Bilingualism in children with Developmental Disorders: A narrative review

Highlights • Simultaneous and sequential children with developmental disabilities have different outcomes. • Current amount of exposure predicts development in the weaker but not stronger language in bilingual children with developmental disabilities. • Positive transfer is more likely from the L1 t...

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Published in:Journal of communication disorders 2016-09, Vol.63, p.1-14
Main Authors: Kay-Raining Bird, Elizabeth, Genesee, Fred, Verhoeven, Ludo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Child Development
Development
Developmental disabilities
Developmental Disabilities - psychology
Humans
Internationality
Language Development
Language intervention
Language-in-education
Multilingualism
Psychiatry
Sequential bilingual
Simultaneous bilingual
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Summary:Highlights • Simultaneous and sequential children with developmental disabilities have different outcomes. • Current amount of exposure predicts development in the weaker but not stronger language in bilingual children with developmental disabilities. • Positive transfer is more likely from the L1 to the L2 in successive bilinguals with developmental disabilities. • There are significant gaps in the literature. • Greater access to dual language programs is needed for children with developmental disabilities.
ISSN:0021-9924
1873-7994
DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2016.07.003