Signs to teach speech impared child

can anyone recommend some signs to teach my son while i wait for his speech therapy to begin

he knows
-bye
-i want
-more

he points to the other things that he wants but wont' shake no or nod yes

any suggestions on what's worked for you that made your child less frustrated? tia

Re: Signs to teach speech impared child

In the beginning we used a lot of PEC pictures for communication.

Eat - motion of hand up to mouth
drink - open hand on side of cheek (almost as if your drinking)
please - rub belly in clockwise motion
daddy - thumb out and fingers up, put thumb up at forehead
mommy same thing with hand but on chin

It took awhile, but eventually the signs came quickly.

I have a copy of how to perform the signs from his school....I can send them to you if you'd like.

HTH.

Re: Signs to teach speech impared child

thank you for the advice - i can look them up on the asl dictionary if they are the same signs

i'll teach him those that you've shared and see how it goes.

ty

Re: Signs to teach speech impared child

i taught my ds a bunch of signs and at 2 he still uses then even though he can hold conversations.

they have a bunch of websites where it shows you a clip of the sign and i found that more helpful than my dictionary.

here's one link but there are better ones if u google it

we did the ones you are already doing plus:
mommy & daddy
milk
water
food
fruit
all done
book
toy
music
park
sleep
diaper change
and some others that aren't as useful

Re: Signs to teach speech impared child

the most helpful for us was
learning to shake head yes and no

Bye
more
All done
give me
eat
down

Re: Signs to teach speech impared child

thank you ladies...giving these a try this weekend...

i have a silly question, how do i teach him to shake yes/no? i tried showing him and having him immitate me, he won't allow me to move his head w/my hands...what trick worked for you? tia