Sign of the Week: Help

This is the first post for my “sign of the week” series. I’m going to start the series with some of the signs that I find to be the most functional. I started signing with my daughter when she was about 7 months old. Signing has been so helpful for giving her a means to communicate some of her basic wants and needs.

The first sign I’d like to introduce is the sign, help. It is one of my favorite signs because it is so functional! This was also one of my daugther’s first signs. It definitely came in handy (and still does) when she needed something. She only uses one hand to sign for help, so this is NOT what the sign help actually looks like, it is only her approximated version of it.

To correctly make this sign: Give a thumbs up with one hand, and place it on top of the flat palm of your other hand. Then, lift up. You can see an example in a video by Signing Safari by clicking the link below:

http://youtu.be/vubOI51IP0E

Thanks for stopping by to see the sign of the week, see you next Monday!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jessica Cassity, M.S., CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist in Florida. She is the founder of Digital SLP, which specializes in online speech therapy materials for busy SLPs. She also blogs and hosts a podcast, both of which can be found on The Digital SLP. In her spare time she enjoys yoga, cooking, the outdoors, and spending time with her children.