Sign Language for Late Talkers and Children with Special Needs
Course: #31606Level: IntroductorySubject Area: Advancing children's physical and intellectual development 1 Hour 621 Reviews
Learn about the use and benefits of signing with babies, toddlers, late talkers and children with special needs, including 50+ functional signs and how it encourages expressive language.
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Course Type: Video
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to identify at least 3 benefits of teaching late talkers and children with special needs to use signs.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain why signing is helpful in encouraging expressive language in children with communication challenges.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify a number of signs for basic functional words.
Course created on August 20, 2019
Agenda
| 0-10 Minutes | Introduction & Benefits of Signing |
| 10-15 Minutes | Manual Alphabet |
| 15-25 Minutes | Tips and Information about Signing |
| 25-30 Minutes | Colors |
| 30-50 Minutes | Top Functional Signs and Incorporating Signs into Read Alouds |
| 50-60 Minutes | Summary |
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621 ReviewsPresented By
Tonya R. Hayes
MEd Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
Tonya Hayes is a speech-language pathology assistant at Sprout Pediatrics. She holds a Master of Education degree from the University of South Carolina as well as a Bachelor's degree in Speech Correction from Columbia College. She has served children in the public schools for over ten years, led the Parent Education and Family Literacy program, and served as an early interventionist with the SC School for the Deaf and the Blind. She has a niche serving children and families of late talkers as well as those on the Autism Spectrum. Tonya and her husband enjoy travel, mentoring newlyweds at their church, and enjoying their adult sons and daughter-in-law.
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Michigan Registry
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