Bilingual Spoken Language Development for Children Whose Home Language is Not English - Assessment and Intervention Considerations (Professionals)

Bilingual Spoken Language Development for Children Whose Home Language is Not English - Assessment and Intervention Considerations (Professionals) Sep 23 2010 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010 Start Time: 3:00 p.m. (Eastern) / 12:00 p.m. (Pacific) Length: 60 minutes Cost: Free to View

Course Presenter(s)
Michael Douglas, M.A., CCC-SLP, LSLS, Cert. AVT, Director of Intervention Services, The Center for Hearing and Speech Review Presenter(s) Biography

Course Objectives

  • Participants will be able to identify terminology integral to multi-cultural learning environments.
  • Participants will be able to clearly consider key points when evaluating children’s bilingual progress.
  • Participants will be able to discuss how bilingualism can be facilitated in different educational and home settings for children with hearing impairment
  • Participants will discuss strategies that can facilitate second language learning for children with hearing impairments

Time-ordered Agenda
0-15 who support Bilingualism?
15-25 Review of What We Know
25-35 Special Considerations for Bilingualism
35-45 Case examples
45-55 Conclusions
55-60 Questions/Discussion