Owner, WeeHands & CanadianBabies; Author of The Baby Signing Book
Toronto, Canada Area
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- President at CanadianBabies
- Owner at WeeHands
- Past
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- Instructor at Durham Technical Community College
- Behaviour Therapist at Lake Ridge Community Support Services
- Communication Assistant at Surrey Place Centre
- Communication Consultant at Pryor, Linder & Associates
- Education
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- Georgian College
- Carleton University
- University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa
- Bawating
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Sara Bingham’s Summary
Sara Bingham is the founder of WeeHands (a baby sign language company) and is author of The Baby Signing Book. Sara completed an honours Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics at the University of Ottawa, and has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Carleton University. In addition, she has earned an honours post-graduate diploma from Georgian College, as a Communicative Disorders Assistant.
Sara has been studying American Sign Language (ASL) since 1991 with the Canadian Hearing Society, the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf and at Durham College.
She teaches at Durham College within the Communicative Disorders Assistant program and the owner/founder of WeeHands, www.weehands.com
Sara Bingham’s Specialties:
Infant sign language, curriculum development, staff and caregiver training, special needs, communicative disorders, babies, parenting, Canada, prenatal, postnatal, marketing, advertising
Sara Bingham’s Experience
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President
CanadianBabies
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)
CanadianBabies is a directory of all things baby in Canada, featuring services for new and expecting families in, but not limited to, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Durham Region, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.
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Owner
WeeHands
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Individual & Family Services industry)
May 2001 — Present (7 years 1 month)
Since 2001, WeeHands has taught over a 1500 families, child care staff, teachers and other caregivers how to sign with their infants and toddlers. Based on Joseph Garcia's award winning Sign with your Baby® program, our classes and workshops teach you how to use American Sign Language vocabulary with your wee one throughout the day. We teach you the ASL signs and language strategies you need and you teach your wee one at home through songs and fun, motivating activities!
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Instructor
Durham Technical Community College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
2002 — 2008 (6 years)
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Behaviour Therapist
Lake Ridge Community Support Services
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)
May 2001 — November 2002 (1 year 7 months)
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Communication Assistant
Surrey Place Centre
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)
December 1997 — April 2001 (3 years 5 months)
Surrey Place Centre is a leading community-based organization in Toronto providing complex diagnostics, counseling, service coordination, behavioural therapy and educational programs to people living with a developmental disability and their families.
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Communication Consultant
Pryor, Linder & Associates
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)
October 1994 — August 2000 (5 years 11 months)
Sara Bingham’s Education
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Georgian College
Post-graduate diiploma, Communicative Disorders Assistant, September 1993 — August 1994
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Carleton University
B.A., Psychology, 1986 — 1993
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University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa
B.A. Honours, Linguistics, 1988 — 1992
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Bawating
1980 — 1985
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