OnOn CueCue Volume 28 Issue 1 Winter 2016 50th Anniversary of Cued Speech Conference by Hannah Mann and Megan Thomas a leadership program for teens, we’ve got something for everyone. For fifty years, Cued Speech has Parents can meet other families who weathered politics, discrimination, and truly share a common language through ignorance; and yet, it holds strong, thanks Cued Speech. to dedicated parents, educators, advocates, and of course, cuers themselves. They’ve Educators can see for themselves how experienced firsthand what Cued Speech Cued Speech enables D/HH children to has done for themselves, their children, read and write English fluently, without their careers, and their lives. needing to give up their Deaf identities or worldwide, and that number grows daily. forgo American Sign Language. In 1966, Dr. Orin Cornett developed In the past year alone, we’ve developed or Audiologists, speech pathologists, Cued Speech to address the deaf refined four cued languages and birthed community’s flagging literacy rates, which and teachers of the deaf can discover how two small cued language communities in Cued Speech gives full visual access to averaged to a 4th-grade reading level at new countries. age 18. It started with Mary Elsie Daisey increase spoken-language capability. and her daughter, Leah, and grew into an On July 8-10, 2016, the National Cued No matter who you are, or whether international community of cuers over Speech Association will host its 50th you talk, sign, or cue, you’ll be able to several generations. These cuers kept pace Anniversary of Cued Speech Conference network, make friends, and meet other with, and often surpassed, their hearing in Falls Church, Virginia at the Westin world-changers. We all have valuable peers, entering fields in medicine, law, Tyson Corner. The conference offers knowledge and experiences to share so technology, arts, and more. three tracks (p. 12) covering international you’ll be welcomed with open arms. cued languages, Cued Speech research Today, we have Cued Speech in tailored for professionals and families, and Register at the website, over 70 languages and dialects, and personal stories from native cuers. With an www.cuedspeech50.org, and cue it thousands of cuers in over 30 countries exhibition hall, a children’s program, and forward! CLEAR: The Future of NCSA Advocacy by Aaron Rose, M.S.D.E. One success of CLEAR as an NCSA of CLEAR, it only made sense to offer a program is the robust fiscal responsibility CLEAR track for adults as well. With over three workshops since 2010, that allowed for three workshops to When I think of past cue camps, I CLEAR has served 29 individuals who take place on a grant budget allocated remember the profound impact that young self-identify with Cued Speech as a mode for one workshop and basic curriculum adult cuers had on my identity as a native of communication. Originally titled as development. cuer. Those cuers included Leah Lewis, “Cuers for Leadership, Education, and Furthermore, we are able to provide seed Steve Scher, Rob McIntosh, Daniel Koo, Advocacy Retreat,” this program’s ideal funding for more CLEAR programming and many more. outcome has been to prepare cuers in this summer at the Cued Speech 50th becoming better leaders, educators, and Today, after having taught a CLEAR Anniversary Conference. After our teen workshop in Minneapolis, MN, I advocates for Cued Speech. success with the adult and teen versions CLEAR, continued on P. 11

