makaton for ribbon?

[JoMaman]

does anybody know the makaton for ribbon or string?
thanks in advance

possibly may depend on what you are using ribbon for...
eg tying up parcel, putting in hair, etc.

thanks - its for a bunch of ribbons tied together on a key ring for him to 'play' with, OT suggested it as replacement for trying to eat/pull my hair. i hope it works as plan B is to shave my head :(

as it's something specially for him I'd make your own up by signing what it is you want him to do with it. Let me know if it works, dd3 has gone from pulling my hair out to pulling her own out.

good idea bigcar, we have to make up quite a few signs anyway as he can't do the difficult ones. will let you know if it works

How's it going?

Ps it is ok to adapt signs esp if your ds can't make the 'correct' ones, I would recommend trying to use part of the sign, that way you can add to it later if skills develop.

(for example for Pizza my ds just uses the 'big round shape' and doesn't yet preface it with 'P' and 'Z')

hmmm, it turns out the appeal of the ribbons was only fleeting and is no match for my hair :( so it looks like a sign won't be necessary... we use lots of adapted signs but i'm finding that they all start to look the same as he can only do a certain number of fine motor actions if you see what i mean. But we usually know what he means based on the context. Hopefully this will improve as he picks up new signs, it feels like its all going painfully slowly though!

ouch!

it does seem slow at the start, but for us ds spent lots of time absorbing, and then they started to pop out of him..

( we are watching Mr Tumble before bed as I type... )

that's encouraging to hear, will keep plugging away. We would also be lost without Mr Tumble :)

ds, (LD and ASD) will do anything for an episode of Mr Tumble played backwards.. we just happened to re-wind one day and he thought it was the funniest thing ever!
(Do you also know the Dave Benson Philips Makaton nursery rhymme/song DVD? if your ds likes songs might like that?)

String: Full "O" hands together (palms facing in across the body, pointing forward) move apart with thumbs and fingers rubbing together (Full "O" hand: make a tube with your fingers and thumb, with the tips of the thumb and index touching)

Ribbon: Working open pinched hand (palm in/down, pointing forward), fingertips touching supporting open pinched hand (palm in/up, pointing forward), moves up/away. Pinched gap shows width of ribbon
(Pinched hand: from a fist, extend your index finger & thumb so that they are straight and parallel)

From the Signalong vocabulary - happy to send pictures of the signs if you can't work them out from the descriptions

PS signalong vocab not necessarily the same as makaton, (I'm not saying these aren't by the way)

signalong and makaton are both signing systems based on the signs of BSL, but with adaptations and provisos.

thank you! good to know what the proper sign would be although I think I need to simplify for ds

If it's hair that your ds is into some families i have worked with have used one of those dolls heads that you are meant to practice hairdressing on...but in a v controlled way (so it doesn't encourage the interest even further) or the packaging you get in poundshops at the moment (shredded paper for easter) is also really good substitute.
hth

Thanks for the advice - I recently bought a hairpiece to try with him but was afraid of creating yet another unhealthy obsession!