demographers in the united state report that there has been a significant increase in immigrant children in the united states over the past two decades. this information is vital because it has been and will continue to affect both students and how educators approach teaching methods. various teaching strategies are more successful for students that are linguistic or culturally diverse versus traditional methods of teaching used for students whose first language is english. it is then also true that the proper way to diagnose a learning disability in english language learners (ell) differs. in the united states, there has been a growing need to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to provide effective school psychological services, specifically for those professionals who work with immigrant populations.