Mission
Develop best practices for language and literacy assessment and intervention of bilingual and Spanish-speaking children with typical and atypical language skills
- Language development. Develop language interventions that will encourage Spanish-speaking children in the US to continue to develop and maintain their native language while they acquire the second language in the context of school, preschool, and home environments.
- Literacy development in ENGLISH and SPANISH. Develop literacy practices that help preschool and school-age bilingual children become biliterate. Identify predictors of Spanish and English reading skills in low-income Spanish-speaking children.
- Identifiers of language disorders in bilingual children. Develop measures that are efficient and accurate in the identification of Spanish-speaking and bilingual children with language disorders.
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Differentiate language difference from language disorders. Understand the clinical manifestations of language impairment in bilingual children; establish clinical markers that differentiate Latino children with typical and atypical language skills with a focus in Spanish-English.
M. Adelaida Restrepo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Speech and Hearing Science
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 870102
Tempe, AZ 85287-0102
Voice (480) 727-8795, Fax (480) 965-8516
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Spanish Language Acquisition (PDF Syllabus)
Bilingual Speech and Language Assessment and Intervention
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