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Why Sign Language?

§        Enhances speech, social, emotional and academic skills

§        Stimulates the area of the brain associated with language

§        May accelerate acquisition of speech

§        Enhances vocabulary through language stimulation

§        Provides access to communication

§        Strengthens the ability to produce expressive language

§        Enhances self-esteem

§        Enhances child’s willingness to interact socially

§        Develops positive behaviors due to less frustration



Unique aspects of sign language…

 
§        Signs are promptable and can be physically guided

§        Signs can be frozen in time to allow for processing

§        Sign gestures are visually associated with objects



 





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