Language Development in Bilingual Infants and Toddlers

Continuing Education Workshops

Bilinguistics offers the following on-site workshop that can be tailored to meet specific group needs. Speech-language pathologists can fulfill continuing education requirements to maintain certification by earning ASHA CEUs.

Language Development in Bilingual Infants and Toddlers

This workshop provides information on how learning two languages influences early cognitive development.  We discuss how to increase parent involvement to improve treatment outcomes.

Workshop participants will be able to:

• Discuss patterns of bilingual language acquisition
• Learn how to evaluate language proficiency more thoroughly
• Describe the influence of educational programs on language development
• Compare cognitive development in bilingual and monolingual children
• Identify the benefits and costs of acquiring two languages
• Describe the current challenges in assessment of bilingual children
• Apply alternative methods of assessment to facilitate accurate diagnosis
• Discuss factors that positively enhance literacy skills in bilingual children
• Consider issues important for determining appropriate educational placement for bilingual children

Contact us to schedule an on-site workshop
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