Ghana: Sign language could better parent-child communication

[Francis Hult]

Joy Online

 

Sign language could better parent-child communication

 

Mr Felix Kumedzro, Central Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare on Friday, urged parents with deaf and dump children to endeavour to learn the sign language skills to enable their wards to share their "deepest thoughts and concerns with them".

He said research conducted among hearing impaired children indicated that due to parents' lack of sign language skills, communication between them and their relatives at home does not encourage fruitful interaction and learning.

Mr Kumedzro made the appeal when he addressed a workshop for children with hearing impairment and their families at Cape Coast.

 

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