Literacy Intervention for Children with Significant Disabilities: Bilingual Students (Part 2)

Leaders Project Bilingual Child, Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Child, Decoding (listening), Down Syndrome, Evidence Based Practice, Literacy, Severe Impairment, Video

Unfortunately, the question of whether or not to support bilingualism in students with severe disabilities is still a common question, even among educators and other professionals. Stephanie presents the research that has demonstrated that bilingualism, even in students with severe disabilities, has many cognitive as well as socio-emotional benefits. In addition, students with severe disabilities are able to learn both language just as well as their non-disabled peers when accounting for development age.