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Board of Directors 2014-2017 President’s Message NCSA Officers One year into our current board ad- President: Anne Huffman (Graylakes, IL) ministration, and we’re already busy with First VP: Penny Hakim (Monroe, LA) VP Fundraising: Ben Lachman (Chicago, IL) outreach, fundraising and planning for the Treasurer: Brian Kelly (Annapolis, MD) 50th anniversary of Cued Speech next July. Secretary: Lorac Hintz Lawton (Springfield, VA) As someone who was there from the begin- ning (I was very young), I can’t believe Directors it’s been 50 years already! And yet, for my Camps and Affiliates: Andy Payonk (Spencer, NC) Hands & Voices Liaison: Jeff Maslin (W. Berlin, NJ) family, Cued Speech has always been part Marketing: Charles Musser (Arlington, VA) of our lives. Outreach: Suhad Keblawi (Vienna, VA) The 50th Anniversary Conference takes Special Projects: Amy Crumrine (Germantown, MD) Public Relations: Rob McIntosh (Arlington, VA) you through the past, present, and future of Representatives: Claire Klossner (Baltimore, MD) Cued Speech, with activities planned for Academic Advisory Council: Polly Earl (Ft Fairfield, ME) children, teens, parents, educators, other Government Liaison: (Vacant) professionals, and anyone who just wants to see what it’s all about. Regional Representatives Capital (DE, MD, VA, WV, DC): We’re elated to announce that one Angela Laptewicz (Arlington, VA) of our board members, Amy Crumrine, Mid-Atlantic (KY, NC, TN): recently succeeded in having Dr. Cornett’s Sarah Pierce (Charlotte, NC) portrait hung in the Student Union at As I write this, I remember being on Gallaudet. Amy has also gotten approval stage at age 10 with Dr. Cornett and my New England (CT, RI, MA, ME, NH, VT): to launch an online Cued Speech class parents. When we talked about getting Gela Michelle Fuxman, MS, CCC-SLP through Gallaudet, and is currently looking into our pajămas, I corrected them and (Framingham, MA) for people to register. We continue to sup- said in my house we called it pajámas Northeast (NJ, NY, PA, OH): port the mission of literacy and language (different pronunciation), or PJs. These Jeff Maslin (West Berlin, NJ) for deaf children. distinctions would not be possible with- out the tool we were given 50 years ago. South (FL, GA, SC,PR, VI): The NCSA board had a productive fall Danielle Milanese, M.A., CCC-SLP (Lakeland, FL) meeting in Greenville, S.C., where local So, join us in celebration, but help us Cued Language Transliterators (CLTs) spread the word. We have a lot of work to Southwest (TX, OK, NM, AZ): attended, shared their experiences, and ex- do! - Anne Huffman, President Hannah Mann (Fort Worth, TX) changed knowledge with our experts. A stu- Midwest (IO, KS, NB, MO): (Vacant) dent liaison from Lenoir-Rhyne University, If you live in an area where Logan Waddell, proposed a logo depicting there is no regional director, Rocky Mountain (CO, ID, NV, UT, WY): (Vacant) the availability of CLTs at public events. the NCSA is looking to fill Upper Plains (MT, MN, ND, SD): (Vacant) We also met with AGBMS/AEHI several vacant positions. To representatives about ways to collaborate, be considered as a regional Gulf Coast (AK, LA, MS, AL): (Vacant) support each other, and spread the word on representative, send an email Cued Speech, particularly through electron- West (CA, HI, OR, WA): (Vacant) ic means. We agreed on laying out a plan outlining your interest and a Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, WI): (Vacant) for increasing awareness and acceptance of resume to [email protected]. Cued Speech over the next 50 years. Executive Director: Sarina Roffe (New York, NY)

On Cue, the newsletter of the National Cued Speech Association™, is published twice a year. We always welcome Cued Speech news, calendar items, stories, and photos! Want to contribute your voice to On Cue? Send your materials to [email protected]. Electronic photos must be high-resolution at 300 dpi. On Cue 3603 Quentin Road, Brooklyn, NY 11234 Hannah Mann: Editor-in-Chief; Aaron Rose: Layout Editor

