Foundations for Serving Multilingual Preschoolers with Disabilities
October 15, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location Online – at your home or School
Registration 3:45pm – 4:00pm
For multilingual preschoolers with disabilities, fostering their bilingualism is important for their overall development; however, it is not always easy to know how to best support them, especially when one doesn’t speak their language. In this session, we will provide an overview of multilingual preschoolers, including the latest research on how multilingual children with communication-based disabilities develop language, how to apply a strength-focused approach to their bilingualism, and what the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) says specific to children who speak a language other than English at home. Join us for this interactive session, filled with interactive activities, resources, and real-life case studies!
Presenter Xigrid Soto-Boykin
Learner objectives 1. Explain what current research says about the bilingual language development of multilingual preschoolers with communication-based disabilities.
2. Provide one example of how one can apply a strength-focused approach to the bilingualism of multilingual preschoolers with disabilities.
3. Explain what IDEA says specific to children who speak a language other than English at home.
Administrator, Early Childhood Special and General Educator, Family Member, Occupational Therapist/Physical Therapist, Psychologist, Speech/Language Therapist, Teacher Assistant
DEC RECOMMENDED PRACTICE ALIGNMENT
Instruction
GATEWAYS TRAINING STAGE
Stage 1 - Introductory
TRAINING TOPIC AREA
DAP - Developmentally Appropriate Practice, INT - Interactions with Children, SN - Special Needs/Inclusion
Location
Online – at your home or School
Registration
3:45pm – 4:00pm
For multilingual preschoolers with disabilities, fostering their bilingualism is important for their overall development; however, it is not always easy to know how to best support them, especially when one doesn’t speak their language. In this session, we will provide an overview of multilingual preschoolers, including the latest research on how multilingual children with communication-based disabilities develop language, how to apply a strength-focused approach to their bilingualism, and what the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) says specific to children who speak a language other than English at home. Join us for this interactive session, filled with interactive activities, resources, and real-life case studies!
Presenter
Xigrid Soto-Boykin
Learner objectives
1. Explain what current research says about the bilingual language development of multilingual preschoolers with communication-based disabilities.
2. Provide one example of how one can apply a strength-focused approach to the bilingualism of multilingual preschoolers with disabilities.
3. Explain what IDEA says specific to children who speak a language other than English at home.
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