Yeled V’Yalda Research Institute

Directors: Isabelle Barriere, PhD & Garey V. Ellis, MD
Contact: ibarriere@yeled.org

1. MISSION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 MISSION 1: Research
1.3 MISSION 2: Policy
2. PEOPLE
2.1 DIRECTORS
2.2 RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
3. PROJECTS
3.1 IN-HOUSE PROJECT
3.2 REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
3.3 PARTNERSHIPS
4. DISSEMINATION
4.1 SELECTED REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
4.2 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
5. EVENTS
6. POSITIONS AVAILABLE
7. CONTACT AND DIRECTIONS
8. LINKS
8.1 ON DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNING
8.2 ON THE PREVENTION OF OBESITY (FOR DIVERSE CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMMUNITIES)

The populations that YVY serves represent a broad range of ethnic, cultural and linguistic communities: about 15 languages are spoken at home by YVY children in addition to English. In order to raise to the challenge of understanding and responding to the needs of YVY children and families, in the spring 2006 YVY established a Research Institute that a) houses research projects that lead to a better understanding of YVY populations and their needs, b) improves assessments, with the input of YVY staff and parents and c) contributes to YVY educational policies and to YVY staff professional development. The findings that emerge from projects conducted at YVY shared with regional, national and international partners so that they can benefit all children, families and communities.

1.2 MISSION 1: Research

How do children develop in different cultural and linguistic settings? What are the universal, language-specific, cultural-specific patterns their development exhibits? How can this development be fostered or enhanced in cases of typical, delayed and atypical development? What are the underlying causes of delayed and atypical development and how to best address the child’s and family’s needs? How to distinguish between delayed, atypical and cultural-specific development?

Here are some of the issues that Yeled V’Yalda Multilingual Development and Education Research Institute is seeking to address. The heart of the YVYMDE Research Institute is the Yeled V’Yalda Early Childhood Education Center (http://www.yeled.org/) (2005 Outstanding Early Childhood Program Awards granted by the New York State Education Department Office of School Improvement and Community Services), one of the two largest Head Start Programs in New York City. Its population totals over 2,000 children representing an unsurpassed cross-section of languages and cultures in the US. This offers the institute an opportunity to pioneer assessment, intervention, and rehabilitation tools that will meet the needs of these children, their families and the health and education professionals who serve them while answering fundamental theoretical and empirical issues about child development and education that will serve all children.

Areas:
1. Cross-linguistic, bilingual and multilingual development
2. Speech, reading and writing- different writing systems and alphabets
3. Early childhood education, intervention and rehabilitation
4. School age intervention and rehabilitation
5. Families and their communities
6. Typical, delayed and atypical physical and cognitive development
7. Assessment, diagnostic, intervention and rehabilitation
8. Link between theoretical research and implications for education, intervention and rehabilitation.

1.3 MISSION 2: Policy

The Research Institute communicates the research findings that emerge from projects conducted at YVY as well as relevant outcomes of state-of-the arts findings published in a broad range of disciplines that pertain to young children’s education (including applied linguistics, cognitive science, early childhood education, health sciences, neuropsychology, developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and speech sciences) to YVY Management Board. This information informs changes in YVY educational policies.

Yeled v'Yalda Dual Language Policy

In 2008-2009, YVY Research Institute developed the Dual Language Policy now required by Head Start for all programs that serve children whose Home Language is not English, in collaboration with other YVY Early Head Start and Head Start programs and with YVY families. The policy reflects both Head Start directives as well as the in-depth knowledge of YVY populations that has emerged from the Research Institute research projects.

The aim of YVY Dual Language policy is to:
a) identify and respond to the needs of Dual Language Learners with respect to assessment, best teaching and clinical practice and parenting behavior;
b) create a learning environment that promotes the successful acquisition of skills that determine subsequent school success for all children including Dual Language Learners;
c) disseminate research-based information that positively contributes to children’s acquisition of English and of their Home Language to parents, policy makers and service providers (at and outside of YVY) and to institutions that train education and health professionals and researchers.

