New pub! A bilingual’s home language is a STRENGTH, even when assessing the school language. We harness children’s ability to transfer knowledge, fast map & use social context in a dynamic task. @MultilingFamLab @UofARehabMed #MultilingualismIsNormal
👉 https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12723
Category Archives: Publications
Power imbalance in family engagement in research
Our postdoctoral Fellow, Catrine Demers, presented a poster at the Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) Conference 2021 in November 2021 entitled “Power imbalance in family engagement in research: a self-reflection tool for researchers” with co-author Maude Champagne. Their infographic and self-reflection tool was created within the Family Engagement in Research Certificate of Completion at McMasterContinue reading “Power imbalance in family engagement in research”
Lab Presentation Round-UP
As we head into the shortest days of the year here in Edmonton, we are thinking fondly of the long warm summer days. In Summer 2021, our Multilingual Lab members had a blast presenting their research at conferences!
New Paper: Language abilities of children with refugee backgrounds: Insights from case studies
This work grew from our community-based program to support the home and school languages of children who are refugees. These 3 case studies provide an important perspective on the oral language abilities of three young children who were born in Syria and moved to Canada with their families as refugees. We spoke to parents aboutContinue reading “New Paper: Language abilities of children with refugee backgrounds: Insights from case studies”
Exciting new paper!
It’s with great pleasure that we share this new paper on school-aged bilingual children with ASD. This study was part of Myriam’s doctoral research. It was a pleasure to work with Stefano on this innovative statistical analysis. Great work team! Congrats! AM
Multilingual Families Lab Familles Multilingues 