» Learning Disabilities http://www.specialfamily.net For those who love a special needs child Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:03:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Baby Sign Language http://www.specialfamily.net/2007/09/24/baby-sign-language/ http://www.specialfamily.net/2007/09/24/baby-sign-language/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:42:46 +0000 Honey http://specialfamily.net/2007/09/24/baby-sign-language/ I am a firm believer in the use of baby sign language. My older child is language delayed, so we started teaching him sign language in order to reduce some of the frustrations that both of us were feeling due to his lack of communication skills (pointing and screaming just wasn’t working for us). We plan to teach our younger son, who has Down Syndrome, sign language sometime in the next few months. We used the My Baby Can Talk DVDs and Baby Einstein to learn the basics and used the signs around our son. It only took a few weeks for us to see results.

Below is a good video of a baby using sign language. A baby will not do the signs perfect (When our son says “Thank You” it looks like “Eat” but we know what he is saying) but this will give you an idea as to what to expect.

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Educators in New Zealand are rejoicing as the government finally recognizes Dyslexia as a learning disability.

Jake, a child with dyslexia, almost fell through the cracks in the education system after mistakenly being labeled “lazy.”

Scientist may have found the area of the brain that causes Dyscalculia.

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