2 Championing effective communication, language acquisition, and literacy through the use of Cued Speech. National Cued Speech Association Volume 28 • Issue 1 • Winter 2016 It All Started with Cheese: A Story of Language By Nabeel Keblawi Mom never knew if I wanted the Wisconsin, New York, or Colby, and those I was diagnosed with a severe to were just a few of the cheddar brands. Maybe profound hearing loss and fitted with I did not always want cheddar. Or, even if hearing aids at a year old. My parents, Feisal I wanted cheddar, there were the creamy, and Suhad Keblawi, immediately started mild, medium, and sharp kinds. The options searching for an educational program for at the grocery store were endless. Some days deaf children. First, they placed me in an oral I wanted the sharp. Other days I wanted the program because they were encouraged by creamier stuff. My tastes kept changing every one teacher’s success in that program. day and there was no way my parents could figure out what I wanted just by using sign Unfortunately for me, the oral program for that word. There were many words for language. did not help me learn the necessary language which there was no sign. My parents tried skills to communicate with my parents, fingerspelling these words, but fingerspelling Seeing that film of a mother cueing siblings, extended family members, and did not mean anything to a four-year-old with the exact names of the cheeses convinced friends. At home my parents would struggle a short attention span. my mother that we should switch to Cued to understand what I was trying to say. I’d Speech. A major benefit of Cued Speech While I was at Mantua, my father was have temper tantrums almost daily because was that my parents didn’t have to change elected president of the parent organization I didn’t know how to express my thoughts, the language to talk with me, and they could Hear NOVA, where parents of deaf children wants, and needs. This went on for two years. speak naturally like any other parent talking in Fairfax County got together to share We were one frustrated family! to their child. So my parents switched me experiences and exchange ideas. One night to the Cued Speech Program at Beech Tree My parents decided to move me to my father attended a technology fair where Elementary School. Before I enrolled at another program. I was already three years he met Dr. Orin Cornett, who invented Cued Beech Tree, my parents hired Ms. Kathy old and had virtually no language, so we Speech. were running out of time for language Lovette, who was to be my teacher at Beech After listening to Dr. Cornett’s development. I began in the sign language Tree, to get my family and I up to speed on explanation of how Cued Speech worked, preschool program at Mantua Elementary Cued Speech by the time the school year my father came home that night brimming School. In the summer of ‘83, my family began. with excitement. He tried to convince my and I attended a one-week Family Learning A year after I learned Cued Speech, mother to switch me over to Cued Speech, Vacation at Gallaudet University to learn sign I knew all the cheese brands, as well as but my mother was skeptical at first. My language. During that week, parents attended everything between creamy and extra parents were invited to Dr. Cornett’s home, sign language classes while children learned sharp. I could describe the taste and texture where he explained it in more detail and sign language through play, field trips, and in excruciating detail, and I could tell my showed them videos of kids and their participating in arts and crafts. mother exactly what type of cheese I wanted families using Cued Speech. I proved to be a quick learner. On the on my pasta or sandwich. Before long, she One film showed a four-year-old boy second day of the Family Learning Vacation, knew exactly what to get from the store. and his mother. The mother cued and asked when I needed to go to the restroom with a Over the years, the benefits of Cued Speech the boy whether he wanted parmesan or teacher, I got stuck in one of the stalls. I tried extended far beyond knowing the brands of mozzarella cheese on his pasta, and the to open the stall door but it wouldn’t budge. the cheeses I liked. boy replied with his choice. The entire There was about a foot of space between the Cued Speech helped raise my English conversation was in English using Cued stall door and the floor, so I put my hands level to among the top of my class with Speech. That got my mother’s attention under the door and signed the word help. The hearing peers, got me into a coveted because I had a very discriminating taste for teacher saw it and helped me out. It was the university for a bachelor’s degree in cheese. I have had countless temper tantrums first word I had ever used in any language. Information Technology and a master’s because I didn’t like the taste of certain degree in Atmospheric Science, and into Over the next year, I learned sign cheeses that my mother picked up from well-paying jobs after graduation. I currently language so rapidly that my parents could the store. All she could do was sign to me: work in Houston, Texas at EDP Renewables, hardly keep up. Their signing vocabulary yellow cheese or white cheese. Fingerspelling a renewable energy company. I am also a was limited so communication broke down the actual brand names was neither an option freelance writer. My parents and my sister Jill sometimes. Each time they came across a for a parent muddling through sign language, still cue with me to this day. word they didn’t know the sign for, they’d nor for a hungry, frustrated, and impatient stop mid-sentence, open the sign language four-year-old toddler. And I love a good Brie! book, flip the pages, and look up the sign

