Signs Workshop: the importance of natural gestures in the promotion of early co...

• Author(s): Almeida, Ana Margarida P. ; Condeço, Teresa ; Ramos, Fernando ; Sousa, Álvaro ; Cotrim, Luísa ; Macedo, Sofia ; Palha, Miguel
• Date: 2007
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/5774
• Origin: RIA - Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro
• Subject(s): Signs; Communication; Down sindrome; Language and communication skills; Augmented communication systems; Total communication (simultaneous use of signs and language); Multimedia production
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

This article emphasises the importance of natural gestures and describes the framework and the development process of the “Signs Workshop” CD-ROM, which is a multimedia application for the promotion of early communication skills of children with developmental disabilities. Signs Workshop CD-ROM was created in the scope of Down’s Comm Project, which was financed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and is the result of a partnership between UNICA (Communication and Arts Research Unit of the University of Aveiro) and the Portuguese Down Syndrome Association (APPT21/Differences). Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation