At younger and younger ages, children are negotiating difficult transitions between their home and educational or developmental settings. With increasing frequency, those transitions require an adaptation to two or more diverse sets of languages or dialects. This landing pad highlights research, policies, and position statements (Why Do It?), print materials (Read All About It), videos and DVDs (See for Yourself), and Web resources (Find It Online) to support young dual language learners (DLL) or dual dialect learners (DDL). Featured resources are high-quality, readily available, and no-cost or low-cost. A special section (Virginia Guidance) features Web sites, organizations, and other state-specific resources. Dual Language Learners Landing Pad Part 1 | Part 2 Why Do It? Find It Online See For Yourself Virginia Guidance Read About It
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At younger and younger ages, children are negotiating difficult
transitions between their home and educational or developmental
settings. With increasing frequency, those transitions require an
adaptation to two or more diverse sets of languages or dialects. This
landing pad highlights research, policies, and position statements
(Why Do It?), print materials (Read All About It), videos and DVDs
(See for Yourself), and Web resources (Find It Online) to support
young dual language learners (DLL) or dual dialect learners (DDL).
Featured resources are high-quality, readily available, and no-cost or
low-cost. A special section (Virginia Guidance) features Web sites,
organizations, and other state-specific resources.
Dual Language Learners Landing Pad Part 1 | Part 2
Why Do It? Find It Online See For You
rself Virginia Guidance
Read About It
Responsiveness to ALL Children, Families, and Professionals: Integra�ng Cultural and
Linguis�c Diversity into Policy and Prac�ce. For op�mal development and learning of all
children, individuals who work with children must respect, value, and support the culture,
values, and languages of each home and promote the ac�ve par�cipa�on of all families. This
posi�on statement from the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) highlights culturally and
linguis�cally responsive prac�ces for personnel and programs that serve infants, toddlers,
young children and families. A brief synthesis of these prac�ces is provided in the execu�ve
Beyond Words: Effec�ve Use of Translators, Interpreters, and Cultural Mediators
This DVD addresses the need to have well-‐trained interpreters, translators, and
cultural mediators using a team approach. It examines recent trends in school
demographics and offers specific training on how to resolve cultural
misunderstandings between schools and families, how to develop trust and
empathy between families and professionals, how to employ the best strategies for
transla�on and interpreta�on in school se�ngs. The bilingual Spanish/English DVD
includes a downloadable companion booklet and handouts. This DVD is available
from Landlocked Films for $59.95.
See For Yourself
Why Do It? Find It Online
For Yourself
Virginia Guidance
Part 1 | Part 2
Language and Culture: Respec�ng Family Choices
How do bilingual/bicultural families make choices about what
languages their children speak at home and at school? How can
educators and providers support and inform this decision-‐making
process? Should these choices be different for a child with an
iden�fied special need? What are the long-‐term cultural
consequences of preserving the languages of one’s heritage, or of
losing them? This film by Susan Moore and Clara Pérez-‐Méndez
addresses these issues through interviews with a wide variety of
people, from recent immigrants to the great-‐grandchildren of
Na�ve Americans. This video/DVD is available in English or Spanish
from Landlocked Films for $53.95.
Read About It See
Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC). The Office of Head Start’s ECLKC has many free resources related to young dual language learners. These include a list of free mul�media resources and a bilingual (English-‐Spanish) glossary.
Colorín Colorado. Colorín Colorado is a bilingual (Spanish/English) website for Spanish-‐speaking parents from the Reading Rockets Project. The website offers parents advice on how to encourage reading at home, how to help children succeed at school, fun reading �ps and ac�vi�es, suggested books and stories, handouts, and links to related resources. h�p://www.colorincolorado.org
Find It Online Part 1
Building Culturally & Linguis�cally Competent Services to Support Young Children, Their Families and School Readiness. The purpose of this tool kit is to provide guidance, tools, and resources that will assist communi�es in building culturally and linguis�cally competent services, supports, programs, and prac�ces related to young children and their families. Areas of emphasis include diversity and the cultural context of the family and community, the impact of culture on child development, planning and implemen�ng culturally and linguis�cally competent services, and strategies for preparing culturally competent personnel. http://www.aecf.org/upload/publicationfiles/hs3622h325.pdf Center for Early Care and Educa�on Research – Dual Language Learners (CECER-‐DLL). This na�onal research center is charged with advancing the capacity of the research field to improve assessment and measurement and examine and improve early care and educa�on prac�ces. The ini�a�ve targets children who are dual language learners (birth-‐age 5) and their families across se�ngs. The Center’s Web site is a good place to find a defini�on of dual language learners. h�p://cecerdll.fpg.unc.edu
Virginia Commonwealth University | Partnership for People with Disabilities | www.eipd.vcu.edu
This professional development activity is supported by the Integrated Training Collaborative (ITC), with funding support from the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), American Recovery