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Liz Peña @UCIEducation | https://xitter.cf/t.co/TdGL4rTZcL | #DevLangDis #bilingual, #SLP | Bilingual Spanish English Assessment (BESA) | the bilingual delay is a myth

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This study examines the diagnostic accuracy of four measures derived from English narrative language samples for identifying developmental language disorder in 5- and 6-year-old Spanish–English bilinguals. on.asha.org/4lW1ZEd #DevLangDis

The Diagnostic Value of English Language Sample Measures for Identifying Developmental Language...

Purpose: This study examines the diagnostic accuracy of four measures derived from English narrative language samples for identifying development...

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ASHA Journals@ASHAJournalsMar 3
Testing a bilingual child in both of their languages remains the gold standard for diagnosing DLD. However, results here support the indexing of developmental expectations to measures of L2 experience when testing is constrained to English. on.asha.org/4sdJ4qn #DevLangDis

Tailoring Grammatical Test Items in English According to Language Experience for the Classification...

Purpose: This study attempts to discriminate developmental language disorder (DLD) in bilinguals using only the child's second language (L2), Eng...

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Spanish-English bilingual students with Developmental Language Disorder (#DLD) are at a greater risk of experiencing anxiety, depression, and social withdrawal. Learn more in this article from JSLHR: at.asha.org/UB @ashajournals @CSDisseminate #ResearchTuesday
Research Tuesday. Developmental language risk and social and behavioral functioning in bilingual Latinx adolescents. A health care worker holds a clipboard in front of an adolescent, and they both look down at the clipboard.

ALT Research Tuesday. Developmental language risk and social and behavioral functioning in bilingual Latinx adolescents. A health care worker holds a clipboard in front of an adolescent, and they both look down at the clipboard.

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Imma be honest guys I'd rather watch Bad Bunny and not understand a single word than watch Kid Rock
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Liam Nissan™
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Imma be honest guys I'd rather watch Bad Bunny and not understand a single word than watch Kid Rock
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Human Abilities in Bilingual Language Aquisition retweeted
Governor Tim Walz
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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New paper. Improving the Efficiency of the Bilingual Input–Output Survey–Home | American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.104…

Improving the Efficiency of the Bilingual Input–Output Survey–Home

Purpose: The Bilingual Input–Output Survey (BIOS)–Home (Peña et al., 2018) is used to provide speech-language pathologists (SLPs) with an estimat...

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Jake Scott, MD@jakescottMDJan 6
The US childhood vaccine schedule took decades to build. It was shaped by disease outbreaks, scientific breakthroughs, and the hard lessons of children who suffered preventable illness. It was dismantled with a single memo — by someone with no credentials.
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Language Profiles of Bilingual Children with and without DLD 2languages2worlds.wordpress.… via @HABLALab

Language Profiles of Bilingual Children with and without DLD

Many children grow up using two languages, such as Spanish and English. Learning two languages is a strength—but it can also look different from one child to another. This is especially true for ch…

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BESA & BESA-ME Compared: Spanish Morphosyntax 2languages2worlds.wordpress.… via @HABLALab

BESA & BESA-ME Compared: Spanish Morphosyntax

Last post I compared the BESA English morphosyntax for 4-6;11 year olds with the upward extension, the BESA-ME, that is designed for children 7 to 11;11. This time, let’s compare BESA-ME Span…

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Human Abilities in Bilingual Language Aquisition retweeted
ASHA Journals@ASHAJournals2 Dec 2025
Identifying the Impact of Word Characteristics on Vocab. Development in Typically Developing Bilingual School-Age Children: on.asha.org/4p5VTBO By Jissel Anaya, Nahar Albudoor, Lisa Bedore, & Elizabeth Peña @SIGPerspectives @OhioState @TempleUniv @UCIEducation @UCIrvine

Identifying the Impact of Word Characteristics on Vocabulary Development in Typically Developing...

Purpose: This study investigated how word characteristics (frequency, cognate status, acquisition source, translation equivalence) influence voca...

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Grammar Through a Bilingual Lens: Why Spanish and Vietnamese Learners Differ in English 2languages2worlds.wordpress.… via @HABLALab

Grammar Through a Bilingual Lens: Why Spanish and Vietnamese Learners Differ in English

We have been working on a project over the last few years to look at English language learning in children who speak Spanish or Vietnamese as a home language. This is an NIH funded study and we are…

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What’s a Nomogram—and How is it Changing the Way We Diagnose Developmental Language Disorder in Bilingual Children? 2languages2worlds.wordpress.… via @HABLALab

What’s a Nomogram—and How is it Changing the Way We Diagnose Developmental Language Disorder in...

What is a nomogram? If you’ve ever wished you could combine a child’s test scores, language exposure, and demographics into a single, evidence-based estimate of language disorder risk—a nomogram do…

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Check out this event. Hope to see you there! it's in Australia time, but in the US it will be Sunday afternoon. speech.edu.au/event-details/…
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Human Abilities in Bilingual Language Aquisition retweeted
ASHA Journals@ASHAJournals19 Aug 2025
This study uses a nomogram, a user-friendly prediction tool, to explore the weighting between bilingual language tasks for diagnostic accuracy and single-language assessment feasibility with language exposure information. on.asha.org/41PQJAd #DevLangDis

Development and Validation of Nomogram-Based Prediction Models for Developmental Language Disorder...

Purpose: The challenges of language assessment in bilinguals include a lack of assessment tools and bilingual speech-language pathology services....

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New paper tracks changes in bilingual children's morphosyntax & semantics as a function of school & home language exposure.
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Dwayne Godwin 🧠@BrainyActs5 Jul 2025
My editorial on NIH budgets was published in my local newspaper yesterday (link to the original is at the end). I think it’s important to try to reach people outside of professional circles. Please help do your part. open.substack.com/pub/dwayne…
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