02977nam 2200397 450 991068845200332120230701104203.0(CKB)5400000000040274(NjHacI)995400000000040274(EXLCZ)99540000000004027420230701d2020 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSimplified SignsVolume 2Simplified sign lexicon, descriptions, and memory aids a manual sign-communication system for special populations /John D. Bonvillian [and four others] ; illustrated by Val Nelson-MetlayCambridge, UK :Open Book Publishers,2020.1 online resource (1136 pages) illustrations1-80064-004-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Simplified Signs presents a system of manual sign communication intended for special populations who have had limited success mastering spoken or full sign languages. It is the culmination of over twenty years of research and development by the authors. The Simplified Sign System has been developed and tested for ease of sign comprehension, memorization, and formation by limiting the complexity of the motor skills required to form each sign, and by ensuring that each sign visually resembles the meaning it conveys. Volume 1 outlines the research underpinning and informing the project, and places the Simplified Sign System in a wider context of sign usage, historically and by different populations. Volume 2 presents the lexicon of signs, totalling approximately 1000 signs, each with a clear illustration and a written description of how the sign is formed, as well as a memory aid that connects the sign visually to the meaning that it conveys. While the Simplified Sign System originally was developed to meet the needs of persons with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, autism, or aphasia, it may also assist the communication needs of a wider audience - such as healthcare professionals, aid workers, military personnel , travellers or parents, and children who have not yet mastered spoken language. The system also has been shown to enhance learning for individuals studying a foreign language. Lucid and comprehensive, this work constitutes a valuable resource that will enhance the communicative interactions of many different people, and will be of great interest to researchers and educators alike.Simplified Signs Children with disabilitiesDeafMeans of communicationChildren with disabilities.DeafMeans of communication.362.784Bonvillian John D.857461Nelson-Metlay ValNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910688452003321Simplified signs1914577UNINA