RE: Re: Visual Phonics

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I remember that you were considering Cued Speech. I'd really like to hear

about it. Please give us occasional updates. I just loved the whole idea

when I attended a workshop.

I learned more about the differences of Cued Speech and VP. But you know

what, I can't remember what the person told me!! Anyway - they are quite

similar but quite different as well. I think the biggest difference is the

intended use. Cued Speech is meant as a communication system. VP is meant

as an instructional tool. While they both have visual/manual representation

of the phonemes, the premise of the systems are very different.

Here's a " woo woo " coincidence. Aubrie's speech teacher gave me the initial

info about VP months ago but I never checked into it. The other day, she

sent home Aubrie's workbook which prompted me to check it out. The next

day, I went to Aubrie's awards program, stopped to speak to the speech

teacher, found out that ISD is holding a VP workshop this summer, and now

it's possible that our local teacher and SLP can attend that local training

for free! If I'd have checked VP out months ago, I'd never have asked and

found out about the workshop, etc. Now I'm just hoping it works out that

someone here can attend. You know how the summer is, the local folks could

be on their summer vacation and totally unable to attend. But what a great

opportunity!

Michele W

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From: CHARGE [mailto:CHARGE ] On Behalf Of

julie3572

Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:19 PM

To: CHARGE

Subject: Re: Visual Phonics

Hi Michele,

Thank you for sharing. I have not heard of Visual Phonics before but

am interested. We have decided to pursue Cued Speech for Adele. I

know they are not the same but the phonics part is similar.

We have not gotten very far learning cued speech but hope to be in

full force by fall. Please keep me posted how it goes for Aubrie.

By the way, I LOVE that Aubrie made a presentation to her class. So

cute and so smart!

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