Specifying The Needs Of A ‘Bilingual’ Developmentally Disabled Population: Issues And Case Studies
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in NABE Journal
- Vol. 6 (1) , 55-76
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08855072.1981.10668417
Abstract
Linguistic and cognitive assessment of children whose home language is not English involves a number of complex issues. These include criteria for labeling minority children cognitively deficient, the relationship between bilingualism and cognitive development, acquisition of Spanish and English by bilingual children, and the design of programs for children from non-English speaking background who are also experiencing development disability. Following a review of related literature are sketches of three bilingual children with developmental problems as well as diverse sets of abilities.Keywords
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