This webinar focuses on the importance of morphological instruction to support reading and language development for all students—and specific advantages for English learners (ELs) or dual language learners (DLLs) with language and reading disorders. Speakers Sana Tibi and Peter Bowers share evidence-based tools and strategies SLPs can use in intervention to explicitly teach morphology and explore cross-linguistic influences.

Learning Outcomes 
You will be able to:

• Describe the benefits of morphological instruction on reading and language skills for bilingual students with speech-language disorders
• Identify cross-linguistic differences between English and additional languages that may impact development of language and literacy skills
• Identify considerations for selecting, developing, and using various activities to assess morphological knowledge of bilingual learners with speech-language disorders
• Incorporate tools for morphological instruction to into intervention sessions and share strategies with caregivers to support bilingual language and literacy development

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Related Courses

This course is part of Key Courses on Working with Multilingual Learners.

Hear From the Speakers

Presenter Information

Sana Tibi, PhD, has doctorates in Communication Sciences & Disorders and Cognitive Studies of Reading. Currently, Tibi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University. Tibi has more than 20 years of international clinical, research, and higher education teaching experiences; has served on multiple organizations as a literacy expert; and has contributed to developing literacy assessment tools in Arabic. Tibi has done research on literacy in Arabic and cross-linguisticall, and created reading assessment tools with psychometric validity. Tibi’s research findings contribute to the scientific body of knowledge on literacy and serve an important role in our cross-linguistic understanding of the key predictors that contribute to success in reading and the potential factors that cause reading difficulties. Tibi teaches graduate and undergraduate courses and seminars in the areas of communication disorders, language, and literacy

Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation

Peter Bowers, PhD, is an educational consultant/researcher.

Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by 11:59 p.m. ET on the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Content origination date: September 22, 2021 
End date: September 24, 2026

This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
Subject code 7030 
Counts toward PD requirement for ASHA certification maintenance for Content Area 2. Read more about professional development requirements for certification maintenance.