I'm not a parent.
My niece has been diagnosed with Oral/Verbal Apraxia. She's just 3 and the doctors have given a positive diagnosis.
For those of you who don't know, oral apraxia is a disorder that causes the muscles in the mouth to "misfire" when speech is initiated. So, she thinks she's said the right words, the signal gets screwed up on the way mouth and gibberish comes out.
The speech therapist told us that using sign language, at least for the simple concepts, seems to work pretty well. They've noticed that in most cases it helps rather than hinders progress.
Which leads me to my question:
Does anyone know a good website or a book to help us with sign language? Any tips and tricks? I've been to about two dozen sites that might work, but thought I'd indulge myself in the greater wisdom that is the TFP.
