Sign Language
Liana Valentin-Scott
All students participate in Sign Language class once a week and may perform an interpreted song at special events. Using Sign Language is beneficial in a number of ways:
- Develops visual perceptual skills – interpreting and remembering hand shapes
- Develops fine-motor and visual-motor integration skills – forming hand shapes based on a model
- Develops expressive and receptive language – utilizes some of the same areas of the brain as spoken language
- Communication – Pairing speech with signs facilitates comprehension
- Develops an understanding of Deaf Culture
- ASL – American Sign Language – recognized (in some states) as a Foreign Language
What Sets Us Apart
- Developmentally Grouped Homerooms
- Differentiated and Individualized Academic Instruction
- Utilization of a Variety of Well-Supported Academic Programs and Multi-Sensory Instruction
- Small Groups for Core Academics
- Group Speech-Language, Occupational, and Music Therapy for all
