Assessment of English Language Learners: A Bilingual Approach

Name: Assessment of English Language Learners: A Bilingual Approach
SKU: abad_0030
Price: 22.00 USD
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$22.00

Course Type: Video – 1 1/2 hours (0.15 ASHA CEUs)

ASHA Course Code: 3010 – Developmental Language Disorders

More easily identifying whether a child’s errors are due to typical development, second-language influence, or true impairment. This course provides video examples of these possible outcomes as they relate to articulation and language development.

Current demographic data is reviewed as well as future population trends. A framework is provided for evaluation that can be applied to many different languages. Facts and myths about bilingualism are also covered. This presentation concludes with case studies to demonstrate how to effectively apply all of the information.

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SKU: abad_0030 Categories: Evaluations, Speech Pathology Continuing Education, Video

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Population	School Age
Topics	Evaluations
Duration	1.5 hours
Credit	.15 Continuing Education Units
Format	Video

Financial Disclosure: Scott Prath, M.A., CCC-SLP is a salaried employee of Bilinguistics. Bilinguistics receives royalty payments for online courses. Non-Financial Disclosure: Scott Prath does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.

Financial Disclosure: Ellen Kester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. Dr. Ellen Kester is the owner of Bilinguistics and receives a salary. Bilinguistics receives royalty payments for online courses.

Non-Financial Disclosure: Ellen Kester does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.

This course was designed for monolingual and bilingual Speech-Language Pathologists who work with children learning English as their second language. A framework was provided to help speech-language pathologists increase their clinical judgment in determining whether bilingual students are impaired.

Participants will be able to:

List reasons for testing both languages
Discuss formal and informal measures for testing ELLs
Identify which tests to use when a student is not represented in the normative samples.
Choose the language(s) of evaluation
Time-ordered Agenda:

05 minutes Introduction
15 minutes Background information on bilingual populations, surveys of monolingual SLPs, clinical judgment
10 minutes A framework for understanding how two languages interact
15 minutes The sound systems of English, Spanish and other languages
15 minutes The language structures of English, Spanish and other languages
10 minutes A dual language approach
05 minutes Identifying red flags
10 minutes Selecting language(s) of intervention
05 minutes Conclusion

Practitioners attending live events will be asked to answer questions at the end of the course about what they learned and how they will use the information they learned in practice. Once the questions (below) are completed, participants will receive their certificate.
One practical takeaway I plan to apply from this session is __________.
Overall, how familiar were you with today’s topic before attending this webinar?
After attending, how confident are you in applying at least one concept from this webinar?
Rate your overall satisfaction with this webinar.
One practical takeaway I will apply from this session is __________.
Practitioners attending recorded sessions demonstrate learning and attendance by passing a quiz with a score of 80% or greater. The quiz addresses questions from material presented throughout the course. Practitioners can retake the quiz if they do not initially obtain a score of at least 80%. For events including case studies, participants download, read, and utilize materials in order to participate.