Application of Signs with Speech in the Parent Infant Training Programme for Young Cerebral Palsied Children

Abstract

This has been a pilot study using signs and speech based on the Makaton Vocabulary. It involves one group of the Parent Infant Training Programme at the Queensland Spastic Welfare League, consisting of four cerebral palsied non-verbal children. It was instigated following non-achievement of expectations using a traditional therapy approach. There has been ongoing assessment, including a video in July. As a result of the success of the programme to date there has been an extension of the aims and new initiatives have evolved.