Specialist advice for hearing parents with deaf children
The vast majority – 90% – of parents of deaf children are not deaf, and have little or no experience of deafness or how to raise a deaf child.
One of their most common concerns is how to best to communicate with their child.
Signed Stories opens up the possibilities and benefits of using sign language to enhance communication – the most important thing is that you and your child understand each other and enjoy sharing stories together.
Read our advice on storytelling with sign – it’s all about using body language, facial expressions and bringing stories to life!
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“Deaf children who are better readers turn out to be the ones who…had early access to fluent language (usually via sign language), and were exposed to English.”
Marc Marshark, Professor and Director of the Center for Education Research at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, USA.