Championing effective communication, language acquisition, and literacy through the use of Cued Speech. 3 National Cued Speech Association Volume 28 • Issue 1 • Winter 2016 Cornett Scholarship Winner Roars At Auburn by Tammy Lamb community college. Her activities included NCSA Scholarship Committee Chair dance, running, and baton-twirling. She participated in Cue Camp Virginia, AG Bell’s LOFT program, and church mission Rebecca “Becca” Schier is one of more trips; and volunteered in an after-school than 25,000 on the Auburn University program for elementary students. campus in Alabama this year. Her plan to pursue a professional nursing career has While in the Cued Speech program been set in motion as she has been admitted in Fairfax County, VA from first through to the Pre-Nursing Science track of courses ninth grades, Becca used a cued language at Auburn. She credits her academic and transliterator (CLT) for all classes and social successes to her family’s support and extracurricular activities. She also used a the linguistic foundation established by her CLT for two years of her education after use of Cued Speech. moving to Alabama with her family, who also continues to cue with her when her Becca lost her hearing at six months old cochlear implant processors are off. due to bacterial meningitis and has bilateral cochlear implants. She moved frequently These CLTs witnessed firsthand while growing up because her father was Becca’s passion for learning and her in the military. Becca’s family started drive to succeed. “[I see Becca] pursuing believe she will be a powerful advocate using Cued Speech with her when she the highest of education at the graduate for patients’ rights to transliterators and was eighteen months old. Mainstreamed levels and becoming a productive member complete access to communication in in school, she was a member of her high of society in any arena she chooses,” healthcare settings.” school concert, symphonic, and marching says long-time CLT, Suhad Keblawi. The NCSA is proud to have Rebecca bands. She was also dual-enrolled during Faith Hurley, another CLT familiar with Schier as the 2015 R. Orin Cornett her senior year of high school with a local Becca’s accomplishments, agrees: “I Scholarship recipient. NCSA Accepting College Scholarship Applications Established in 1997, the R. Orin Scholarship Fund Cornett Scholarship Fund was created are NOT awarded to help qualified deaf or hard of hearing based on financial Past students to continue their education past need, degree of high school. hearing loss or Cornett Scholars There are two scholarships available use of a cochlear via the R. Orin Cornett Scholarship Fund: implant. 2014: Nicole Dugan R. Orin Cornett Memorial Cornett 2013: Ann Mochinski Scholars will Scholarship ($1,000) - Honors the memory 2012: Caitlin Cunningham of the inventor of Cued Speech, Dr. R. be an advocate Orin Cornett, who dedicated his life to for the use of 2011: Jason Gorny Cued Speech for increasing language, communication and 2010: Michael McAllister literacy among deaf and hard of hearing language, learning and literacy. children. Every application will be considered 2009: Hannah Mann Carol Shuler Memorial Scholarship on the basis of academic achievements and 2008: Jennifer Godsey ($500) - Carol Shuler was a speech other accomplishments including how s/he pathologist and a teacher of the deaf who has represented the mission of NCSA and 2007: John Veazey and embraced Cued Speech for its English the use of Cued Speech. All candidates are Liz Tolleson access. Award recipients must reside in encouraged to apply. Arizona, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, For information on the scholarship 2006: Esther Rimer and Nevada, Oregon, Utah or Washington. application and deadlines, please visit Patrick Gildea Scholarships from the R. Orin Cornett www.cuedspeech.org or email info@ cuedspeech.org.

4 Championing effective communication, language acquisition, and literacy through the use of Cued Speech. National Cued Speech Association Volume 28 • Issue 1 • Winter 2016 NCSA Collaborates with H&V on Cued Mandarin by Hannah Mann the conference. In September 2015, two Chinese Before the conference, I reviewed instructors for deaf and hard-of-hearing the existing cued Mandarin chart and children flew to America for the National tweaked it to more fluidly express tones Hands & Voices Conference in New and diphthongs. Tony and I prepared Braunfels, Texas. Hands and Voices copies of cue charts, exercise sheets, and leadership reached out to the NCSA as instructional materials. part of our partnership to accommodate We spent two hours going over the the Chinese delegation. The Chinese system with the Chinese teachers. They Photo courtesy of Hannah Mann teachers had expressed interest in Cued proved to be quite receptive to Cued Mandarin, and as it so happened, I lived Mandarin, picking up the concept quickly For 2016, I plan to produce online four hours north of the venue and had and asking in-depth questions. We parted videos showing examples of Cued minored in Mandarin. The NCSA arranged on positive terms, with promises to keep Mandarin as a starting point. We hope to for me and Tony Wright, their regional in touch. be able to provide Cued Mandarin training representative for the Southwest, to attend in a year or two. NCSA Board approves logo for CLT services Reception For Dr. Cornett at Gallaudet University By Hannah Mann Facebook page, to much positive feedback. Those in the sign- After consultations with Tom Shull and other To honor his contribution to the education ing deaf community CLTs, Waddell drafted a basic design and of deaf children and his commitment recognize the logo fine-tuned it with the help of professional to improving literacy, the NCSA of two interlinked artists. commissioned a portrait of Dr. R. Orin hands to indicate the “They were able to make the design look Cornett with the help of a donation from availability of sign more like a professional symbol and less like Giant Food, courtesy of cue dad Barry language interpreters a five-year-old’s art project,” said Waddell. Scher. Dr. Cornett was Vice President of Long Range Planning at Gallaudet when at an event. Given The NCSA board approved the design at the growth of cued he invented Cued Speech in 1966. The its board meeting in Greenville, SC. Wad- portrait is now displayed on the Second language services, dell hopes to spread the logo into public Logan Waddell decided it was time for a spe- Floor of the Student Union Building at consciousness and educate others about its Gallaudet. cific logo that represented the field of cued purpose. language tranlisteration. “I want deaf cuers to be able to recognize A free reception will be held in the Atrium Waddell, who works for Lenoir-Rhyne it and know when an event will be transliter- on Sunday July 10, 2016 at 2 pm just University in Hickory, NC, as a CLT, sign ated,” he says. “My hope is to see this sym- after the close of the conference to see language interpreter, and self-proclaimed pun bol plastered around by the 50th anniversary the portrait and celebrate Dr. Cornett. The expert, posed his idea on the Cued Speech of Cued Speech next year. Happy cueing!” reception is being sponsored in part by past president Shannon Howell of Destin, CALENDAR OF EVENTS FL.

