https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3SkiPgZARVc
It is important to distinguish between language difference and disorder. This holds true with reading. As SLPs it is important to consider whether a student’s reading development is being impeded by a disability or a language difference. What are the main factors affecting student success? Is it a difference in literacy instruction or content/ background knowledge? What has the student’s language acquisition looked like in both languages? How might socio-economic and cultural status be affecting reading development? When possible, we should support bilingual reading development.
Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others.
Find the playlist for the full set of videos in this module series here:
Find each of the modules from this playlist here:
Reading Development Module 1: What does it mean to know a language?
Reading Development Module 2: Role of the SLP in Literacy
Reading Development Module 3: Phonemic Awareness
Reading Development Module 4: Phonics
Reading Development Module 5a: Myths About Vocabulary Instruction
Reading Development Module 5b: Role of the SLP in Vocabulary Instruction
Reading Development Module 6: Reading Fluency
Reading Development Module 7: Reading Comprehension
Reading Development Module 8: Bilingual Considerations
Please find links to research mentioned in this module here:
Jiménez, R. T., García, G. E., & Pearson, P. D. (1996). The reading strategies of bilingual Latina/o students who are successful English readers: Opportunities and obstacles. Reading Research Quarterly, 31(1), 90-112. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1598/RRQ.31.1.5/abstract
Robertson, S. (2009). Reading fluency and the SLP: The nuts, bolts and how-tos. The ASHA Leader
Robertson, S. (2009). Got EQ? The role of emotional intelligence in building cultural proficiency and clinical competence. Special Topics Volume. Communication Disorders Quarterly.
