Crowley County Combined Library

Newly revised and updated, this compassionate and authoritative guide is based on Libby Kumin's thirty years of experience of working with children and adolescents with Down syndrome and their families. Dr Kumin draws on her vast experience to show parents how they can support and encourage their child's speech and language development from birth to age 6 (or when a child can form 2- to 3-word sentences). Parents and teachers learn how to work through...

Presents the handshape for each letter of the American manual alphabet accompanied by an object whose name begins with that letter.

"True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history final, and have doctors, politicians, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they'll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who's never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school's golden boy, whose world is rocked...

A comprehensive guide for mastering the basic signs used to communicate with deaf people in either the word order of the English language or in the American Sign Language pattern.

"This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for feelings and emotions. Each page features one emotion sign within an everyday situation a child might be a part of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as an illustration of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids,...

Provides signs numbers and letters.

"Follows the everyday lives of several Deaf school children, describing what they do in school, how they communicate with both hearing and Deaf relatives and friends, what they do for fun, and what being part of the Deaf community means to them"--Provided by publisher.

"This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for foods. Each page features one food sign within an everyday situation a child might be a part of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as an illustration of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO."...

Explores the history of American Sign Language and deaf culture, including ongoing controversies within the deaf community today. / Contents: Language for the eyes -- Seeing words -- A living language -- Language under siege -- Keys to communication.

A girl with autism who almost never speaks demonstrates how easily she communicates with her brother and grandmother through facial expressions, gestures, flashcards, and drawings.