BAM Workshops
Previous BAM Workshops
Our 2023 workshop and roundtable discussion was held on Friday, April 21st and focused on bilingual language development as well as neurodiversity in bilingual children. We welcomed back attendees online and in-person, in our first hybrid event since the very beginning!
Dr. Elizabeth Peña on Working with Bilingual Children: Considerations for Assessment Practices
Presented at our fourth workshop, Dr Elizabeth Peña's presentation at the Bilingual Development & Neurodiversity: Workshop and Panel Discussion. Dr. Elizabeth Peña, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, is a Professor in the School of Education at University of California, Irvine and author of the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment.
Ian Roth and Kate Perry on Autism and Multilingualism
Presented at our fourth workshop, Ian Roth and Kate Perry's presentation at the Bilingual Development & Neurodiversity: Workshop and Panel Discussion. Ian Roth, S-LP(C), Reg. CASLPO and Kate Perry, S-LP(C), Reg. CASLPO are clinicians with extensive experience working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and neurodevelopmental disorders at the Holland Bloorview Children's Hospital.
Panel Discussion
Presented at our fourth workshop, SLPs Ian Roth and Kate Perry and Dr. Elizabeth Peña answer questions from our graduate student moderator, Emily Wood and the audience.
Diane Dacquay & Rachel Lévesque on Working with the Multilingual Population in the School Setting
Presented at our third workshop, Multilingual Caseloads: Clinical Perspectives from Pediatric SLPs on April 1st, 2022, SLPs Diane Dacquay and Rachel Lévesque gives an overview of their experiences as SLPs serving multilingual Manitoban children.
Slides available here
Fern Westernoff on Culturally and Linguistically Informed Practices in SLP Services: The Past, The Present, The Potential
Presented at our third workshop, Multilingual Caseloads: Clinical Perspectives from Pediatric SLPs on April 1st, 2022, SLPs Fern Westernoff gives an overview of her perspective as an SLPs serving multilingual children.
Slides available here
Roundtable Discussion
Presented at our third workshop, Multilingual Caseloads: Clinical Perspectives from Pediatric SLPs on April 1st, 2022 and moderated by graduate student Emily Wood, SLPs Diane Dacquay, Rachel Lévesque and Fern Westernoff discuss and answer questions from the audience.
Dr. AJ Orena on What Bilingual Babies Really Hear
Presented at second (online) workshop, Bilingual Language Development in Canada, on March 26th, 2021, Dr. AJ Orena gives an overview of his research on the examination of caregivers speech in French-English homes.
Dr. Candace Galla on the Lived Realities of Indigenous Language Learners
Presented at second (online) workshop, Bilingual Language Development in Canada, on March 26th, 2021, Dr. Candace Galla gives an overview of research on the lived realities of indigenous language learners in Canada and beyond.
Dr. Ellen Bialystok on How Bilingualism Changes Minds
Presented at our first event, Bilingual Development Workshop: From Theory to Clinical Practice on February 21st, 2020, Dr. Bialystok gives an overview of research on how bilingualism changes minds.