Presentations

Effects of Play and Learning Strategies for Spanish-dominant Latine Families in Reading and Free Play Contexts
The International Association for the Study of Child Language, Prague, Czechia
Fri, July 19, 2024
paper presentation
Who benefits the most from parent-coaching programs? An examination Play and Learning Strategies effects across families from different ethnic and linguistic backgrounds
The 2024 Texas Early Childhood Summit, College Station, TX
Fri, March 22, 2024
Does assessor masking affect kindergarteners’ performance on oral language measures? A COVID-19-era experiment with children from diverse home language backgrounds
The Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Port Douglas, Australia
Fri, July 21, 2023
poster
‘Yo sé español, mom’: Children’s reactions to parents’ discourse strategies in bilingual parent-child conversations
The International Symposium on Bilingualism, Sydney, Australia
Fri, June 30, 2023
paper presentation
Trajectories of child language use with Spanish-speaking caregivers spanning the first two years of school
Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL
Sat, April 15, 2023
paper presentation
'Si le entiendo, le respondo': Parents’ practices to support bilingual development during the transition to school
The Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
Fri, March 24, 2023
paper presentation
Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) for Spanish-speaking Latine families: Walking the line between standardization and adaptation in developing culturally and linguistically responsive parent-coaching interventions
The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Arlington, Virginia
Sat, September 24, 2022
panel presentation
Continuity and stability in emergent bilinguals’ language development
Fourth International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, Tromsø, Norway
Fri, August 5, 2022
poster
Child-initiated codeswitches in parent-child interactions before and after the transition to preschool
The 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Warsaw, Poland
July, 2021
presentation video
Dual language learners in transition from home to school: Understanding apparent “delays” in the context of parent input and child usage
International Association for the Study of Child Language (Online)
July, 2021
presentation video
The role of parent-child interactions in dual language learners’ home language development
The American Educational Research Association (Online)
Sun, April 11, 2021
interactive poster
Fostering dual language learners’ classroom conversations: Home language use and codeswitching across instructional contexts
The Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting
Fri, April 9, 2021
presentation slides presentation video
Describing bilingual preschool teachers’ language practices with their dual language learner students: Micro-level analysis of code-switching between Spanish and English across small group and whole group settings
The National Research Conference on Early Childhood hosted by the Administration for Children and Families in Washington, DC (Online)
Tue, December 1, 2020
interactive poster
Parental responses to child code-switching in 3 and 4-year-old Spanish-speaking dual language learners
Many Paths to Language Workshop hosted by the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Fri, October 23, 2020
presentation slides presentation video
Features of parental input that predict home language skills in 3- and 4-year-old Spanish-speaking dual language learners
Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium hosted by the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Tue, September 22, 2020
presentation slides presentation video
Introducing a novel tool capturing parents' perceived social value of bilingualism
The 12th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Edmonton, Canada
Fri, June 28, 2019
presentation slides
Who chooses dual-language education? The role of perceptions of bilingualism and caregiver background in a rural school district
The Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD
Fri, March 22, 2019
presentation slides
Parents’ perceptions of bilingualism: The role of language experience and local language diversity
The American Educational Research Association, New York, NY
Mon, April 16, 2018
presentation slides
The effects of native language instruction on the language and literacy achievement of PreK-6th grade language minority students
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Fri, July 14, 2017
poster
Language diversity in the United States and its relationship with perceived value of bilingualism
The 11th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Limerick, Ireland
Mon, June 12, 2017
presentation slides
How do parents of toddlers exposed to Spanish and English perceive the value of bilingualism?
The Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX
Sat, April 8, 2017
poster
Social perceptions of bilingualism and their impact on early language development
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Porto, Portugal
Wed, July 13, 2016
poster
Mixed dominance bilinguals on the Spanish-English continuum in Head Start classrooms
the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL
Sat, April 18, 2015