Improving the Vocabulary and Oral Language Skills of Bilingual Latino Preschoolers: An Intervention for Speech-Language Pathologists
First Edition
Vera Gutierrez-Clellen, Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, M. Adelaida Restrepo
Details: 136 pages, B&W, Spiral Bound + CD, 8.5 x 11"
ISBN13: 978-1-59756-519-6
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Improving the Vocabulary and Oral Language Skills of Bilingual Latino Preschoolers: An Intervention for Speech-Language Pathologists, is a unique resource that offers a comprehensive vocabulary and oral language intervention program for Spanish-speaking preschool children with language disorders. The program can be used by both bilingual and monolingual speech-language pathologists working in collaboration with bilingual teachers or assistants. The manual contains lessons that correspond to preschool-level books that are commercially available in both Spanish and English, and the lessons are presented in both languages.
The accompanying CD will help both instructors implementing the program and preparing lessons, as well as students studying the English vocabulary words they encounter throughout this intensive program. This supplemental material contains review slides and color pictures with correlating vocabulary definitions in both English and Spanish- from Chapter 7, "The VOLAR Lessons"- which can easily be printed out.
The program is a nine-week intervention; each week has four lessons based on bilingual fiction and nonfiction preschool books with target vocabulary words each week. The intervention uses manipulative objects to help children experience each new word and play activities to stimulate language expression. Additionally, there are lessons every two weeks that review the vocabulary and the oral language activities practiced in the previous weeks.
VOLAR has been evaluated and follows rigorous evidence-based practice guidelines. With this much-needed manual, clinicians will be equipped to provide effective intervention.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1. Introduction
CHAPTER 2. The Language of Intervention
CHAPTER 3. The Context of the Intervention
CHAPTER 4. The Vocabulary Intervention
CHAPTER 5. The Oral Language Intervention
CHAPTER 6. What is the VOLAR Intervention like?
CHAPTER 7. VOLAR lessons
CHAPTER 8. The Training and Coaching of the VOLAR Interventionist
Index
Vera Gutierrez-Clellen
Dr. Vera Gutierrez-Clellen is a bilingual speech-language pathologist, professor, and Coordinator of the Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology Certificate in the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University. Dr. Gutiérrez-Clellen's research program focuses on the language development and disorders of bilingual children. She was Co-Principal Investigator of a contract funded by the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders to develop and validate a language test for Latino children speaking non-standard English. The project culminated with the first language test in the field that addresses the cultural and linguistic diversity of Latino children in the U.S. As Principal Investigator, she has completed two language intervention grants for English language learners funded by the Institute of Education Sciences and by a Head Start University Partnership Research Grant. Dr. Gutiérrez-Clellen has provided numerous years of service to national peer review panels for ASHA, the National Institutes of Health, and the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education. Most recently, she has served as expert consultant for the State of California for the development of infant and toddler foundations, infant and toddler program guidelines, and preschool standards for English Language Learners.
Gabriela Simon-Cereijido
Dr. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at California State University, Los Angeles and a certified bilingual speech-language pathologist. She has extensive experience working with Spanish-speaking children with atypical language development in both educational and research settings. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented at national and international conferences. Dr. Simon-Cereijido has taught and supervised bilingual teachers, graduate students, and speech-language pathologists at several universities.
M. Adelaida Restrepo
Dr. M. Adelaida Restrepo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at Arizona State University. She is the director of the Bilingual Language and Literacy Laboratory at ASU; the main mission at the lab is to research best language assessment and intervention practices for bilingual children. She specializes in oral language and emergent literacy development and in prevention of academic difficulties in bilingual children. She is a bilingual speech-language pathologist who has had ongoing funding for at least 10 years in projects building oral language and literacy in preschool and kindergarten children who speak Spanish as their native language. Interventions include direct instruction and teacher professional development programs. She is also funded to develop a language screener for Spanish-speaking children. She is a former associate editor for Language, Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools(2007-2009), and reviews and publishes in a variety of journals in English and Spanish. She is a certified member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association.
Language Disorders in Bilingual Children and Adults
Third Edition
Kathryn Kohnert, Kerry Danahy Ebert, Giang Thuy Pham
Details: 375 pages, B&W, Softcover, 6" x 9"
ISBN13: 978-1-63550-189-6
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