SPOILERS!
If she seem to be delayed verbally and expressed frustration in not being able to say what she wants or whatever, why not teach sign language?
I'm deaf and I taught both of my kids basic sign before they were one years old. They were able to communicate early.
The "Signing Time" videos/DVDs are so much fun to watch and very very educational!!!!! Alex and Leah were so cute! (You can get them from the library).
I thought the exact same thing!
She's not deaf and doesn't need sign language. She needs to hear and verbally express what she wants.
And, she's not delayed verbally, she's delayed physically.
She's not deaf and doesn't need sign language. She needs to hear and verbally express what she wants.
Being a little person won't effect her ability to understand language.
shareJust because a child's not deaf doesn't mean they don't "need" sign language. Some people actually like teaching their kids & you say the word with the sign. When my niece was a baby we taught her some sign language because they can pick it up so fast. It's just another way of communicating.
"What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?"
Agree. My son has autism and was speech delayed and his speech therapist wanted to teach him sign language to communicate. I shut that down immediately. He needed to learn to express himself verbally. I insisted that he be taught to do that. It was a lot of work, but it paid off.
That hexagon-face bitch, she's so passive-aggressive.
She probably wanted to teach him makaton not sign language. They are not the same thing.
**cArNiVaLs oF fAyGo**
How amazing. I wonder if it delayed them verbally at all.
I only ask because I know that children who live in a household where a language is spoken other than the native language of where they live (so essentially these babies are hearing and learning two languages) OR are hearing two languages in the home, can be delayed in talking but then get up to speed and even excel a little later.
I would be wary of it. It can help to make communication easier if she's having difficulty expressing thoughts and needs verbally, but I feel like the ease of using a sign system might win over putting in the effort to get her to speak.
I don't mean that her parents might get lazy and rely on signing, I think it's more about the inability of a child that young to understand the need for her to practice verbal expression. If she's given an option that works, she will be very frustrated when that system is ignored in order to force her to use verbal expression. She won't know why the signs aren't working--she might think she's doing them wrong or perceive some kind of neglect.
I feel like it would create more problems than it would solve. At what point do they switch back to verbal communication? Inconsistent application of either system or random use of both would be confusing and frustrating for Penny.