Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Sign and Say

I have been searching for a school/program that works with children who have Apraxia of Speech. It is a Severe Speech disorder and most of these children have to find an alternative form of communication until their Speech improves. For our family the Speech Therapist and Infant and Toddler Program offered a few alternative ways that we could teach our son to communication with our family Pictures (PCS), or Computer device(GoTalk) or Sign language. We didn't want to limit him in any way so at different times we have offered him the option to use pictures, which we still have a lot of picture around the house, his bedroom, on the TV and in the kitchen for him to grab and show us what he wants or needs. That works well in the house. Secondly we began teaching him sign language, DVD's, books, and of course by us using it he had an example and caught on very quickly. I would say he is most comfortable with using Sign Language. And that is what we have pushed for him to receive in school setting, along with all the other options. I would say that "Signing Times" (SigningTime.com) has been a huge help in teaching our son sign language, which neither of us knew much about before this time. Tell me what form of Communication has worked best for you?

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