Top

2. PEOPLE

2.1 DIRECTORS

Isabelle Barrière, PhD.
Dr. Barrière has received interdisciplinary training in developmental psychology of language, education and neuropsychology at Birkbeck College/ University of London (UK), Toulouse University (France), the Child Neuropsychology Unit at the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris (France) and Johns Hopkins University. Her research has been supported by European (e.g. UK ESRC) and American grant-giving organizations (e.g. NSF) and disseminated in the peer-reviewed literature. It focuses on the acquisition of different languages; bilingual development; early literacy; typical and impaired development; intervention and the link between theoretical research and education policies and clinical interventions. Dr Barriere is currently developing assessment tools in little researched languages used by YVY children and investigating the comprehension of word-combinations by toddlers exposed to different languages. Dr Barriere is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science at Brooklyn College/City University of New York where she teaches courses in Language Development, Emergent Literacy and Dual Language Learning. She is also a Research Associate at the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society/ City University of New York Graduate Center and supervises graduate students in Linguistics.

Tel: 718.209.1122 ext. 237 | Fax: 718.209.1171 | e-mail: ibarriere@yeled.org

Garey V. Ellis, M.D.
Dr. Ellis received his BSc in Psychology and Biology from Brooklyn College and his Medical Degree from Ross University School of Medicine. His multi-faceted contributions to community health and education have been rewarded by many prizes including the Vernal G. Cave Humanitarian Award, the Martin Luther King’s Fulfilling the Dream Award and the New York City Technical College’s 2009 Best of Community Assistance Award. Dr Ellis’s areas of expertise include wellness education, health policy, public health, the prevention and treatment of attention and memory disorders, eating disorders and the enhancement of the teaching of scientific subjects. Before joining YVY, Dr Ellis served as the Medical Adviser to the Commissioner of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Dr Ellis has is currently leading several new YVY initiatives to tackle important community issues such as asthma, diabetes and obesity.

Tel: 718.809.9571 | e-mail: gellis@yeled.org

2.2 RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

2008-2009

Graduates:

Sarah Kresh, Department of Linguistics, Graduate Center, CUNY

Yakov Blum, Department of Linguistics, Graduate Center, CUNY

http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Linguistics/

Undergraduates:

Fall

Ludmila Pukhovich, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY

Sophia Zalta, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY

Spring

Irina Grigoryan, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY

Amanda Gutierrez, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY

Eric Hora, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY

Shanika Phillips, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY

Summer

Schifra François, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College,CUNY

Marianna Grodzinskaya, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY

Amanda Guterriez, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY

Agnes Liede, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY

Shanika Phillips, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY

Nancy Zaki, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY

Sophia Zalta, Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY

Link- Department of Speech Communication Arts & Science Brooklyn College, CUNY:
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/Department_Details.jsp?div=U&dept_code=90&dept_id=100

Top

3 PROJECTS

3.1 IN-HOUSE PROJECT

The adaptation of the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventory- Words & Sentences- to Yiddish
Principal Investigator: Dr. I. Barrière
• Official exclusive adaptation of the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventory (MBCDI) to Yiddish granted by the MBCDI board
• Initiative praised by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Program Monitoring and Quality Improvement Early Intervention Program Review 2006

2009-2010 Phase 2 Funded by a PSC-CUNY Award (#60108-39 40)
Validity study: Identifying developmental phases in the acquisition of Yiddish as a First Language

2005-2009 Phase 1- Development and Norming
Collaborators, Consultants and Research Assistants:
2005-2006: S. Frenkel, CCC.SLP, G.V.Ellis, MD, M. Sputz, MS, SAS, L. Hirth, CCC.SLLP, H. Lubinsky, CCC. SLP, R. Zeller, CCC. SLP, PhD, M.Schapiro, E. Rosenfeld, R. Bemcheboum, C. Rosenberg, H. Eisner, R. Hauben
2006-2007: F. Halberstam, S. Smdesdran, C. Buchman, E. Bergelson, J. Chen
2007-2008: M. Gruzman, A. Weiss, N. Weiss
2008-2009: Y. Blum, L. Gillig, G. Lichtenstein & R. Miles

