title: Epilogue: implications of research on English language learners for classroom and clinical practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the present article is to provide the closing context for this clinical forum that showcases prereading and reading development research with Spanish-speaking English language learning children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Background information, including legislation, judicial review, and past research, are used to interpret the results of the studies in the clinical forum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suggestions for practitioners and future research are presented based on the clinical forum and background information.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD 20852-7510, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nixon
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McCardle
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leos
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D032882:Comprehension; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D019303:Multilingualism; D011932:Reading; D014956:Writing