LEADER 02977nam 2200397 450 001 9910688452003321 005 20230701104203.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000040274 035 $a(NjHacI)995400000000040274 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000040274 100 $a20230701d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSimplified Signs$hVolume 2$iSimplified sign lexicon, descriptions, and memory aids $ea manual sign-communication system for special populations /$fJohn D. Bonvillian [and four others] ; illustrated by Val Nelson-Metlay 210 1$aCambridge, UK :$cOpen Book Publishers,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (1136 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-80064-004-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aSimplified 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. 517 $aSimplified Signs 606 $aChildren with disabilities 606 $aDeaf$xMeans of communication 615 0$aChildren with disabilities. 615 0$aDeaf$xMeans of communication. 676 $a362.784 700 $aBonvillian$b John D.$0857461 702 $aNelson-Metlay$b Val 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910688452003321 996 $aSimplified signs$91914577 997 $aUNINA