The study focused on the adaptation and development of the first diagnostic instrument to assess the visual communication and Flemish Sign Language skills of deaf signing children (age ≤ 24 months). An adaptation of the standardized Visual Communication and Sign Language Check-list for Signing Children (VCSL; Simms et al., 2013) was followed by a pilot study with ten 24-month-old deaf children of different backgrounds who were divided into three cohorts: deaf children of deaf parents, deaf children of hearing parents with a signed input, and deaf children of hearing parents without a signed input. A high degree of agreement was noted between the milestones mastered by the three deaf children of deaf parents and the American Sign Language VCSL item sequence. Differences found between the three cohorts demonstrate the applicability of the Flemish Sign Language adaptation of the VCSL checklist.

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面向两岁以下儿童的佛兰德手语诊断工具：ASL VCSL检查表的改编

这项研究的重点是适应和开发第一种诊断工具，以评估聋人签名儿童（≤24个月）的视觉交流和佛兰德手语技能。在对标准化的手语儿童视觉交流和手语清单进行改编后（VCSL； Simms等人，2013），随后进行了一项试点研究，研究对象是十名来自不同背景的24个月大的聋儿，他们被分为三组：聋人父母的聋儿，听力父母的聋儿（带有签名输入）和听力父母的聋儿（无签名）。在三个聋人父母聋人孩子掌握的里程碑和美国手语VCSL项目顺序之间达成了高度一致。