Toward a Model of Reciprocal Carryover: Learning From Communication Systems of Families of Nonspeaking Bilingual Children

What is it about?

Bilingual kids who do not speak to communicate (often called "non-verbal") are often provided services and supports primarily in English despite living bilingual lives. Families of nonspeaking bilingual children create dynamic communication systems that move beyond spoken language. This clinical focus article provides examples and suggestions for educators and clinicians to learn from and incorporate families' multimodal, multilingual practices into their pedagogy.

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