A multi-site review of policies affecting opportunities for children with developmental disabilities to become bilingual

A multi-site review of policies affecting opportunities for children with developmental disabilities to become bilingual

Highlights • Special education policies rarely addressed second/additional language learning. • Language policies occasionally established the rights of children with disabilities. • Inclusive policies promoted full range of opportunities for such children. • Sites varied in their promotion of addit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of communication disorders 2016-09, Vol.63, p.15-31
Hauptverfasser: Pesco, Diane, MacLeod, Andrea A.N, Kay-Raining Bird, Elizabeth, Cleave, Patricia, Trudeau, Natacha, de Valenzuela, Julia Scherba, Cain, Kate, Marinova-Todd, Stefka H, Colozzo, Paola, Stahl, Hillary, Segers, Eliane, Verhoeven, Ludo
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bilingualism
Canada
Choice Behavior
Developmental disabilities
Developmental Disabilities - psychology
Education, Special
Humans
Inclusive education
Language policy
Language Therapy - methods
Multilingualism
Psychiatry
Special education
Special needs
United Kingdom
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Special education policies rarely addressed second/additional language learning. • Language policies occasionally established the rights of children with disabilities. • Inclusive policies promoted full range of opportunities for such children. • Sites varied in their promotion of additive bilingualism for all learners.
ISSN:0021-9924
1873-7994
DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2016.05.008