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Perspectives on Being a Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist from Clinicians at Various Points in their Careers

April 1, 2011

Greetings! The field of speech-language pathology, and our practice as bilingual clinicians, is always changing. Along with these outside changes, our own experiences make us evolve as individuals. It’s good to assess our own roles and views of the profession periodically, and in doing so it seems valuable to hear the experiences of others. We [...]

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Biculturalism: An Interview with Professor François Grosjean

August 2, 2010

François Grosjean, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
François Grosjean is Emeritus Professor of Psycholinguistics, Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. His specialty is psycholinguistics and his domains of interest are the perception, comprehension and production of language, be it speech or sign language, in monolinguals and bilinguals. He also has interests in biculturalism, applied linguistics, aphasia, sign [...]

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Bilingualism and Children with Language and/or Cognitive Disabilities

May 3, 2010

Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor, School of Human Communication Disorders, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Dr. Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird (Ph.D. Madison, Wisconsin) is a Professor in the School of Human Communication Disorders at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her research and teaching is in the area of child language development and [...]

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Interaction in Bilingual Language Acquisition

October 16, 2008

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 whole [...]

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Bilingualism and Autism Spectrum Disorders

February 17, 2008

¡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 [...]

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