April 8-9, 2016 Basic Instructor Workshop (Natick, MA) NCSA Board Meeting (Natick, MA)

April 9-10, 2016 Beginners Cued Speech Workshop (Natick, MA)

April 10, 2016 InsCert Exam (Natick, MA)

July 8-10, 2016 50th Anniversary of Cued Speech Conference (Falls Church, VA)

November 4-5, 2016 Basic Instructor Workshop (Berkeley, CA) NCSA Board Meeting (Berkeley, CA)

November 5-6, 2016 Beginners Cued Speech Workshop (Berkeley, CA)

November 6, 2016 InsCert Exam (Berkeley, CA) Painting by R. Bogdan

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Become A Cued Speech Instructor! As part of its mission, The Basic Instructor the NCSA advocates for Workshop, a 2-day intensive standards of cueing ability workshop, is given at least twice and knowledge by those a year, usually simultaneously teaching Cued American with NCSA Board meetings. English. InsCert – instructor The BIWS, or Basic Instructor certification – is a workshop Workshop, is a 2-day intensive that teaches the basics. workshop taught by 2 qualified instructor trainers. The BIWS An Instructor of Cued was designed to ensure that all Speech certificate is a credential that certifies the instructors are exposed to the NCSA’s current policy on holder’s ability to present information about CS and cueing and cueing mechanics standards. However, the to teach beginning level CS courses. In order to be workshop alone is not meant to be complete preparation certified as an Instructor of Cued Speech, an individual for the national certification exam. must be at least 18 years of age and meet the following five requirements: NCSA paid membership, maintain More information is available at www.cuedspeech.org. proficiency skills (currently, as evidenced by Expressive Cued Speech Skills: Word-level Assessment), maintain 15 hours over three years of continuing education, Upcoming Basic Instructor completed the Basic Instructor Workshop), and pass ICS-National Certification exam, written test, and Workshops and Exams Assessment of Cue Errors (ACE) test. April 8-9, 2016 InsCert Class, Natick, MA The requirements can be completed in any order, but all five must be met within a time period of no more April 10, 2016 InsCert Exam, Natick, MA than 3 years for certification to take effect. Certification Nov 4-5, 2016 InsCert Class, Berkeley, CA is permanent, as long as the first three requirements are maintained. However, certification can be revoked from Nov 6, 2016 InsCert Exam, Berkeley, CA any certified Instructor whose maintenance requirements lapse for more than a year.

NCSA offers Free Beginner Cued Speech Classes Have you heard the expression “If you not have a class. in Natick, MA on April 9-10 and Berkeley, build it, they will come?” That is the new CA on Nov 5-6, 2016. mantra of the NCSA board, which meets To date, classes have been offered in face to face around the country twice a year. Monroe, LA: Portland, OR; Destin, FL; The NCSA fields frequent requests for Pittsburgh, PA; and Minneapolis, MN. CS instruction. Providing these classes to To meet the increasing demand for face- The class in Portland attracted students local families meets the NCSA mission. to-face cueing instruction and training of from as far away as Alaska and Korea. The At the same time, the families and professionals, the NCSA has been offering Destin class attracted folks from Alabama, professionals who take the classes have free CS beginner classes during board Mississippi and Kansas. the opportunity to interact with the board, meeting weekends. These classes have which includes parents and native cuers. been meeting a need to provide direct CS Classes are now being planned in instruction in places that normally would conjunction with the NCSA Board meeting

