You Don’t Have to Be Fluent to Show Up for Bilingual Kids with Keila Gutierrez

You don’t have to be fluent in a language to serve a bilingual child well. That’s the message Keila Gutierrez is on a mission to get into the hands of every SLP who has ever hesitated at the therapy room door.Keila is a bilingual SLP, private practice owner, and digital product creator who grew up 45 minutes from the Mexican border. She owns Desert Lily Bilingual Speech Therapy Clinic and recently co-created a physical card product with Bilingual Speechie to help clinicians apply the complexity approach with bilingual children. In this Community Chats episode, she’s sharing what she knows about treating speech-sound disorders across languages, and why monolingual SLPs are more equipped than they think.Here’s what we’re getting into:Why only about 8% of SLPs are bilingual, and why that makes this conversation one every clinician needs to haveThe difference between language-matched and cross-linguistic service delivery, and why monolingual SLPs can do more than they realizeHow to build real connection with a bilingual child without being fluent, including a greeting that goes further than you’d expectWhy cutting out a child’s home language isn’t just a clinical decision, it affects their identity, their family, and their futureThe card product Keila built for treating speech-sound disorders in bilingual children, and how to get itIf you’ve ever hesitated to work with a bilingual child because you weren’t sure you were enough, this episode will change that.Connect with our guest, Keila GutierrezWebsite: https://www.desertlilyspeech.com/ Instagram: @desertlilybilingualspeechFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/desertlilybilingualspeech Myth-Busting Freebie: https://desertlilyspeech.myflodesk.com/p6t0d2tu0d Connect with HannahWebsite: www.cuedcreative.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/cuedcreativeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CuedCreativeDownload the free guide to Step Into Your CEO Era: https://www.cuedcreative.com/ceoSign up for our next workshop: https://www.cuedcreative.com/join-us For the full show notes and links, visit: https://www.cuedcreative.com/podcastSubscribe and ReviewRate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. I would be thrilled if you could rate and review my podcast! Don’t forget to share what you loved most about the episode.Also, make sure to follow the podcast!