Thank you for viewing this newest edition of “Adelante.” Dr. Brian Goldstein asked Bilingual Therapies to post his keynote address from the July 2008 Bilingual Symposium in Los Cabos, Mexico. This hour-long presentation is entitled, “Interaction in Bilingual Language Acquisition.” It is commonly accepted that bilinguals are not two monolinguals in one (Grosjean, 1989). This […]
Thank you for joining the April 2008 edition of Adelante! This month, Dr. Leah Fabiano will discuss Phonological Treatment with Bilingual Individuals. The information Dr. Fabiano presents includes: Reviewing existing research on bilingual acquisition and intervention with bilingual children Reviewing current approaches to bilingual speech and language intervention Completing the therapy goal selection process Completing […]
This month’s video, presented by Brian Goldstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, will cover the assessment of phonological skills in bilingual children. The following topics will be discussed: Completing a case history specific to phonological skills. Completing an independent analysis. Completing a relational analysis. Linking results from the assessment to intervention goals.
¡Bienvenidos! This month’s topic of discussion is Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Bilingual Individual. Given the increasing number of bilingual children in the United States, and the increasing frequency of autism diagnoses, there is surprisingly little information available for clinicians who work with children who are “on the spectrum” from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.A […]
Hello, and welcome to the first edition of Bilingual Therapies Inc.’s new blog “¡Adelante!” I invite you to view the video, which explains a little about the purpose of this community forum. After playing the video, please take a moment to become familiar with the blog and post your comments. We are especially interested in […]
This column marks the end of a calendar year as well as the end of my tenure as a column editor for Bilingual Therapies. I can’t believe that it has been three years (January 2005) since John Consalvi, former CEO of Bilingual Therapies, invited me to be the company’s column editor, which I named ¿Qué […]
Dear Readers: I have decided that my November column will include the presentation that I will be making at ASHA in Boston with my mentor Dr. Paula Menyuk from Boston University and some of my colleagues who received their degrees about the same time as I did (about 30 years ago)! The title of our […]
Prior to coming to the United States for graduate school in the late 1960’s the idea of Halloween, trick-or-treating, jack-o-lanterns, carving, eating, drawing pumpkins or decorating my house with various Halloween related artifacts was somewhat foreign to me. I knew about the holiday and celebrations from things I had read, but I had no experience […]
By the time you have a chance to read this month’s column, you will most likely have started a new academic year. Best wishes for a productive year! With a new year come many referrals for assessment. One of the most complex and frequent dilemmas faced by SLPs is whether to conduct a full assessment […]
I had the honor and privilege of presenting and participating in the Seventh Annual Symposium sponsored by Bilingual Therapies in Cancún, Mexico this past week. Cancún is a beautiful beach town located in the state of Quintana Roo on the southern east tip of the Mexican Peninsula, right on the Caribbean sea. The colors of […]
