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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stefan,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know any person like that boy but some
years ago I read a book titled "Dziecko w autoportrecie z zamalowaną twarzą" (A
child's self-portrait with the face painted over) by Marina Zalewska (Polish
psychologist) where reasons for no or poor speech production in hearing and
deaf pre-school kids were analysed and effective therapies presented. It
was very mind-opening to me! :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lucy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=acpg@vtxnet.ch href="mailto:acpg@vtxnet.ch">Anne-Claude Prélaz
Girod</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sw-l] handicapped child -
able to listen and understand - unable to speak</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Stefan
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<DIV>in my speech therapist practice (my old life... some years ago.....)... I
followed a small boy who completely lost language (comprehension and
production skliis were both lost) after developping a LandauKleffner
syndrom... he was put in the scholl for the deaf where I used to work to
enable him to develop language skills in SignLanguage... because oral
langauges were just impossible... </DIV>
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<DIV>he recovered very well after a few years... and Signlanguage was a real
help for him during these years</DIV>
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<DIV>Maybe I can explain more.... you should give me a call on SKYPE....</DIV>
<DIV>I could even send you the paper that was published on him if you're
interested.... and you should watch on of the "SIGNES" TV progamm for
the deaf here in Switzerland... were the whole progamm was talking about this
young man... and another child in France that happen to have the same
problem!</DIV>
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<DIV>talk of all that soon...</DIV>
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<DIV>for now I desperatly need to go to bed....</DIV>
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<DIV>Anny</DIV>
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<DIV>Le 12 nov. 06 à 16:16, Stefan Wöhrmann a écrit :</DIV><BR
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi Valerie and dear sw-list
members all over the world,</SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Excuse me, if somebody
feels that this question is not subject to SignWriting ... I need your
support.</SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Last week I met a 5 year
old boy in my classroom– </SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">He is physically
handicapped. He can hear and understand spoken language but is unable to
speak a single word and this will not change in the future. So he uses
gestures as far as possible.</SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Now we are in the process to
develop ideas – what kind of education – program would fit his needs at
best?</SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">He is able to understand
questions and to follow instructions given in spoken language at his level
of age without any problem. So he iss smart ... smile!</SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the long run he probably will
choose to use kind of computersoftware – to type his comments on a screen –
but will this support his need for everyday –
communication?</SPAN><O:P
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">His mother has heard about
GebaerdenSchrift (SignWriting ) and she decided to check out whether
this could support her and her son to improve their communcation.</SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Believe it or not but this smart
little boy was able to identify the signs of a two pages
GebaerdenSchrift-Document after only a 45 minute session! And even
when I wrote some sign-names at the blackboard he could understand and sign
immediately the idea : written names - well of course written
SignLanguage</SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am wondering wether anybody
who reads this message knows of a child in an almost parallel situation.
Would be great to get some enriching ideas, comments, weblinks
...</SPAN><O:P
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks for your
attention!</SPAN><O:P
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Stefan ;-) </SPAN><O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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