BENEFITS  OF  SIGNING - IN THE HOME

Your child will have the ability to communicate his/her specific thoughts, needs and interests effectively;

Frustration for you and your baby is reduced;

Your child's personality and self awareness will be more evident;

Research has shown that signing accelerates speech, and that not only do babies who sign tend to talk earlier, but have much larger vocabulary than their non-signing counterpart;

Because sign language is visual and kinistetic, children are better suited to a quicker and more cohesive learning pace; 

Along with rich language development, signing children show more interest in reading;

Signing builds on babies' natural tendency to use gestures;

Research has further demonstrated that siging children have the added potential of increasing their IQ level. 

BENEFITS  OF  SIGNING - IN CHILDCARE SETTINGS

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 the 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.