Talk to Me (Personal & social education) (Paperback)

by Sue Brearley (Author), Jenny Matthews (Photographer)

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Product Description
Children with hearing or speech difficulties can experience great frustration and a sense of being "left out". This book shows how the problems of deafness can be overcome through alternative forms of communication such as lip reading, sign language and pictures on boards. The text describes children whose speech has been affected by aphasia, dysphasia or cerebral palsy, emphasizing that they want to communicate, but may take longer to express themselves. The work of a speech therapist is explained, and the sign language alphabet is featured at the end.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 26 pages
• Publisher: A&C Black (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0713644109
• ISBN-13: 978-0713644104
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 7.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,316,484 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Deaf awareness, November 1, 2000

By	Lynda G. Pitcher (Hanover, PA) - See all my reviews

This photo illustrated book is filled with wonderful pictures of disabled children interacting and communicating in different ways. It explains very simply that all people want and need to communicate and that their are lots of ways this can be done. It also explains that just because someone uses sign language or cannot speak, it does not necessarily mean that they are deaf. My class of second graders responded to this book very well. Just to let you know - the book was written and published in London so the fingerspelling alphabet they show at the end of the book is different than our American version. My students found this very interesting as we have been learning to sign all year.