3.2 REGIONAL, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

2007-2008 Early Childhood Interfaces: Analyses of Demographic, Cognitive, Socio-emotional, Linguistic, Behavioral, Educational and Medical data collected on YvY population (> 2,000 low SES children aged 0 to 5, using more than 15 languages, > 10% with Individualized Education Plan) in 2006-2007.
Principal Investigator: Dr. I. Barrière, YvY Research Institute
Co-Principal Investigators: Prof. G. Martohardjono, RISLUS and Department of Linguistics, CUNY Graduate Center and G. V. Ellis, Yeled v’Yalda Research Institute
Research Assistant: Tomonori Nagano, Graduate Student in Computational Linguistics, CUNY Graduate Center
Funded by RISLUS (Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society), CUNY Graduate Center
RISLUS: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/lingu/rislus

2005-2009
The nature of first word combinations: insights from the comprehension and production of subject-verb agreement and tense-marking by native French-speaking children
Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Legendre, PhD, Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. I. Barrière, YvY Research Institute
Co-Investigator: Dr. T. Nazzi, CNRS laboratory Cognition & Development, Paris, France
National Science Foundation grant- Division of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences- Linguistics Program and Office of International Science and Engineering:
Amount: $300,000 Award number: 0446954
Acquiring one's native language is a tremendous achievement. Most 3 year olds already exhibit both a solid understanding of the linguistic exchanges that surround them, and also, within the limits set by their expanding vocabulary, a significant ability to express themselves in that language. Four main questions arise: How do they get to this point? Where do they start? Do they exhibit the same patterns in production (the forms they use) and comprehension (the forms they understand)? How much is tied to the particular grammatical properties of the language they are acquiring? Few non-contradictory answers exist, in large part because of the notorious difficulty of testing linguistic comprehension in very young children. With funding from the Linguistics Program and the Office of International Science and Engineering, Dr. Geraldine Legendre and Dr. Isabelle Barriere will seek answers to these and other related questions using recently developed non-invasive experimental methods. Based on measuring the duration of gazing at short videos paired with short audio descriptions that match or do not match the videos, these methods have been used to test linguistic comprehension in very young children acquiring English. The research team will apply such methods to the testing of children acquiring French, a language which has a richer system of marking tense, person, and gender distinctions than English. This novel study of comprehension in young children from a cross-linguistic perspective will inform the debate on, and attempt to resolve contradictory claims pertaining to, first language acquisition. Broader impacts include advancing the diagnostic of atypical linguistic development by establishing a benchmark for both typical production and comprehension, creating research opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students at Johns Hopkins University, and fostering scientific dialogue with research communities abroad.

3.3 PARTNERSHIPS

CURRENT PROJECTS
The measurement of executive functions in young children
Principal Investigator: Prof. C. Blair, Department of Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education & Human Development
Funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Recent studies have revealed that executive functions a) constitute a strong predictor of school readiness (Duncan et al., 2007, Blair & Razza, 2007) and b) change rapidly during the preschool period (Rueda et al., 2005). The aim of this project is to develop and norm a sensitive tool that reflects the developmental stages of executive functions in 2 to 5 year olds.
Children enrolled at Farragut Road and Silver Lake II are currently participating in this project.

The development of adjective concord in Spanish-speaking children with or without specific language impairment
Principal Investigator: Dr. P. Royle, University of Montreal
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. P. Gordon, Teachers College University of Columbia, Dr. Daniel Valois, University of Montreal
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Noun-Phrases Are Part of the Building Blocks of Language. This research on the acquisition of adjective agreement studies the capacity of the young children to produce complex noun phrases (for example the small red balloon). We aim to collect data on the acquisition of this structure in Spanish-speaking children with and without language impairment.
Learning Spanish Involves Learning Gender Agreement in the Noun Phrase. In Spanish, adjectives and other elements of the noun phrase must agree in gender (masculine or feminine) with the noun. Thus, ‘red car’ is carro rojo (masculine) but ‘red frog’ is rana roja (feminine). Children produce these structures at young ages. We can gain a better understanding of how children acquire agreement by studying agreement in the noun phrase.
What Can Children with Language Impairment Do? What Is Difficult? The study of this structure in language-impaired children will inform us on the differences between normal and impaired development of this structure. Previous studies using play situations have shown some difficulties producing correct gender in Spanish-speaking children with language impairment. However, this study will systematically test this question.
This Study Will Help us Understand the Acquisition of Other Languages. We will compare the abilities of children acquiring Spanish to those obtained in French-speaking children who are participating in a similar project conducted by the same investigators in Montreal, Canada. This cross-linguistic comparison will allow us to address issues regarding the relationship between language form and ease of acquisition of linguistic structures.
Studies of Early Acquisition Help Us Understand Important Steps in Development. Since pre-school age is a critical period for linguistic development, it is essential to identify language learning problems as soon as possible. Presently, very few standardized tools exist for the evaluation of language acquisition of Spanish-speaking children. Clinical evaluation tools could allow speech-language pathologists to evaluate children at risk for speech and language disorders. This study will eventually lead to the creation of better evaluation tools.

