BESA Complete Kit
Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment
Ages 4 through 6
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Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment
Ages 4 through 6
Author(s) | Elizabeth D. Peña, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Vera F. Gutiérrez-Clellen, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Aquiles Iglesias, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Brian A. Goldstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Lisa M. Bedore, Ph.D. |
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Topic | Bilingual/ESL, Early Skills, Language, Phonology, Tests |
Brand | Brookes Publishing |
When a young bilingual child experiences language difficulties, it can be hard to tell if those challenges are due to a disorder or just limited exposure to the English language. That's a critical distinction—because while limited language exposure will fix itself over time, a language impairment is a clinical issue that will cause the child difficulties in school without timely and effective intervention.
Now there's a valid, reliable assessment that specifically responds to the needs of young Spanish-English bilingual children. For use with children ages 4 through 6 years who have varying degrees of bilingualism, the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment (BESA) was developed to:
How the BESA Works:
Through a combination of subtests for students and surveys for teachers and parents, the BESA reveals the big picture of a young bilingual child's language development. Comprehensive assessment with the BESA includes:
BESA Benefits: