EDVIEW360 Intensive Intervention for Tier 2 & 3: Success for Multilinguals and all Students Who Struggle
Dec 18, 2025
Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan, a leading expert in language and literacy development, discusses the critical need for equitable literacy instruction for multilingual learners. She emphasizes that literacy is a human right and that all students deserve culturally responsive education. Elsa debunks misconceptions about delaying interventions, advocating for immediate, integrated support. She also shares effective strategies like the Four T's engagement method to boost participation, and stresses the importance of structured literacy foundations and data-driven instruction to tailor support for every learner.
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Literacy As A Human Right
- Literacy is a human right and must be accessible to every learner regardless of home language.
- Valuing students' home language and providing equitable access bridges literacy and equity.
Brownsville Reads Reduced Referrals
- Elsa described Brownsville Reads where training teachers cut special education referrals by 84% in five years.
- This showed that equipping general education teachers with evidence-based tools prevented unnecessary referrals.
Start Intervention Immediately
- Do not delay reading intervention for multilingual learners; begin immediately alongside language development.
- Use culturally and linguistically responsive instruction and link students' known sounds and skills to English.