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A Registered Nurse Shows Appreciation for Cued Speech OnOn CueCue Volume 29 Issue 1 Summer 2017 Freedom to Communicate: A Parent’s Advocacy by Hend Ibrahim pause, to search online Months later, I googled Cued Speech and how to sign words. It saw videos on youtube. I decided to give it I always assumed was burdensome and I a shot and asked Suhad to teach me. I had that deaf people just couldn’t keep up. nothing to lose! communicated through I tried attending silent After my first lesson, I could cue simple sign language and dinner meetings to meet words and felt confident. It took my brain thought it was a universal deaf, hard of hearing time to process the cues, and put words language. So when my and hearing people together. Adam was 2.5 yrs old when I husband Sanjar and I interested in ASL, but began cueing to him. Cued Speech is more first learned that our third I couldn’t even have mechanical and at the beginning he rejected child, Adam, had Usher basic conversation. I it, which I found discouraging, much like an Syndrome type 2C and was frustrated. As Adam infant who is learning to use hearing aids. was profoundly deaf in Front Row: Sara, Mariam, Hanna, grew, my lack of fluency Adam has consistently worn hearing aids his left ear, I began to learn Adam, and Hend; Backrow: Sanjar would mean a lack of since he was three months old. He uses a and use American Sign holding Layla communication, which Roger Pen remote microphone system in Language. Adam has a would be disastrous. school. moderate to severe loss in the right ear. I attended a parent meeting in nearby I met a deaf young lady, who was cueing Learning sign was fun and easy Fairfax County at Camelot School. Parents at with Suhad. Suhad voiced for her and I was and most signs made sense. I wanted to the meeting were sharing their experiences. amazed by how they were communicating communicate with Adam on the same level Suhad Keblawi, one of the parents, began word to word with no hearing at all. I wanted as I communicated with my other hearing talking about Cued Speech, which I had that limitless communication, and freedom children; soon it became too difficult. I had to never heard of as a communication option. Freedom to Communicate, continued on P. 5 A Registered Nurse Shows What’s Inside Appreciation for Cued Speech President’s Message 2 by Amber Kimball, BSN, RN as told to American Sign Language and residential Hannah Mann schools for the deaf. Not being fluent in Board Slate for 2017-2020 2 ASL, my mother wanted her daughter to Kindergarten Readiness As a little girl, I loved to act with speak the same language she did so that for Deaf Children 3 my Barbies as nurses, having them cure she could share memories, conversations anyone who was “sick” with honey and and mutual understanding. Bilingualism : ASL + Cued English 3 Spring Camp Cheerio 2016 4 home remedies. I knew early on that I Eventually she came across a Cued cared about people and wanted to make Speech program in Raleigh, North Camp ChiCueGo @ ISD 5 them feel better, so of course, I dreamed Carolina, and met a contact person, 50th Anniversary Section 6 about a career in medicine. The problem Beth, who answered her questions on Thank You to Our Donors 11 was, our family pediatrician finally Cued Speech’s success rate and its fit diagnosed me as profoundly deaf at age for me. However, as a teen mother, her NCSA Around the Nation 12 three. Registered Nurse, continued on P. 10 At the time, we lived in Kansas City, Kansas. Devastated at the diagnosis, my mother scoured our local library’s index cards for solutions other National Cued Speech Association than 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 190-713, Washington, DC 20004 [email protected] • www.cuedspeech.org 800-459-3529 National Cued Speech Association Volume 29 • Issue 1 • Summer 2017 President’s Message: Welcoming A New Board The NCSA continues to be hard purpose of rapid access via on-line classes cuers had grown into shining examples of at work, advocating for families, and outreach. success, happiness and independence. professionalism in services to cuers, and We have a committee working On August 30, the term of the legislation, just to name a few items on on making sure Cued Speech is well current NCSA Board will end. A new our plate. represented in proposed “LEAD-K” state Board slate has been assembled which In the last year, we held Board legislation. Our academic advisory team is composed of a solid team of returning meetings in San Diego and Ann Arbor is developing publications and some members and some new volunteers who and are actively planning for the one members made a return trip to Ethiopia to will expand our expertise and collective this coming October in Dallas. At continue the work started there. experiences. We have modified and added these meetings we host beginning and We celebrated the first 50 