The Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University is pleased to announce the second annual Stockman Symposium. The symposium is open to all attendees, free of charge!
This year’s topic is, Bilingual Assessment: Where We’ve Been & Where We’re Going.
Keynote address by Elizabeth Peña, PhD, CCC-SLP, Professor, University of California, Irvine
Panel responses by:
- Rosalyn Davis, PhD, CCC-SLP, President, Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Jessie Palumbo, MA, CCC-SLP, Lansing School District
In-person: 147 Communication Arts and Sciences Building
404 Wilson Rd., East Lansing, Michigan State University
Online: Via Zoom (link in registration)
Schedule:
- 1:00 – 2:00 Social hour and refreshments
- 2:00 – 3:00 Keynote presentation: Dr. Liz Peña
- 3:00 – 3:30 Q&A / Moderated Discussion
- 3:30 – 3:45 Break
- 3:45 – 4:15 Panelist 1: Rosalyn Davis,
- 4:15 – 4:45 Panelist 2: Jessica Palumbo
- 4:45 – 5:15 Q&A / Moderated Discussion
Bilingual Assessment: Where We’ve Been & Where We’re Going
Description: The last 20 years has seen an increased interest in bilingual assessment. What was the field of speech-language pathology doing in terms of bilingual assessment 20 years ago? And, where is the field now? This session compares diagnostic markers of developmental language disorder (DLD) in Spanish as compared to English and identifies differences in language learners with and without DLD.
Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Peña, PhD
Bio Sketch: Elizabeth Peña, Ph.D. is a professor in the School of Education at UCI. She is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and is a Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Her research focuses on bilingualism and identification of developmental language disorder (DLD) within this population. Bilingual children are often misdiagnosed with both over- and under-identification of DLD. This leads to inequitable treatment and delays in identification and provision of appropriate services. Dr. Peña’s work on bilingual DLD led to development of assessment protocols (including dynamic assessment and the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment) that have high classification accuracy. Currently, she is working on a project to develop an approach to identify DLD in bilingual children using English as the test language where item selection is tailored to children’s level of English exposure. These projects support accurate and timely diagnostic decisions for bilingual children in the U.S. They put useful tools into the hands of the bilingual and monolingual SLPs in the U.S. who need to make accurate and timely diagnostic decisions about bilingual children.
Financial Disclosure: Dr. Peña is an author of the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment (BESA) and receives royalties from its sales. Her research is funded by the NIH, and she received an honorarium for participation in this symposium.
Nonfinancial Disclosure: None.
Panelist: Rosalyn Davis, PhD
Bio Sketch: Dr. Rosalyn Davis is a speech-language pathologist employed in the healthcare setting. Her clinical interest includes the assessment and treatment of pediatric acquired speech and language disorders and language interventions in the NICU setting. Dr. Davis received her Ph.D. in translational health science where her research aims to understand the evidence-based practices of SLPs in the healthcare setting and how the SLPs teach evidence-based practices to novice clinicians. Dr. Davis is an adjunct professor who teaches motor speech disorders, dysphagia, child language disorders, AAC, counseling, and diagnostic methods at the graduate level. Dr. Davis is the current president of the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association and enjoys mentoring graduate students.
Financial Disclosure: Dr. Davis received an honorarium for her participation in this symposium.
Nonfinancial Disclosure: President of Michigan Speech-Language Hearing Association, President-Elect of Council of State Association Presidents
Panelist: Jessica Palumbo, MA
Bio Sketch: Jessie Palumbo is a bilingual speech-language pathologist and a Western Michigan University alumna. She completed her clinical fellowship year at a bilingual outpatient pediatric clinic in Colorado Springs, and then returned to Michigan to join the Lansing School District. She currently works at Lewton Spanish Immersion Magnet school, a program which facilitates the learning of a second language for students from kindergarten through 8th grade. She is passionate about bilingual and English-learning students having access to the correct assessments and resources.
Financial Disclosure: Ms. Palumbo received an honorarium for her participation in this symposium.
Nonfinancial Disclosure: None.
Timed Agenda
Part 1: Keynote Presentation (90 minutes)
- 15 minutes: Introduction, History of bilingual assessment
- 15 minutes: What to look for in measures that work; Markers of DLD in Spanish & English
- 15 minutes: Building a measure that works: Bilingual Spanish English Assessment
- 15 minutes: Personalized & ASR approaches
- 30 minutes: Guided discussion
Part 2: Panelist Responses (90 minutes)
- 30 minutes: Bilingual assessment and clinician education
- 30 minutes: Bilingual assessment and the school setting
- 30 minutes: Guided discussion
Learning Objectives
- To identify and describe concepts of diagnostic accuracy
- To describe and compare diagnostic markers of DLD in Spanish as compared to English
- To describe differences in English language learners with and without DLD.