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this has actually been really helpful Actually, whether I agree with everyone, or whether you agree with me - this thread has been enormously helpful. I think, after reading all the input - we'll stick with what we are doing. Which is basically PSE. I have Joy of Sign and ABC of ASL to work...

cued speech I believe the parents looked into cued speech. Problems with that (for him).... 1) not widely used (it's like Esperanto again - no matter how GOOD the language is....if no one you know uses it it's useless.) 2) he may lose the trach. (which is why we can't train him with a...

ASL as first language and unique writing style.... Galaxy Angel - I get the idea that if.....I fluently used ASL, and we were sitting signing to each other.....that everything you said would make sense. Fluidly, beautifully, VISUALLY. However. This child can hear. He's not dependent on visuals...

trachs, delays b/c of illness.... Most 3 yo's, yes - would use more than a handful of signs. But this little guy isn't yet 3. Plus he was born at 25 wks, weighing only a pound. He's still catching up. Plus he's been sick - very sick, his whole life. He's more like an 18 m.o. socially, playwise...

thanks Jag! Yes, child #1 is being served through the county infant and toddler program. They get very good services - communication, physical and occupational (play, for him) therapy. The communication and occupational therapists use signing (just words, vocabulary, at this point) and...

With the trached child (3 yo) and the typical child (my 1 yo) we always voice while signing. Always. They both hear......and my daughter can verbalize. He can't verbalize. But they both hear perfectly. Oh, and he signs back. She doesn't (yet). He understands prob 20-30 signs and uses about...

SxyPorkie, I really appreciate your response.....however I'm not actually asking which is "best" (in fact, I believe I stated several times that I was specifically NOT asking that) I am in fact asking which one is used more often - especially in young-child environments. Like public school. Or...

Yeah, the title could have been better.... What does PSE stand for? With english word order ASL - that's kind of like SEE....just no "linking" (unnecessary) words like and, the, a, etc? That's what we do now - it's like You-want-look-Barney (quizzical/questioning facial expression) instead...

I think at Gaulledet (sp) in this area.....I think it's ASL.....however, I've heard that in public schools SEE is used. He's in a hearing family and I'm pretty sure they'd want him in the same school as his (hearing) sisters...so public. My daughters will be going to public too. Maybe I...

Hi, I'm new here. I was really happy to find this forum, and I'm hoping I can glean some useful info from you guys. I'm a nurse, and I work with special needs children. Mostly trached, mostly toddlers. Never worked with a deaf child, but many of them are unable to verbalize and end up...