years of some positions responsible for Public intermediate Cued American English Cued Speech and the great legacy of Relations, Community Engagement and classes, hold instructor workshops and Dr. Cornett. Not only does his portrait Organizational Liaison to help foster give certification exams. We have been now hang at Gallaudet University but collaboration with other groups. We have encouraged by the high attendance we are also on-line Cued Speech classes are accomplished so much these past three seeing as we visit each city. available through the university. The years. We continue to support Cue Camps 50th celebration brought together an I look forward to working with the to foster family learning in a fun international assembly of cuers of many new board and how we can accomplish environment. We formalized a partnership backgrounds, all with personal stories our mission in this age of instant with Cue College to consolidate existing of success. The most rewarding part of communication and technology. educational and training materials for the the weekend was seeing how the native - Anne Huffman, President NCSA Announces 2017-2020 Board Slate On Cue Staff The NCSA Nominating Committee is Directors proud to present the following Slate for Camps/Affiliates: Nicole Dugan On Cue, the newsletter of the 2017-2020 term. Thanks to Claire Academic Advisory Committee: the National Cued Speech Klossner for her hard work chairing Dr. Polly Earl Association™, is published the committee. Government Liaison: Jill Keblawi twice a year. We always Organizations Liaison: Dr. Kelly Crain welcome Cued Speech news, calendar items, stories, and The current term for all board members Marketing: Charlie Musser photos! Want to contribute your ends on August 31. Board members Representatives: Angela Laptewicz voice to On Cue? Send your serve a three-year term and may not materials to info@cuedspeech. stay in their same position for more than Regional Representatives org. Electronic photos must be two consecutive terms. The new term Mid-Atlantic: Andy Payonk high-resolution at 300 dpi. begins on September 1, 2017 and ends on MidWest: vacant August 31, 2020. New England: Suzanne Flint 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite190-173 Northeast: Grace Cogan Washington DC, 20004 The slate listed below represents a group South: Lisa Gavin of talented individuals who are ready to Southwest: Hannah Mann Hannah Mann: Editor-in-Chief serve the NCSA as volunteers. Capitol: Rachel McAnallen and Maureen Sarina Roffé: Editor Bellamy Aaron Rose: Layout Editor Officers Great Lakes: Nicole Frye President: Anne Huffman Gulf Coast: John Veazey 1st Vice President: Ben Lachman West: Vance Deatherage and Sarah 2nd Vice President: Penny Hakim Sizemore Treasurer: Suhad Keblawi Upper Plains: vacant Secretary: Claire Klossner PR Officer: Rob McIntosh Community Engagement Officer: Amy Crumrine 2 Championing effective communication, language acquisition, and literacy through the use of Cued Speech. National Cued Speech Association Volume 29 • Issue 1 • Summer 2017 Kindergarten Readiness for Deaf Children Legislation regarding “Kindergarten Trezek, B. J., 2014). Signing ASL gives children born to hearing parents can be readiness” for deaf children has been access to the language ASL. Similarly, kindergarten ready! sweeping the country on a state-by-state cueing English gives access to English, basis. The premise behind Language and cueing Spanish gives access to NCSA LEAD-K Committee Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids Spanish. The sky is the limit for Deaf and The NCSA is actively working with – Kindergarten Readiness (LEAD-K), as Hard-of-Hearing children. state groups as we find out about them referenced by Sheri Farinha, Campaign and has established a LEAD-K working Director for LEAD-K, is that deaf children LEAD-K and Cued Speech committee, co-chaired by Claire Klossner should enter kindergarten having had LEAD-K legislation is happening on and Jill Keblawi. If you would like to help full access to language in order to begin a state-by-state basis, and so each state or contact us about LEAD-K activities in schooling with equivalent language has different bills related to kindergarten your particular state, we want to talk to development as their peers. As is well readiness for children who are deaf and you! known within deaf education circles, many hard of hearing. The NCSA has noticed deaf children are language delayed when that the majority of state bills have focused Contact the co-chairs at cklossner@ they begin formal schooling. on access to American Sign Language cuedspeech.org and jill.keblawi@ cuedspeech.org. The National Cued Speech and not included provisions for accessing Association is in full agreement with English and other spoken languages LEAD-K that “when provided with access visually, such as via Cued Speech.
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