Kidprime: Structural priming in young children
Principal Investigator: Dr. G. Bencini, Language Acquisition Research Center, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, City University of New York
Mentor: Prof. V. Valian, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College; PhD Program in Linguistics & PhD Program in Psychology- CUNY Graduate Center
Cognitive Science; Language and Learnability; Cognition & Gneder; Gender Equity
Abstract: This research looks at children’s early word combinations (sentences) and the relationship between the sentences children say and the sentences they understand. By carefully controlling the input the child receives and simplifying the task of saying a sentence, Dr. Bencini has shown that: normally developing monolingual children’s early sentences are more adult-like than previously thought; children are able to understand complex sentences earlier than previously thought. Understanding the benchmarks of typical development is the first step in early assessment of language skills. This in turn can inform interventions when deficits are found.

Top

4 DISSEMINATION

4.1 SELECTED REGIONAL, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Ellis, G.V. (May 2009) Increase Awareness and Knowledge of Important Factors in Prevention of Chronic Diseases (e.g. Diabetes, Heart Diseases) Focus on Nutrition & Exercise. Anderson School of Management, University of California/ Los Angeles.

Barrière, I. (March 2009) Bilinguality and Impaired Language Development. Brooklyn College Department of Speech Science Master Clinicians Series. ASHA CEU-credit (0.2).

Barrière, I.(January 2009) The distinction between low percentage of exposure and language impairment: insights from the acquisition of Yiddish and English. Bilingualism and Specific Language Impairment, Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Barrière, I.(August, 2008) The vitality of Yiddish among Hasidic infants and toddlers in a low SES preschool in Brooklyn. W. Moskovich, L. Finberg, M. Chlenow (eds.) The 2008 Czernowicz Yiddish Language International Centenary Conference, Czernowicz, the Ukraine.

Ellis, G.V. (May 2008) Effects of Obesity on a Child’s Mental Health. ACS/CCHS Special Needs Forum for Education Professionals, NYC.

Barrière, I., Martohardjono, G. & Ellis, G.V. (May 2008) Languages and Pre-literacy skills in low-income preschoolers in New York City. Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society Annual Forum.

Barrière, I. (October 2007) Les facteurs qui déterminent le développement morphosyntaxique chez les bilingues. CHU Ste Justine Research Center Mother and Child University Hospital Center. Université de Montréal.

Barrière, I. (May 2007) Talk to me: helping families and their young children to engage in communication. Conference Families as partners: strategies for effective early intervention partnering, New York University.

Barrière, I. Halberstam, F., Smedesdran, S. & Lambova, M. (May 2007) Environmental influences on the early bilingual (Spanish/English, Yiddish/English) development of low SES children in NYC. Annual Forum of the Research Institute for the Study of Languages in Urban Society, CUNY Graduate School.

Barrière, I. (January 2007) Screening and assessments of young children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Brooklyn Special Education cluster, New York.

4.2 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

DeBey, M. & Barrière, I. (in press) Globalization, Technology and the Education of Young Children: Understanding the World in Two Languages. In O’Connor-Petruso, S.A. & Girelli-Carasi, F. (eds) Globalization, Technology and Curriculum. Pearsons

Barrière, I. (in press) The vitality of Yiddish among Hasidic infants and toddlers in a low SES preschool in Brooklyn. W. Moskovich, L. Finberg, M. Chlenov (eds.) Proceedings of the 2008 Czernowitz Yiddish Language International Centenary Conference.

