Sign Langauge & Your Special Needs Child
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009Sign language is most often thought of in the context of the deaf community. But, as our website demonstrates, signing with children has numerous benefits for parent and child. Research also shows that sign language is often beneficial for children with special needs which effect their social and/orspeech development, such as autism, apraxia or downs syndrome.
Sign Language and Special Needs
If you sign with your child, it will have great academic benefits, especially for children with special needs. Some children have a disorder that affects their ability to make auditory and visual connections. Sign language helps trigger that area of the brain linked to speech and language development, thus helping to expand the child’s vocabulary and enhancing speech development.