Championing effective communication, language acquisition, and literacy through the use of Cued Speech. 7 National Cued Speech Association Volume 28 • Issue 1 • Winter 2016 NCSA releases Five Children’s iBooks By Sarina Roffe text in real time. would be sent to iBooks allows the cueing children to The NCSA has released several iBooks reader to expand promote literacy. through the Apple Store. They are: Three the video narration Dr Cornett wanted Little Pigs, Snow White, Red Riding to full screen. to make these Hood, I Have a Special Grandma, Alice The project stories accessible in Wonderland, Hansel and Gretel. Each is under the to deaf cueing iBook is a free download and is viewable supervision children! The on iPad, iPhones or computers. of native cuer iBook Project is During the next few months, the Simon D. Roffé. the 21st century following books will be produced and A variety of version of Dr. released: Rumplestiltskin, Peter Pan, My illustrators Cornett’s vision. Brother is Special, and a book of nursery captured images Each book rhymes. I Have a Special Grandma and for the iBooks. is sponsored My Brother is Special were written by Pioneer Cuers may by a donor, or Peggy McGlone, mom of native cuer remember that Dr. combination of Amy McGlone. The books are primarily R. Orin Cornett, donors, who are adaptations of classic children’s books. the inventor of recognized on the Each story has a video of someone cueing Cued Speech, had cover page of the on each page next to the illustration and a project in the book. To sponsor text. Deaf children can read these stories 1980s whereby stories were cued on video a book, contact the NCSA at info@ and see the video of a person cueing the tape, and these tapes along with the book cuedspeech.org.

8 Championing effective communication, language acquisition, and literacy through the use of Cued Speech. National Cued Speech Association Volume 28 • Issue 1 • Winter 2016 Cued Speech in Upstate South Carolina Two decades of cued language services By Esther Rimer the program still Greenville County Schools is the larg- includes an ASL est school district in South Carolina, and component, since the 44th largest public school district in the some students do nation with over 76,000 students. Because of transfer into the its large student population, it has a sizable program with a deaf and hard-of-hearing program localized previously-estab- throughout several hub schools in the county, lished expressive including one preschool, elementary, middle, mode of com- and high school. Students are placed in main- munication. The streamed classes, “resource” class periods, district’s educa- and/or self-contained classrooms according tors start working to their IEPs and educational needs. How- early with parents ever, this school district stands out because and deaf or its D/HH program relies upon Cued Speech hard-of-hearing preschool age stu- to teach many of its deaf students the English Photo by Aaron Rose language. dents, and have undergraduate courses; it was now a viable, seen greater success with their students since It all started in the late 1980s. Even then, tangible option. introducing Cued Speech into the curriculum. the D/HH program at Greenville County When the first student to use Cued Speech **** Schools included many great students, in the district began pre-kindergarten, she supportive parents, and talented, dedicated was assigned a transliterator. Everyone Esther Rimer graduated summa cum laude teachers. However, there was no continuity in watched the outcome closely. As it turned in 2003 from J.L. Mann High School in instruction. Various modes of sign language out, this student would be the first deaf child Greenville. She was a product of the Green- were being used, but there was no specific in the district’s program who did not need ville D/HH program and the first preschooler curriculum for goal-setting. Content was be- language intervention services when she to cue in Greenville County. ing taught, but no one was teaching language. began kindergarten. The district struggled with huge gaps in their students’ language foundations. As Greenville County educators learned more about Cued Speech and its benefits, Gallaudet Offers Those gaps were especially pronounced at they started re-thinking their approach to the high school level. Despite several advan- education. The district chose a three-pronged Online Class tages, even the brightest and most hard-work- approach to bring language access into the By Aaron Rose ing deaf students were failing reading and classroom: 1) establish a road map for lan- Gallaudet University, located in writing. As a result, they were unable to pass guage development and curriculum, 2) use Washington, D.C., has created an online the mandatory standardized tests required a modality to access the English language, course for learning Cued American English to graduate high school. The program’s and 3) implement an aggressive audiologi- with Amy Crumrine as the instructor. educators wanted their students to graduate cal management system. Cued Speech was Accessibility will include captioning and as competent users of the English language chosen as the modality. Through many sign language interpreters for the course. in both reading and writing, but they soon classes, trips to North Carolina and Louisi- realized that what they had been doing with a ana for Cued Speech training, adherence to The pilot course, which is currently sign-based program was not succeeding. consistency and the COOL principle (“Clear, ongoing, covers skill development The arrival of a new teacher, Ms. G, No Omissions, English word Order, Lots and context as well as related topics to opened the possibility of using Cued Speech of it”), and above all the support of school Cued Speech and how it can be used in in the program. Around this time, a local district leaders, Greenville County Schools conjunction with American Sign Language. mother whose toddler had recently become transitioned to a Cued Speech component in Tuition was listed as $558 for the deaf also learned about Cued Speech and their D/HH program. course, which will take place from January decided that she wanted Cued Speech to be Today, the district’s program still embraces 19 to May 6, 2016. For further information, used with her child. Suddenly, Cued Speech Cued Speech as the best method available to contact the Center for Continuing Studies was no longer an abstract concept that district teach its deaf students the English language. at [email protected] or visit www. educators vaguely remembered from their Cued Speech is not the only modality in use; gallaudet.edu/css/cued-speech.html.

