English Learners with Disabilities: Supporting Young Children in the Classroom

PD Hours: 1.5

This module offers an overview of young children who are English learners. Further, it highlights the importance of maintaining children’s home language at the same time they are learning a new or second language, discusses considerations for screening and assessing these children, and identifies strategies for supporting them in inclusive preschool classrooms (est. completion time: 1.5 hours).

Module Objectives

By completing this module, learners will:

• Be able to describe young children who are English learners
• Better understand the importance of maintaining children’s home languages at the same time they are learning English
• Understand the importance of collaborating with families of young children who are dual language learners
• Be able to list considerations for screening and evaluating young English learners with disabilities
• Be able to identify strategies for supporting young English learners with disabilities