Tenure-Track Faculty
 | Maria Adelaida Restrepo Ph.D., University of Arizona Email: laida.restrepo |
| Research Interests: Research in the Bilingual Language and Literacy Laboratory is concerned with the development of best practices in assessment and intervention of children who speak Spanish as their native language or who are bilingual. In the Lab, we work on the identification of children with language disorders who speak Spanish or who are bilingual. This research focuses on the use of language sampling, dynamic assessment, parent and teacher interviews, structured language tasks, and the characterization of specific language impairment in children. In addition, we are investigating language loss in bilingual children with language disorders and how to differentiate them from those children who are loosing their language, but are developing typically. Related to this topic, we are interested in learning how much intervention is needed for language and literacy maintenance and development in English and Spanish. | |
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