Morgan, G, Herman, R. C, Barrière, I.,.Woll, B. (2008) The onset and mastery of spatial language in children acquiring British Sign Language. Cognitive Development., 23: 1-19 (with a commentary by Dan I. Slobin) Cognitive Development 23 (2008), Slobin’s commentary

Legendre, G., Nazzi, T., Barrière, I., Culbertson, J., Lopez-Gonzalez, M., Goyet, L. & Zaroukian, E. (2007) Acquiring subject-verb agreement in French: evidence for abstract knowledge from comprehension. In H. Caunt-Nulton, S. Kulatilake abd I. Woo (eds) Proceedings of Boston University Language Development Conference 31, Vol. 2: 370-381. BULCD 31 Proceedings

Barrière, I. & Lorch, M. P (2006) On the acquisition of ambiguous valency-marking morphemes: insights from the acquisition of French SE. V. Torrens & Escobar, L. (ed.) The acquisition of Syntax in Romance Languages. Amsterdams: John Benjamins. pp23-49. Acquisition of Syntax in Romance Languages (2006)

Morgan, G., Barrière, I. & Woll, B. (2006) The roles of modality and typology in the acquisition of verb morphology in British Sign Language. First Language, 26 (1): 19-43. First Language modality & xpology(2006)

Top

5. EVENTS

February 19th, 2009: G.V. Ellis, MD/YVY, B. Zurer-Pearson/ University of Mass/Amherst, PhD, I. Barriere, PhD/YVY and Brooklyn College, M.DeBey, PhD/Early Childhood Education, Brooklyn College

5.1 GUEST SPEAKERS

February 2009
Dr. Barbara Zurer-Peason of the University of Massachussets/Amherst, whose book “Raising a Bilingual Child: A Step by Step Guide for Parents” was awarded the 2008 Parenting Media Award gave a presentation on Dual Language Learning to YVY Education Professionals and Clinicians that was open to students and professors from other institutions.

March 2008
Prof. Joel Walters of Bar lIan University visited several YVY sites and presented Bilingual Development in Young Children: Insights form Code-switching.

March 2007
Lauren Swensen, MA and Dr. Letitia Naigles, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Connecticut, presented Positive effects of Maternal Input on the Language Development of Children with Autism to parents of children enrolled in the YvY ABA Program.

January 2007
Dr. Sharon Armon-Lotem, from the Department of English and Linguistics at Bar Ilan University, presented Distinguishing Bilingualism from Specific Language Impairment in Bilingual Children with Specific Language Impairment to the YvY therapy staff and professionals from several New York universities and non-profits.

5.2 INSTITUTE DIRECTORS

May 2009
Dr. G.V. Ellis gave a presentation titled “Increase Awareness and Knowledge of Important Factors in Prevention of Chronic Diseases (e.g. Diabetes, Heart Diseases)” to the staff at Staten Island (Silver Lakes I & II), Farragut Road and Borough Park sites.

May 2009
Dr. Isabelle Barriere presented the new Dual Language Policy to the Policy Council.

May 2009
Dr. Isabelle Barriere presented the new YVY Dual Language Policy to Head Start Professionals.

May 2009
Dr. Isabelle Barriere presented the new YVY Dual Language Policy to Early Head Start Professionals.

May 2008
Dr. Ellis, G.V. gave a presentation on the Effects of Obesity on a Child’s Mental Health to parents and staff at Staten Island Silver Lakes I & II.

May 2008
Dr. Isabelle Barriere presented New Brigance Forms and Profile & Progress of YvY Children for ACF HS teachers at the Borough Park Professional Development Day.

March 2008

Dr. Isabelle Barriere presented Profile & Progress of YvY Children for HS and EHS teachers at the Staten Island Professional Development Day at Silver Lake I & II.

December 2006

Dr. Isabelle Barriere presented a Workshop on Cognitive Development for parents of YvY HS and ESH children at Silver Lake I.

