Using Signs to Facilitate Vocabulary in Children With Language Delays

Susan Hendler Lederer and Dana Battaglia Infants & Young Children (2015) 28(1), 18-31

Link: https://journals.lww.com/iycjournal/Fulltext/2015/01000/Using_Signs_to_Facilitate_Vocabulary_in_Children.3.aspx

The purpose of this article is to explore recommended practices in choosing and using key word signs (i.e., simple single-word gestures for communication) to facilitate first spoken words in hearing children with language delays.