Fran.O'gorman@f94.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Fran O'gorman) (06/28/90)
Index Number: 8895
[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]
That was interesting--how you sign more with signers and they lipread and
attempt speech more when with you...the combination might be the best
thing. So some schools go a total oral approach...hmmmm...didn't know
that. Would a parent be able to choose whic approach he/she would want
the child taught with? I'm learning alot here. Mary is just nonverbal
and also brain-damaged, the sign in the end was what worked and was the
solution for us. I'd always prefer it if she could speak but she cannot
articulate intelligibly enough and was quite frustrated, before she went
with sign.
Fran
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