BENEFITS OF USING SIGN LANGUAGE:

Signing at Home

Signing allows your infant to clearly communicate specific thoughts.
Signing reduces frustration for your baby – and for you!
Signing gives you a window into your child’s mind and personality.
Signing won’t delay verbal language development– in fact, it may accelerate it. Research shows that babies who sign usually start to talk sooner and develop larger vocabularies than non-signing babies.
Signing reinforces verbal language by adding visual and kinesthetic emphasis to auditory input.
Signing children tend to be more interested in books.
Signing builds on babies’ natural tendency to use gestures.

Signing helps to lower noise levels in preschool classrooms by reducing frustrated screaming and crying.
Signing minimizes stress and frustration for caregivers who are responsible for meeting the needs of many children at once.
Signing reduces the “guesswork” in meeting each child’s maintenance needs resulting in more available time for positive, developmental interactions.
Caregivers report that signing significantly reduces problems with biting. Take away the frustration and biting goes with it.
The use of American Sign Language gives children with special needs the opportunity to interact in a meaningful way with typically developing children. General acceptance of children with special needs is greatly enhanced.