sign language/communication

[Guest guest]

My daughter Grace will be two in a month, and still does not talk. (Well she does have a few words.) Anyways, by about 18 months she was very frustrated trying to tell us something that we just could not understand. We believe her mental ability to talk is age appropriate, but her facial muscle tone restricts her mouth to talk. We have started her on sign, although it has taken awhile. Right now, most of her communication is sign or sound with sign, and about 5 words. We have learned the sign through our county department of MR/DD and a special program in Ohio, developed for challanged kids under the age of three. At three she will transition into her local school district for a special needs preschool. I am very fortunate to have such great support in this area, I don't know where she would be without them. Do you have your daughter in speech therapy yet? Grace will be starting one on one speech therapy in June, and also a Speech camp this summer. I am really hoping it helps. I will also include a list of websites that show some signs. I have not been on them all, but were given to me by a specialist in childhood sign so I am sure they are all good.

www.bconnex.net

www.baby-talk.com.nz

www.mybabyfingers.com

www.kindersigns.com

www.sign2me.com

www.signingtime.com

www.signingtime.com

www.signingwithkids.com

www.signingbaby.com

www.handspeak.com

Hope thes are a help to you.

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone. Abbey will be 4 in August and she still isn't talking

yet. She is starting to show real frustration as a result of her

inability to communicate. We have been trying picture exchange for a

while but she seems to want to " say " more than the pictures allow her

to. Cognitively she is slightly delayed but is at apprx. a 24 mo.

level (although I believe the ST underestimates a bit). Any one had

any luck with sign language? and how did you find someone to teach

your family?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Sheldon is 2 1/2 and he signs quite a bit. Without the signs, he

would have no way to communicate with us so we are very glad that he

uses the signs, although his signing is intermittent and he constantly

loses signs. He's also tried PECs but seems to prefer signing.

His speech therapist has taught some signs. My daughters have

learned some signing from the local Association for the Hearing

Impaired, they have classes. We've learned most of the signs we use

from a dictionary. I like the " American Sign Language Dictionary "

by L. A. Sternberg. It often explains the origin of the signs,

which makes it easier for me to remember the signs. Our local library

has a copy.

Hi everyone. Abbey will be 4 in

August and she still isn't talking

yet. She is starting to show real frustration as a result of her

inability to communicate. We have been trying picture exchange for

a

while but she seems to want to " say " more than the pictures

allow her

to. Cognitively she is slightly delayed but is at apprx. a 24 mo.

level (although I believe the ST underestimates a bit). Any one

had

any luck with sign language? and how did you find someone to teach

your family?

Thanks,

Please contact mito-owner with any problems or

questions.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the sites . Yes, Abbey has been in ST,PT,OT since 8

mo. but she's never gotten much out of them, unfortunately. She just

progress' at her own pace: when she decides to do something that's it!

One day she was crawling and the next she stood up, took a step, and

she was off! She is enrolled in our primary school and she really

enjoys it a lot. She has actually gotten better results there than in

private therapy which is the opposite of what I had been told. She

takes swimming and we'll start horseback riding this summer and I

think that those do wonders for her! Good luck with camp! I wish I

could find such a local support system!

> My daughter Grace will be two in a month, and still does not talk.

(Well she

> does have a few words.) Anyways, by about 18 months she was very

frustrated

> trying to tell us something that we just could not understand. We

believe her

> mental ability to talk is age appropriate, but her facial muscle tone

> restricts her mouth to talk. We have started her on sign, although

it has taken

> awhile. Right now, most of her communication is sign or sound with

sign, and

> about 5 words. We have learned the sign through our county

department of MR/DD

> and a special program in Ohio, developed for challanged kids under

the age of

> three. At three she will transition into her local school district

for a

> special needs preschool. I am very fortunate to have such great

support in this

> area, I don't know where she would be without them. Do you have

your daughter in

> speech therapy yet? Grace will be starting one on one speech

therapy in

> June, and also a Speech camp this summer. I am really hoping it

helps. I will

> also include a list of websites that show some signs. I have not

been on them

> all, but were given to me by a specialist in childhood sign so I am

sure they

> are all good.

> www.bconnex.net

> www.baby-talk.com.nz

> www.mybabyfingers.com

> www.kindersigns.com

> www.sign2me.com

> www.signingtime.com

> www.signingtime.com

> www.signingwithkids.com

> www.signingbaby.com

> www.handspeak.com

> Hope thes are a help to you.

>