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One Deaf Child: Presentation by Rachel Coleman (video)

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In this presentation for Deaf Awareness Week, Signing Time’s Rachel Coleman talks about her compelling journey that began when she learned that her daughter, Leah, was deaf. Watch Rachel’s presentation. This video was produced by the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM – pronounced “en-cham”) at Utah State University. The goal of NCHAM is to ensure that all infants and toddlers with hearing loss are identified as early as possible and provided with timely and appropriate audiological, educational, and medical intervention. NCHAM’s research, training, and technical assistance activities contribute to this goal by working to achieve the following …

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Video: Elementary students interview Rachel Coleman!

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Kyle and Kyndall Evans from Coles Elementary School in Virginia recently interviewed Rachel Coleman. While growing up and learning American Sign Language (ASL) Kyle and Kendall often watch Rachel on Signing Time shows. See what Kyle and Kyndall asked Rachel when they got the chance to interview her for Prince William County Schools TV! PWCS-TV is proud to offer the stellar “Signing Time” programs on our educational cable channel, daily. Prince William County Schools (PWCS) Hearing Impairment and Deafness Support Services is exploring collaborative opportunities with Two Little Hands Productions to identify funding for new, creative programs that support education …

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Chicagoland Buddy Walk: A Day to Remember

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By Monica Blouin, Advanced Signing Time Academy Instructor The Chicagoland Buddy Walk will definitely go down in Buddy Walk history as a memorable event. This year was the 10thanniversary for our event to fundraise, celebrate, and raise awareness for those living with Down syndrome. All along, we were planning to make this year the biggest and best year yet. Last year, I was a new Signing Time Academy Instructor and I found out that Instructors acted as hosts and promoters of “Rachel Concerts”. I knew that I wanted to do this and bring Rachel to our community for the first …

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Signing Time: Thank You For Bringing a Smile to My Mom’s Face!

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We were touched when we received the following email and video from a fan: Hello, I wanted you to know that your show is a positive light in my mom’s life and I wanted to say thank you.  My mom has Alzheimer’s Disease.  I am her daughter and caregiver. My mom loves to watch your show!!!  It makes her smile everyday. I just want you to know that you are not only making a difference in children’s lives, but adults too. Thank you again.  – Toni W. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9kqt920b_I&version=3&hl=en_US] You can learn more about Toni’s experience with Alzheimer’s and her mom by watching …

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Helping Your Clients To See Signing as Learning

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By Colleen Brunetti, M.Ed. Take a moment to think about why people take your signing classes. Many of my clients have told me they want to know what their baby wants before spoken language has developed. Some appreciate the bonding opportunity. Others are just looking for something to do with their infant or toddler and signing classes seem like a good social opportunity. These are all great reasons to take a signing class! But have your clients started to see the cognitive benefits of signings? In other words, do they see signing as learning, at least beyond some simple vocabulary …

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“Our daughter started signing at 7 months!” by Tami

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Tami sent us the following success story in an email. Listen to other amazing testimonials about how Signing Time has changed the lives of millions of families and share your success story by visiting www.signingtime.com/stories.   “Our daughter started signing at 7 months. She could sign “more” and “milk” and she could understand the sign for “all done”. She watches a Baby Signing Time video about 5 days a week and she is taught signs both at home and at daycare. We take monthly photos of her and since signing was such a huge achievement during her 7th month, we used our Baby …

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Physician speaks out: “Why I Recommend Signing Time”

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Why I Recommend Signing Time by Jennifer Hanes, DO   As a mom and doctor, Signing Time is THE brand I have recommended most to parents and friends over the past five years. As a physician, I can say that signing helps enhance communication for children of all ages. Babies and toddlers can sign long before they are able to verbalize their wants. As they grow, sign language helps clarify their words. As an example, when my son was younger, he was frustrated because I misunderstood him saying “work” when he was actually trying to say “rock.” I asked him to …

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ASL Fight Club

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  Bree Blum, a Master Signing Time Academy Instructor, was recently featured in this news article! Nobody talks at ASL Fight Club, a sign-language immersion course By Chris Ramirez, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Friday, April 6, 2012 Bree Blum, 29, wants to work with her hands one day. Born able to hear, Blum learned American sign language at an early age so she could communicate with her older sister, Kristin, who has cerebral palsy. She wants to learn it well enough to eventually teach deaf children, so she’s made herself a fixture at a monthly sign-language immersion course in Edgewood. Organizers call it …

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Ryan will do what Ryan will do!

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Making a Difference: Stories from Signing Time Families We’d like to share this testimonial that Susan L. posted at www.signingtime.com recently. Warning: Get your tissue out. This is one seriously inspiring story. When we adopted Ryan from Russia he was almost 2 years old and was unable to speak. Right away we got him involved in all kinds of program for developmentally delayed children. After a year of receiving speech, occupational therapy, and being in a developmental preschool, he had made some progress, but still wasn’t able to form any words. I made the decision to quit my job to …

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Ghana 2012: A Change in Perspective (Pablo’s Story)

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by Pablo Martos, Certified Signing Time Academy Instructor Somehow, I convinced a remarkable young woman to marry me nine years ago, and she went around being remarkable until someone invited her to go to Ghana. I tagged along. It started when a friend gave us some DVDs featuring an overly chipper woman in orange to help us communicate with our developmentally delayed son. Since then, my wife has started training to be an ASL interpreter, and has worked for Rachel in a number of capacities. I tended to be involved in some of the larger projects she did for the …

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