Guest guest Posted June 16, 2002 Report Share Posted June 16, 2002 What are your thoughts on this subject? I have been teaching just a few signs to my moderately apraxic daughter (7.7 years, just diagnosed) but she is working very hard on her sounds (only one session so far, but you should have seen her work!). She doesn't use the signs much, but I have found that she is less afraid to try and communicate through gestures and signs again (like when she was 2 and 3). One SLP I spoke briefly with said it would be better to teach her SEE sign (which I do not know) than ASL (which I know just a bit of, and can easily get the signs for words from the internet). I'm not even sure really how to go about teaching her the signs for words as I understand most of what she is trying to say to me. It's the rest of the world that has some difficulty understanding her. Also, she has a program coming up where she will be " interviewed " by judges. They will be made aware of her challenges and I can have an ASL interpreter in there with her, if necessary, (this is for the Cinderella Scholarship Program) but I'm not sure the interpreter will even be able to understand her " baby " signs (not full-fledged ASL). And aside from communicating with me, what good will sign do? Most of the rest of the world does not understand sign language. Thanks for letting me ramble a bit. Marie Have a Beautiful Day! Marie Van Nice ~ Independent Senior Kay Consultant www.marykay.com/annamariev Come check out our new spring line! --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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