Bilingualism: What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

Kelly Hawkins, MHA, MS, CCC-SLPStacy Kaut, MS, CCC-SLP

Farinam Pletka, MS, CCC-SLP

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Disclosures

● Financial Disclosures○ Farinam Pletka, Kelly Hawkins, and Stacy Kaut are all salaried employees for Therapitas

● Non-Financial Disclosures○ None

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Who we are

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StacyFarinam

Kelly

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What is Therapitas all about?

Our Mission: “To ensure that Latino children have the same access to quality and appropriate services as their English-speaking counterparts.”

Our Clinics: Walker Square (SW OKC), Shepherd Center (NW OKC), Tulsa

Our Services: Speech (bilingual Spanish-English, monolingual Spanish, monolingual English), Occupational, Physical, and Feeding Therapy

www.therapitas.com

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Know their rightsWhat does the laws say and what

are your responsibilities

www.cdatraining.org

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Let’s take a look at Federal & State Laws...

Federal Laws

● The Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974

● The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)● Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act● Public Law 114-95: The Every Student

Succeeds Act (ESSA)● The Headstart Act

State Laws/Regulations

● Oklahoma Administrative Code, Title 210, Chapter 15

● Oklahoma Administrative Code, Title 317, Chapter 30, Subchapter 5

● http://www.okhca.org/providers.aspx?id=20717

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American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)

● Principles of Ethics I○ Rule B○ Rule C

● Principles of Ethics II○ Rule A○ Rule D

● ASHA’s Bilingual Service Delivery on the Practice Portal

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2016). Code of ethics [Ethics]. Available from www.asha.org/policy/.

What do ASHA & Ethics have to say about this?

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Bilingualism matters even if you’re not bilingual.

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Does this sound familiar?

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https://www.dreamstime.com/asian-vector-cartoon-woman-six-speech-balloons-flags-speaking-languages-chinese-english-vietnamese-korean-japanese-thai-asian-image109407756

What Are Some Ideal Situations?

Ideal Situation #1: You are bilingual + understand bilingualism + experienced in conducting bilingual evaluations.

Ideal Situation #2: Know a bilingual SLP to conduct the evaluation.

REALITY: 1. Conduct an evaluation in English OR 2. Wait and see

What are the consequences of either action? What is your ethical and (most cases) legal responsibility as an SLP to this child?

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“Tell me something I don’t know.”

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Different (better) Approaches: 3 Scenarios

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Scenario 1: Most Ideal❏ Refer out to an SLP who specializes in BILINGUAL evaluations.

Scenario 2: ❏ Administer a standardized bilingual test **❏ Parent questionnaire ****❏ Language sample in BOTH languages (with DA) ****❏ Dynamic assessment for areas of weakness. ****

Scenario 3: Most Realistic Scenario for Many❏ Administer a standardized ENGLISH test *❏ Parent questionnaire ****❏ Language sample in English (with DA) ****❏ Dynamic assessment for areas of weakness. ****

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Scenario 1

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Who you gonna call? https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fl3apq3bncl82o596k2d1ydn1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F02%2Fghostbusters-810x433.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvrscout.com%2Fnews%2Fghostbusters-pokemon-go-ar-game%2F&docid=QXzdB2WnrR1VwM&tbnid=8uq_6kUU2S3QOM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwji48vV1p7kAhVJmK0KHVLGBgYQMwjAASg0MDQ..i&w=810&h=433&bih=750&biw=1616&q=ghostbusters&ved=0ahUKEwji48vV1p7kAhVJmK0KHVLGBgYQMwjAASg0MDQ&iact=mrc&uact=8

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Call Therapitas - ANYTIME - for guidance or to refer! OKC: (405) 355-3239-- Ext 101: Kelly (Walker Square)-- Ext 102: Fara (Shepherd MalL)

TUL: (918) 274-7902-- Ask for Stacy

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Scenario 2: What does it look like?

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Scenario 3: What does it look like?

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiQmPO11KPkAhURWa0KHc8_BpUQjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpixabay.com%2Fimages%2Fsearch%2Ficeberg%2F&psig=AOvVaw1w9WIWJkVJTVat5VfXYFFS&ust=1567016199189707

Concepts in English

Concepts in Spanish

Language Skills

Are you an English teacher or an SLP?

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Parent Questionnaire

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www.Bilinguistics.com

www.Bilinguistics.com

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FREE RESOURCES and MORE!!!

WWW. BILINGUISTICS.COM

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Additional Resources

● Leaders Project○ leadersproject.org

● ASHA● Portland State University Multicultural Topics in Communication Sciences and

Disorders○ https://www.pdx.edu/multicultural-topics-communication-sciences-disorders/

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Thank You!

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References

www.Bilinguistics.com

Lazewnik, R., Creaghead, N.A., Smith, A.B., Prendeville, J., Raisor-Becker, L., & Silbert, N. (2019). Identifiers of language impairment for Spanish-English dual language learners. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 50, 126-137.

Peterson, D.B., Changthongthip, H., Ukrainetz, T.A., Spencer, T.D., & Steeve, R.W. (2017). Dynamic assessment of narratives: Efficient, accurate, identification of language impairment in bilingual students. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60, 983-998.

Restrepo, M.A. (1998). Identifiers of predominantly Spanish-speaking children with language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41, 1398-1411.