 
 
 There is a need to better understand selection of materials by SLPs as it relates to culturally competent practice. Additional methods (focus groups and purposive sampling) would be required to fully understand the social pressures and motivations influencing SLP decisions.
