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  • Why the Parent Interview is Crucial to your Evaluation

    We know that parents are important partners in supporting children. We uphold and support parents in early intervention, and once special education services start, the focus shifts to educational impact and supporting the child in academic spaces. Given the emphasis on the child’s performance in school in the Child Find process, many times parents may

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  • Why do I need to work with an SLP with training in multilingualism?

    This is a question that an average SLP might ask themselves when faced with a case of a child who is linguistically and culturally different from them – my preferred terminology for this situation is culturally mismatched. From the perspective of a bilingual and bicultural SLP, the answer to this question may be more transparent

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  • “A bilingual SLP or an SLP who is bilingual” – what’s the difference?

    Dr. Liz Peña, a speech-language scientist who has dedicated her career to supporting SLPs in order to distinguish typical bilingual language development from DLD, was the original person who asked “A bilingual SLP or an SLP who is bilingual?” on her blog (see link below). I’m diving into this topic today to share resources and

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