? for lisapooh or anyone familiar with sign language

[sha_lyn]

We mat a little girl today that is just a few weeks younger than DD. The 2 of them got along wonderfully and the mother and I exchanged e mail and phone numbers and plan on a play date soon. The little girl is hearing imparred. She can hear with hearing aids is places with little background noise but can not hear well enough to understand in many "public" palces. Her verbal skills are also behind (she also has Downs syndrome, but is high functioning) she in fact test on age so far (almost 4) except in language skills.
I was hoping that there is a good site aimed toward teaching sign language to children. I would love for DD (and I) to be able to comunicate with her better.

 

[lisapooh]

My suggestion is you check the school systems adult ed programs, the local community college, any churches with deaf ministries or deaf servicecs in your area and start ASL yourself. Then you can teach your child. Also the deaf child will teach your daughter if they play together.

At school we see kids picking up ASL because they want to communicate with the deaf mainstreamed kids.

 

[sha_lyn]

thanks for the suggestions. My ds actually has a friend who's parents are all hearing imparred ( mom and dad are both remarried , the parents and both step parents are hearing imparred). I'm sure they could point me in the way of things available in our area. I know the first baptist church has deaf services.

 

[JudithM]

We recently asked a coworker, who is hearing impaired, this question. His suggestion was to find a video so we could actually see the movements. Just another thought ...

 

[SueM in MN]

This is a little old and I'm not sure it is available any more, but there was a really cute video that we borrowed from the library several times. It was a Sesame Street fairy tale video featuring several fairy tales told in ASL. The main actor was a woman named Linda Bove who was on Sesame Street in the 1980s and 90s. She was a member of the National Theater of the Deaf. I haven't seen it in a while, but I remember there was an introduction to each story that demonstrated some of the signs that would be used. Linda Bove played a part (I think she was Goldylocks in one story) and she signed all her speech, not just the few words that were highlighted in the introduction.

 

[britigger]

copy this into your address box and you will have pleanty of sites that could maybe help you learn sign language- http://teensearch.aol.com/dirsearch.adp?knf=1&query=sign language


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