Resources for Parents
Information for Parents of Bilingual ChildrenÌý
Bilingualism MattersÌý
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Focus On South Florida: Bilingual Children with Dr. Erika HoffÌý
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New York Times Article: Raising a Truly Bilingual Child
Baby Doctor Mamas: Bilingualism and Babies Podcast
Kletsheads: The podcast about bilingual children for parents, teachers and speech therapists
Kletsheads is a podcast about bilingual children for parents, teachers, and speech-language therapists. What can you expect if you’re raising your children bilingually? What’s important? What will help your children’s language development and what won’t? In each episode, Dr. Sharon Unsworth, linguist, and mother of two children (both bilingual, of course), discusses the science behind the language development of bilingual children with another expert. Along the way, there are practical tips, we hear from children about what it’s like growing up with two or more languages, and we talk to parents and professionals about their experiences with bilingual children. You can listen via the website () or by searching forÌýKletsheads [English edition]Ìýin Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.
Listen now to podcast episodes featuring Dr. Hoff!
Early Steps Ìý Ìý
Here are a few centers in South Florida that offer early intervention services for children  Ìý birth to 3 years of age Ìý Ìýwho have developmental delays or a condition that might lead to a developmental delay either in language or speech or in any other developmental area: Ìý Ìý
Gold Coast Early Steps Ìý Ìý
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Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center
1401 South Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316-2619
(754) 321-2204 - Referral Line - Child Find
(954) 728-1083 - General Information Ìý Ìý
North Dade Early Steps Ìý Ìý
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Mailman Center for Child Development
1601 NW 12th Ave. Room 5013
University Of Miami - Dept. of Pediatric
Miami, FL 33136-1005
(305) 243-6660
(305) 243-3501 - Fax Ìý Ìý
Treasure Coast Early Steps Ìý Ìý
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Child Development Center
5325 Greenwood Avenue Ste. 201
West Palm Beach, FL 33407-2452
(561) 882-6426 - Referral Line
(800) 879-4083
(561) 881-2822 - Local Ìý Ìý
Florida Diagnostics and Learning Resources System (FDLRS)Ìý- Child Find Services Ìý Ìý
The following centers in South Florida offer early intervention services for children  Ìý 3 years of age or older Ìý : Ìý Ìý
Broward County Ìý Ìý
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Exceptional Student Learning Support Division at Arthur Ashe Campus
1701 Northwest. 23rd Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Phone: 754-321-3466
FDLRS Coordinator:  Ìý Gwen Lipscomb Ìý Ìý
Miami-Dade County Ìý Ìý
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FDLRS-South
6521 SW 62nd Avenue South Miami, Fl 33143
Main Line: 305-274-3501
Fax: 305-598-7752 Ìý Ìý
Palm Beach County Ìý Ìý
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Fulton-Holland Educational Services Center
3300 Forest Hill Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL. 33406
Phone: 561-434-8000
866-930-840 Ìý Ìý
If you would like to refer your preschool-aged child to FDLRS/ALPHA in Palm Beach County, call one of the referral lines at: Ìý Ìý
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(561) 434-7337 (Boynton Beach north to Jupiter, and Wellington/RPB/Loxahatchee area) Ìý Ìý
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(800) 734-9707 (Delray Beach, Boca Raton and the Glades area) Ìý Ìý
The first physical contact parents have with Child Find staff is at a screening appointment in one of their area offices (depending on where the family lives). Please contact a referral line in order to schedule an appointment at a particular center. Ìý Ìý
Clinics Ìý Ìý
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College of Education
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
(561) 297-2258
csd@fau.edu Ìý Ìý
Nova Southeastern University Ìý Ìý
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Clinical Affiliates of Florida International University Ìý Ìý
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Most of these places will do bilingual evaluations.