DiveIn: A Podcast about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Special Education

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Federico R. Waitoller

05 February 2024

41m 13s

Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students with Disabilities: A conversation with Patricia Martínez Álvarez

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 In this episode, we talked to Dr. Martínez Álvarez about how to best teach emergent bilingual students with disabilities so that their linguistic and ability repertoires are positioned as assets rather than deficits. We also discussed her latest book, Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students with Disabilities, in which Dr. Martínez Álvarez writes about what it means to adopt a humanistic approach to teaching and learning and how to train teachers to serve best emergent bilingual students with disabilities.

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