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10 Championing effective communication, language acquisition, and literacy through the use of Cued Speech. National Cued Speech Association Volume 28 • Issue 1 • Winter 2016 CueFamily: The Browns by Suzy Brown

My daughter Felicity is profoundly deaf. Through some stroke of luck, I already knew some sign language, having used it with my son with speech apraxia. I started signing to her from day one, but even so, I felt a deep disappointment – it wasn’t enough. It was a life-saver for my son, who needed a way to express himself before he could speak. But as a stand-alone method of communication, it was frustratingly limited. So many words didn’t have a sign or had to be finger-spelled. English is a rich language and sign language was not able to convey it all. Photo by Suzy Brown We heard about Cued Speech for the first time soon after Felicity was born. My So, armed with my cue chart and You- much from each other. husband Anson had shared with his cowork- Tube videos, I taught myself to cue over the Be the change you want to see in the ers that his new baby was probably deaf. It summer. The biggest challenge I had when world; start the Cue-mmunity you wish you turned out one of them had a son who was learning was finding resources and support had in your area! You are not alone, and if deaf too, and he used Cued Speech. He was from other cuers – emphasis on the word everyone waits for someone else to take the very successful with it – he had even just “finding.” Great resources and an awesome first step, that first step will never happen. graduated from law school, which his mom community exist, but it takes a little detec- As a parent, the battle cry sounds like, “Do claimed was only possible because of Cued tive work to find them! I highly recommend it for your child!” But honestly, my daugh- Speech. going to a cue camp; that’s the best first step. ter is only two years old and I can honestly Luckily, we have that and Cued Speech say I’ve gotten so much more out of Cued I learned all I could – read all the web- classes near me. Through those classes and sites and watched every video on YouTube. Speech than she has at this point (haha!). You other events for parents of deaf kids, I met can do it! I was very excited to find out that it was of- other cuers. fered in my local public school system. I got When I’m not cueing with my family, in touch with the lead CLT, and she was kind I started a support group for my fellow I’m transliterating at Woodson High School enough to meet with me even though it was parents, and when we meet, the parents can in Fairfax, VA. And in my free time, I’ve the end of the school year. In one hour she practice Cued Speech with each other while been studying to become an instructor. Did gave me a quick history of Cued Speech and our kids play with their peers! I want Felicity I mention it permeates every aspect of my taught me how to read the American English to have friends who are like her so that she life? It’s only a matter of time before I start cue chart. She also told me about Cue Camp will always be understood, loved, and ac- dream-cueing! But I love every minute; it’s a and assured me that even a family of seven cepted. And our Cued Speech Families group noble calling and I feel so blessed to be a part with an infant would fit right in. provides that to all our children! We learn so of this community!

CLEAR: The Future of NCSA Advocacy (continued from p. 1) realized just how important those I wasn’t surprised that many of these In 2016, we will offer CLEAR relationships, however brief they may teenagers couldn’t cue expressively, as programming to not only cuers with be, can be for the next generation of they preferred to use their voice only or hearing loss, but also anyone who wants young cuers, having had direct access to with sign. to expand their skills in the area of the spoken languages in their home and Over the past few years, CLEAR has leadership, education, and advocacy, as communities. evolved from a basic workshop for well as gain a better understanding of the My experience in Minneapolis had native adult cuers with hearing loss to an current resources available for promoting taught me that the young cuers of today inclusive program that includes any cuers and teaching Cued Speech to the masses. may not necessarily be expressive cuers, who wants to build up on their leadership, In the end, the goal of CLEAR is to get as even though they receive cued language education, and advocacy skills while many cuers cueing it forward as possible! services through transliterators and direct expanding available resources. instruction in Cued American English.