November 2006

Dr. Isabelle Barriere presented a workshop on Language Development for parents of YvY HS and EHS children at Silver Lake I.

Top

6. POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Interested students should contact:
Dr. Isabelle Barriere
Co-Director, YvY Multilingual Development & Education Research Institute & Director of Policy for Research & Education, Yeled v'Yalda Early Childhood
6002-6012 Farragut Road
Brooklyn, NY 11236
e-mail: ibarriere@yeled.org
Tel: 718.209.1122 ext. 237

Top

7. CONTACT AND DIRECTIONS

Dr. Isabelle Barriere
Co-Director, YvY Multilingual Development & Education Research Institute
& Director of Policy for Research & Education, Yeled v'Yalda Early Childhood Center
Tel.: (718) 209-1122, ext. 237
Fax: (718) 209-1171
e-mail: isabelle.barriere@gmail.com

Directions to 6012 Farragut Road, Brooklyn, NY 11236 (map)

Public transit: Take a number 3 subway to Sutter Ave – Rutland Rd station, then take the B47 toward Kings Plaza to the corner of Ralph Av and Farragut Rd, or take the B/Q line to King’s Highway station, then take the B82 to Ralph Av, and walk one block north to Farragut Rd.

From Brooklyn College: Take the B06 to Flatlands and 76th St., cross Flatlands and walk two blocks to Farragut Rd.

Top

8. LINKS

8.1 ON DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNING

For Parents, Clinicians, and Education Professionals:

Making a difference: A Framework for Supporting First and Second Language Development in Preschool Children or Migrant Farm Workers, by AED Center for Early Care and Education(TAC-12) http://www.ece.aed.org/

Bilingual Infant/Toddler Environments: Supporting Language and Learning in our Youngest Children- A guide for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Programs, by AED Center for Early Care and Education (TAC-12) http://www.ece.aed.org/

California Department of Education:

http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psfoundations.asp

http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/rc/documents/preschoolel.pdf

Office of Head Start official website, Early Childhood Learning and knowledge Center at http://www.eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov Search specifically English Language Learners and Dual Language Acquisition”

English Language Learners Focus Group- Identifying strategies to support English Language Learners in Early Head Start Programs, April 2002 http://www.ece.aed.org

A website that presents the most up-to-date information on the more than 6,000 languages spoken in the world (very useful if you need to match a part of the world with a language or the other way round) Ethnologue: http://www.ethnologue.com/

A website with information on child development including recent research on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Dual Language Learning: http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/HD/Outreach_extension/publications.cfm

For Researchers:

Childes: http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/
Ethnologue: http://www.ethnologue.com/
MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/cdi/
Linguist List: http://www.linguistlist.org/
The Virtual Center for Language Acquisition: http://www.clal.cornell.edu/vcla/

8.2 ON THE PREVENTION OF OBESITY (FOR DIVERSE CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMMUNITIES)

Websites for Training and Display Materials

WWW.LEARNINGZONEEXPRESS.COM
WWW.EATSMART.ORG
WWW.MYPYRAMID.ORG
WWW.ENASCO.COM/NUTRITION

Websites for Materials to Distribute to Parents

http://www.eatsmart.org/client_images/gtge-english_1_.pdf
http://www.eatsmart.org/client_images/gtge-spanish_1_.pdf
http://nationaldairycouncil.org/NR/rdonlyres/C2FE6804-C800-499D-A010-DFB37969EE34/0/DMIHealthierEatingHOE_4.pdf
http://nationaldairycouncil.org/NR/rdonlyres/2AF26B02-4BA3-4639-AC42-29D248FE2001/0/DMIHealthierEatingHOS_9a.pdf

Websites for Diversity Materials

DIVERSITY
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/CADE_3868_ENU_HTML.htm
http://depts.washington.edu/ethnomed/process_diabetes_ed.htm
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/NAmFGP.html

NATIVE AMERICAN
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/NAmFGP.html

CHINESE
http://www.semda.org/info/pyramid.asp?ID=28

MEXICAN
http://www.semda.org/info/pyramid.asp?ID=27