Discover: Makaton
Discover: Makaton
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Makaton is a communication language which uses hand gestures alongside symbols and spoken words to support communication and understanding.
Makaton is a communication language which uses hand gestures alongside symbols and spoken words to support communication and understanding.
Why use Makaton?
Why use Makaton?
- Makaton helps to encourage language development in very young children and babies
- It reduces frustration in children and young people who do not yet have speech as a means of expressing themselves; communicating their wants and needs (e.g. food, drink, hot, cold)
- It can help children to make sense of the world around them, especially when talking about abstract places or concepts which are not in front of them (e.g. school, home, fire, rabbit, man)
- It supports relationships between children who do confidently communicate using spoken language and those who don't or who find spoken communication challenging
The following video shows a video baby signing with her mother. They are not using Makaton signs but it demonstrates how she can communicate without having spoken language
The following video shows a video baby signing with her mother. They are not using Makaton signs but it demonstrates how she can communicate without having spoken language
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