Elizabeth D. Peña, PhD, CCC-SLP

Associate Dean of Faculty Development & DIversity
University of California

Peña is a professor in the School of Education at University of California, Irvine. She is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and is an ASHA Fellow. Her research focuses on two lines of inquiry that address the goal of differentiating language impairment from language difference. These two interrelated areas include dynamic assessment and semantic development in bilinguals leading to test development.

Financial Disclosures: Financial compensation from ASHA for these presentations; Author of the BESA and receives royalties; Research funding from NIH

Nonfinancial Disclosures: None

Presentation(s):

• Identification of Developmental Language Disorder in Multilingual Children (SC27)

  Friday, July 14, 2023
  1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT

• Book-Based Intervention for Multilingual Learners (SC31)

  Friday, July 14, 2023
  2:45 PM – 3:45 PM PT