# First Language Loss in Spanish-Speaking Children: Parents of Loss and Implications for Clinical Practice

### At-a-glance

##### Topics

Communication & language, Cultural & linguistic diversity, English & dual language learners, Literacy & reading

##### Resource Types

Excerpts

##### Author

Raquel T. Anderson

The purpose of this chapter from Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers, Second Edition is to describe the effects that learning a second language has on the native tongue and to discuss clinical implications for intervention.

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