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In addition to children’s and teens’ programs, the 50th Anniversary of Cued Speech Conference offers an exhibit hall and three tracks covering different areas of Cued Speech, which are detailed below.

Track A - International Symposium Cued Languages in other parts of the world

Track B - Research latest research on Cued Speech the growth of Cued Speech as a mode of communication needs of parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing children

Track C - CLEAR advocacy for Cued Speech native cuer testimonials everyday applications of Cued Speech

Exhibit Hall Attendees can explore various exhibits during the conference.

Children’s Program The Conference will provide programming for children up to age 12 during presentations; bring swimsuits for the hotel pool!

CLEAR Teen Program Our Teen Leadership program for 13- to 18-year-olds combines leadership, team-building, and a chance to bond with native cuers from around the world. For more information, email [email protected]. To register, go to www.cuedspeech50.org.

25th Anniversary in San Diego, CA, 1991 40th Anniversary in Towson, MD, 2006 (Courtesy of Anthony Jefferson) (Courtesy of Julie Reese Ehrig)

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From: Written in Memory: Portraits of the Holocaust by Jeffrey A. Wolin

“I was at Lager 4 by Kaufering, a work. My German supervisor had camp under Dachau and I worked for left to attend a meeting and when he this German in a forest cutting trees, came back he was surprised I did it so giant trees, giant. And we were carry- nice. So quietly he said, ‘Monday I’ll ing these trees by hand. For example, bring you a piece of bacon.’ I thought we are ten people carrying this big about it all weekend. Come Monday I giant tree - he took away two. If eight worked the whole day. And when the people would carry it, he took away day was over he came so close to me another two, and he hit us with a stick. and so nobody should see it, he gave When six people could carry it he me a little package with a piece of took away another two until the tree bacon in it. People are still people in “To Papa Lachman (1918-2015), squeezed us down... We were build- every nation.- there are good and bad. thank you for teaching me that we ing underground hangers for German And if people would not be bystand- experience the events and meet airplanes. I was working down at the ers, evil would not succeed.” the people of today on behalf of bottom pouring concrete and smooth- tomorrow’s generation.” ing out the floors and this wasn’t hard - Al Lachman (1918-2015) - Benjamin Lachman

14 Championing effective communication, language acquisition, and literacy through the use of Cued Speech. National Cued Speech Association Volume 28 • Issue 1 • Winter 2016 DONOR’S LIST We thank the following donors for their generosity 50th Anniversary Suhad Keblawi Donna & Peter Consacro In honor of Sarah Godfredsen Over $1,000 Brian Kelly Jay Diamant and Grandma Karen Myers Edward & Penny Hakim Sally Elbaz Sarah Godfredsen Robert McIntosh Ethiopia Project Mark & Patricia Fasold Ronald & Mary Ann Lachman Shane Feldman In honor of Tate Tullier $100 and under Foundation Jay Fellows Carla Axel Marshall Dietz Martha & Kirk Franklin Polly Earl General Fund Richard Henry In Memory of Mary Flannery Thomas Johnson Over $1,000 Leslie Grimm Ruth Geniesse Tammy Lamb Eamon Bodkin Hermine Grubman Frances Sydor Martin Osborne Tom Eastwood Bernadine Holland Lillian Van Note Michael Poore Shannon Howell Shirley Keong Lydia & Stan Rupert Edward and Irene Kaplan Kitri Kyllo R. Orin Cornett Scholarship Ronald & Mary Ann Lachman Barbara LeBlanc Fund CLEAR Foundation Charles Musser Ralph White Kaity Hagan Robin Prescott Carolyn Ostrander Sarah Katz David Swinehart Jerry & Teri Poore Kris Wilson Scholarship Fund Jeffrey Majors Terese, Jerry, & Michael Poore Barbara Hester Angela Zellen Under $1,000 Douglas & Barbara Schuler Will and Peggy Wright Emily Addison Synnove Trier-Engleman Cue Camp Support Esther Argenyi Sharon Tropf Western Region Camp Fund Tiana Cove Donald Bear Joanne Webb-Barnum Rebecca Jones Edward & Penny Hakim Pam Beck Cassandra Williams Penny Hakim Ernest & Martha Brach Donations as of December 31, Anne Huffman Linda Brattner 2015

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