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Psychological therapies for children whose first language isn't English can become lost in translation, study warns

  • February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Psychological therapies for children whose first language isn't English can become lost in translation, study warns
Current school-based mental health support for children from multilingual backgrounds can be "lost in translation" because it is reliant on good proficiency in English, a new study warns. The work says greater linguistic flexibility, including more choice over the languages used, are needed to improve mental health care for children with EAL.

Originally published at Phys.org

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