Funded & Ongoing Projects

Mission

To develop best practices for the assessment and intervention of bilingual children and Spanish-speaking children at risk of language and academic difficulties. Specifically, we aim to

SSLIC Project - Spanish Screener for Language Impairment in Children

Restrepo, MA (PI); Gorin, J and Gray, S (CoPIs)
(Funded by IES, US Dept of Education, 2008 to 2012)

Purpose

  • To develop a screener that is easy to administer to identify primarily Spanish-speaking children at risk of language impairment

  • For universal language screening of children in PreK and Kindergarten and for at risk children in 1st and 2nd grade

  • Based on processing and linguistic characteristics of language impairment in Spanish speakers

DRIVES - Professional Development Grant

Restrepo, M. A. (PI) (Funded by HHS, 2008-2011) in collaboration with South West Human Development in Phoenix

Purpose

PROLECIN - Fase 2

Promoción de la lectura inicial y prevención de las dificultades en la comprensión de lectura (Florez, R (PI), Restrepo, M.A. (COPI); Funded by Colciencias, Bogotá, Colombia, 2009-2010).

Purpose

VALE - Vocabulary and Abstract Language Enhancement

Restrepo, MA (PI) and Gray, S (CoPI) (Funded by IES, US Dept of Education, 2005 to 2009)

Purpose

VOLAR - Vocabulary and Oral Language for Academic Readiness

Gutierrez-Clellen, V. (PI) and Restrepo, M. A. (CoPI) (IES, Summer 2006-2009)

Other Projects