Anna Bros 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 What are the differences or similarities between BSL and Makaton. Ref - learning to communicate with a 3 year old with Down's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Bros 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 My friends daughter is learning Makaton. AS im a student teacher and obs now with 5 months free, i wanted to learn BSL. Are there huge differences and would I be better learning Makaton? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Pierce Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 I use Makatoneveryday in my job role as I am a learning support assistant for a PLMD/ASD school. There are some differences, like you speak as well as sign, and you don't sign your words backwards. You only sign the words that are the most important in a sentence such as for example: Do you need help? Sit down in your chair? Some words are the same in BSL, others a little different. We don't normally fingerspell names, just the first initial. Hope I could be of help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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