Resources for bilingual and multilingual families to develop communication

I share with you some of my articles and video workshops on bilingual and multilingual families and children and language development.

Articles on my blog or on other's blogs:

• My article for Bilingual Family, a charity where we promote multilingualism and empower families: Three myths about the language development of multilingual children explained

• I work in more than 20 countries and with more than 10 languages ​​| Online Speech Therapy – Multilingual Speech Therapist

• With bilingual children, they wait too long to consult when they are slow to speak because they are told that "it's bilingualism."

• 5 languages ​​each family | Multilingual Language Development

• The great challenge of 5 languages ​​before the age of 2: Strategies to accompany your multilingual little one | Conscious Speech Therapy

• Stopping speaking your language is not the solution | Bilingualism and language delay

• My article for The Linguist (UK) magazine. You can read it here in English, page 28.

• Bilingualism does not cause language delay but you should know this

• Real doubts from families about the language development of their bilingual/multilingual children

• Boost language with music and songs | bilingual parenting

Multilingualism and Neurodiversity

• Language Development, Multilingualism and Neurodiversity | The University of West Indies, Barbados

• Does multilingualism harm the communicative development of children with ASD? Myths and what science says

• Strategies for my bilingual 4-year-old with ASD to develop his language

Video-workshops on my YouTube channel:

• «Your son doesn't speak yet because he is bilingual. Bilinguals take longer to speak. They get confused»

• Episode #26 of the Conscious Bilingualism podcast: Does my bilingual child need language therapy?

• Natural Bilingual Parenting Strategies

• Consistency or Flexibility? Bilingual Parenting and Language Delay | OPOL One Parent One Language

• My son understands Spanish but does not speak it, how can I help him? – Interview Estela Bayarri at Marce Internacional (Spanish school in Tokyo).

• Strategies for my bilingual 4-year-old with ASD to develop his language

• Bilingualism and language delay. Myths and truths , interview with Estela Bayarri, by Alejandra Gómez-Raya, speech therapist.

• My BILINGUAL little one speaks ONLY ONE language | With Rebeca Imberg, linguist | Multilingual Families

Featured course Growing with Words:

1) COURSE «My bilingual / multilingual child is taking time to speak, is it normal?»

“Don't worry, it's normal, he's bilingual.”

“Bilinguals take longer to speak.”

“It's normal, learning two languages ​​confuses them.”

This course arose to be able to resolve these doubts and these erroneous recommendations regarding the language development of bilingual and multilingual children (if they speak 3, 4 and more languages), dismantling many myths and fears.

No, bilingual/multilingual little ones don't take long to speak . This advice is based on a misunderstanding of what the language development of bilingual children is like. Misinterpretation. Not knowing. Don't know

2) Star Strategies Course to Promote the Child's Language

I guarantee that with the STAR Strategies of my Natural Language Method, you will make a change in your outlook towards language development and small adjustments in the way you communicate that will boost your little one's language. You will see how, naturally, he begins to express himself more and better, with confidence and security. And you will see day after day how your child's language takes off.

These strategies are aimed at families with children from babies to 4 years old who are taking a long time to speak, are not saying their first words or their vocabulary is growing slowly, they are not understood well and they get angry; also for multilingual families who want to transmit several languages ​​to their little one.

They are also 100% recommended for families with small babies who do not yet speak and even if there is no language difficulty, so you can see what is the way to communicate with the little ones that gives them confidence and encourages them to want to communicate and say their first words.

Hello! I am Estela Bayarri, a children's speech therapist specialized in Natural Language Method, conscious parenting and multilingual families. I know that with the right information and natural and appropriate communication strategies you can help your child's language take off in all the languages ​​you speak.