Creative communication through sign and gesture: Helping children achieve their potential

The aim of this event is to develop awareness of the role of sign and gesture in helping children develop their communication and language skills, at a time when digital and technical approaches are often promoted as the main solution to their problems.

The practical focus of the evening means that it will be relevant to families as well as education and health professionals, researchers, and speech and language therapists.

Talks

Multimodality - the implications of adopting a truly multi-modal approach that values sign and gesture
Nicola Grove

Attitudes and school environments
Kieron Sheehy

Relationship between KWS and sign language
Ros Herman

Signing with children who are deaf/ blind
Gail Deuce and Steve Grove

Intervention - how using sign and gesture helps children with discussion and creative language skills
Charlotte Parkhouse and Gareth Smith

Links

• UCL Centre for Inclusive Education
• Department of Psychology and Human Development
• Manual Sign Acquisition in Children with Developmental Disabilities, Nova Science, 2019