11:37am Tuesday 16th March 2010
By Alex Lewis
MOTHERS and babies can learn how to communicate with sign language at St Albans Town Hall on Thursday.
A team of University of Hertfordshire psycholgists will be on hand between 10am and 4pm to teach Baby- Sign, "a form of non-verbal communication for infants".
Professor Karen Pine said: "Encouraging mothers to use simple hand gestures with their infants can have linguistic and wider non-linguistic benefits for infants, mainly for those who are at risk of language delay, because of social deprivation, low parental education or other factors.
"It is of prime importance that the outcomes of the research are made available to the community so that interventions are targeted at those who need it."
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