[phono-tx] Re:Signing and emergent language

Dear Aubrey,
"Selling the idea" probably depends upon the parent more than upon you. I worked with a dad whose adopted son (from Russia) had no words (Russian or English)at age 2. Dad was willing to try anything. He was a professional actor and musician/businessman. Well, we began with the signs for "go", "more" and "give me" with play therapy. It actually jumpstarted verbal production for those words, and even after being able to talk in sentences by age 3 to 3-1/2, at times, the toddler will revert to signing for "more" (food) if his mouth is full. The father would speak to his son and sign target words. Essentially, it depends upon the parent. He may have been the exception.

Michele

--- In phonologicaltherapy@yahoogroups.com, "Libby Gilliver" <libbygilliver@...> wrote:
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> hi so sorry it should read children from 2 years 8 months.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aubrey Nunes" <aubrey@...>
> To: <phonologicaltherapy@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [phono-tx] Re:Signing and emergent language
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>
> Dear Kerry
>
> on my reading of the literature and my own clinical experience, the rate of co-morbidity across speech and language disorders is highly
> significant. ..
>
> That said, I have to confess that i have never succeeded in really
> 'selling' the signing idea to parents - despite some very hard trying.
> Like you, I have never seen parents happily signing back and forth
> with a hearing child who is not yet talking - or anything like that.
>
> Aubrey
>

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