Re: Hi. I just found this group.....

[Guest guest]

hi karla...i have a 2.9 yr.old son who has verbal

apraxia...he has been in speech therapy for about 4

months and he now has a vocabulary of approx. 10-15

words, many of which are approximations...i'm very

interested in doing more sign language with him, right

now he knows the signs for " more " , and " yes " but i

would like to teach him and learn more for

myself...did you take special classes or have any

books you can recommend to me?... thanks...JoAnn

--- karlamccollum@... wrote:

> I am the mother of 4 children including a 28 month

> old daughter with

> developmental delays. She has recently been

> diagnosed with mild CP,

> Epilepsy and an Expressive Language Disorder. She

> has severe Verbal

> Apraxia amongst other language problems. We started

> teaching her sign

> language at 16 months and now sign is her primary

> means of

> communication. She is starting to verbalize and the

> sign helps

> tremendously. I am very interested in meeting

> parents of other

> children who have this and I would love to hear your

> stories.Karla

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Joann! I am just now starting to use sign language with my daughter Jaynie

who is 21 months. I mostly just use more and eat and milk right now. Try this

sight:

www.handspeak.org

This is where I learned the signs we are using

hi Karla...I have a 2.9 yr.old son who has verbal

apraxia...he has been in speech therapy for about 4

months and he now has a vocabulary of approx. 10-15

words, many of which are approximations...I'm very

interested in doing more sign language with him, right

now he knows the signs for " more " , and " yes " but I

would like to teach him and learn more for

myself...did you take special classes or have any

books you can recommend to me?... thanks...JoAnn

[Guest guest]

Oops! Sorry the link is:

http://www.handspeak.com/

hi Karla...I have a 2.9 yr.old son who has verbal

apraxia...he has been in speech therapy for about 4

months and he now has a vocabulary of approx. 10-15

words, many of which are approximations...I'm very

interested in doing more sign language with him, right

now he knows the signs for " more " , and " yes " but I

would like to teach him and learn more for

myself...did you take special classes or have any

books you can recommend to me?... thanks...JoAnn

[Guest guest]

Good to have you here Karla! welcome!

[ ] Hi. I just found this group.....

I am the mother of 4 children including a 28 month old daughter with

developmental delays. She has recently been diagnosed with mild CP,

Epilepsy and an Expressive Language Disorder. She has severe Verbal

Apraxia amongst other language problems. We started teaching her sign

language at 16 months and now sign is her primary means of

communication. She is starting to verbalize and the sign helps

tremendously. I am very interested in meeting parents of other

children who have this and I would love to hear your stories.Karla

[Guest guest]

Hi JoAnn,

I am so glad to hear from you. My daughter has a sign

vocab of up to 60 words now. We took some sign classes

through our Early Intervention group but mainly we

just work with her SLP and she tells us what words

(signs) to work on and we get started. I have an ASL

dictionary where I look up the words and then we start

practicing. I was told to introduce 1 or 2 signs a

week and that is what we have been doing. My Daughter

can now put some 2 and 3 sign phrases together. Her

speaking vocabulary is only about 15 words but she has

a lot of aproximations that we can tell what she wants

as long as she signs with it. I bought a good video

called Talking Hands-Sign Language video at

http://www.small-fry.com. It has about 30 of the most

common signs on it and it is VERY helpful. I think it

cost about $15.00. Good luck. I would love to hear

more about your son. Karla

> hi karla...i have a 2.9 yr.old son who has verbal

> apraxia...he has been in speech therapy for about 4

> months and he now has a vocabulary of approx. 10-15

> words, many of which are approximations...i'm very

> interested in doing more sign language with him,

> right now he knows the signs for " more " , and " yes " but i

> would like to teach him and learn more for

> myself...did you take special classes or have any

> books you can recommend to me?... thanks...JoAnn

[Guest guest]

thanks Karla for the sites...i will look into them

with great enthusiasm...my son Sky is really trying

hard to talk and communicate...i am in the process of

trying to get more speech for him...and also dealing

with insurance hassles...i also started him on pro EFA

, well i should say trying to, he doesn't like the

taste,...but otherwise i like reading everyone's

stories and learning from all of you...do you live in

NJ?...does your daughter go to school?...we will be

meeting with a child study team in sept. to see if we

can place Sky in preschool and i am very anxious about

it...just the thought of him going to school and not

being able to communicate is of concern to me...i know

school would be good for him but i still can't help

worrying...anyway, hope to hear from you soon...i too

would love to hear more about your daughter...and

thanks again for the advice...JoAnn

> Hi JoAnn,

> I am so glad to hear from you. My daughter has a

> sign

> vocab of up to 60 words now. We took some sign

> classes

> through our Early Intervention group but mainly we

> just work with her SLP and she tells us what words

> (signs) to work on and we get started. I have an ASL

> dictionary where I look up the words and then we

> start

> practicing. I was told to introduce 1 or 2 signs a

> week and that is what we have been doing.

[Guest guest]

JoAnn I would really push for Early Intervention to evaluate her and give her

therapy! If they say no then you can always appeal! It worth a try!

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thanks Karla for the sites...I will look into them

with great enthusiasm...my son Sky is really trying

hard to talk and communicate...I am in the process of

trying to get more speech for him...and also dealing

with insurance hassles...I also started him on pro EFA

, well I should say trying to, he doesn't like the

taste,...but otherwise I like reading everyone's

stories and learning from all of you...do you live in

NJ?...does your daughter go to school?...we will be

meeting with a child study team in sept. to see if we

can place Sky in preschool and I am very anxious about

it...just the thought of him going to school and not

being able to communicate is of concern to me...I know

school would be good for him but I still can't help

worrying...anyway, hope to hear from you soon...I too

would love to hear more about your daughter...and

thanks again for the advice...JoAnn

[Guest guest]

Hi Karla,

Welcome to the board! I should have told you about this board myself,

but I only found it recently also. I think we're on just about all

the same boards. This is a busy board with good information. Talk to

you soon. Dianne