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Stefan Woehrmann2 Date: Thu Mar 1, 2001 12:22 am Subject: Re: Question for you | |||||
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don ±² hesitate - but do it ! I am convinced that reading and working with SW- signs will allow all of you to get very quickly an impression about the hidden talents and skills. I ±> working several times with students who hadn ±² had any reading or writing skills before - but within a very very short time - they start to smile- and all of us are soooo excitet . We can use our brains to read !!!!!! In the beginning I like to start with kind of memory games: 1 SW-symbol is to be combined with a toy ---- clear structured symbols - easy to understand with a "gute Gestalt" I made little cards, laminated them and put them on the table. In the first step I introduce the pairs - even Gordian has got no problem to associate the meaning of the SW- symbol card with the toy ... have a look at the attachment . All the best and keep us informed - please !! Stefan ;-) PS: SW is the most important invention in deaf education ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Bauman To: Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 8:55 PM Subject: Re: Question for you > Hi Valerie: > > I have a question for you. I'm trying to help a therapist help a 30 year > old woman who is almost deaf (don't know the exact details yet) Seems she > never learned to speak and I don't think she reads or writes--at least not > with understanding. She can copy letters and words but doesn't associate > them with the things they represent. > > She has had several years of signing and is now working with a speech > therapist to learn to speak, but it is slow going. > > I'm thinking she has some learning disability or other hangup that stops > her from grasping the concepts of speech, and reading and writing. > > I remember a couple of years ago on the SW list, we were discussing how > deaf children went ahead faster when they could put their first language to > paper--and how they then became better at English. > > Since I have been out of the loop for the past year and a half, I don't > know what further research/results have been found. > > I'm wondering if in this particular case, this lady would benefit from > being taught SW now--before worrying about trying to get her to speak and > understand English--then when she can associate the SW "words" with the > objects they represent, she might be better able to transfer those concepts > into learning English words. (Apparently she has been in an institution all > her life.) > > Any thoughts? > > Neil > > > Neil Bauman > 49 Piston Court > Stewartstown, PA 17363 > Phone: (717) 993-8555 > Email: > | |||||
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