Benefits of learning ASL:
- Improves self-confidence
- Improves IQ scores by a score of 10+
- Improves expressive and receptive skills
- IImproves fine motor skills and coordination
- Improves an infants and toddlers vocabulary
- Improves word retention and quicker learning
- Improves social development with peers and others
- Improves a child's reading and spelling proficiency
- Improves the bond between parent/caregiver and child
- Improves communication, and minimizes frustrations/temper-tantrums
- Improves a child's attention span, especially children with ADD/ADHD
- Provides toddlers with the opportunity to produce short sentences early on
- Provides toddlers with the opportunity to discuss topics of interest early on
- Provides toddlers with the opportunity to express their desires and feelings
Resource Links:
- Baby Sign Language Improves Childrens IQ Scores
http://www.babiesbase.com/baby/babysignlanguag-21452.html - Down Syndrome and Sign Language Benefits!
http://www.babies-and-sign-language.com/downs-syndrome.html - AttachmentParentingDoctor.com: Sign With Your Baby
http://www.attachmentparentingdoctor.com/sign_language.html - DeafChildrenAndSigning.com: Baby Sign Language
http://www.deafchildrenandsigning.com/baby-sign-language.html - Resources for teaching babies sign language
http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/teaching+babies+sign+language - ADHD benefits of ASL
Early Acquisition of American Sign Language: An Innovative Approach for Treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - CDE Contracts with CSUN to Produce DVD on American Sign Language Benefits for Babies
http://blogs.csun.edu/news/2010/05/asl-dvd/
