Re: Re: Cued Speech - Talking??

[Guest guest]

And how about in Boston in 1997? It seems there was also a cued speech

presentation then?

, we studied cued speech as it made so much sense to us. We attended a

couple of workshops. One was in Chicago and one was in Oregon. Cued Speech is

relatively easy to learn compared to signing.

While it was easy, and we believe it has a distinct function in raising literacy

scores, there was a downside in that very few people use this system. If there

is a group of people in your area that use it, you may find it a good approach.

Your daughter could receptively take in what you cue and she could speak or sign

or cue back to you. Having a local group with which to meet is very positive.

On the other hand, since many of our charge babies and young children don't

spend a lot of time intermingling with large groups, it's not impossible to

think that cued speech could be helpful to your family and Adele. Once she had

a strong language base through using cued speech, she might gravitate toward

speech without cues or move toward sign. Either way, she would have a strength

in having had access early on to language.

In our case, we tried cued speech when Kendra was 3 and a half years old. She

did not demonstrate receptive comprehension or expressive ability to cueing at

that time. BUT, she did not show receptive or expressive progress to sign at

that time either. She had a very difficult time with language until she was

about 10 years old. This year she is making remarkable progress with sign. She

is in high school. Her best connection to language was initially printed words

and fingerspelled words. This was in part due to cortical vision issues which

have improved over the years. Stationery objects such as printed words were

easier for her to see and follow than moving hands as in signing and cueing.

Prism glasses and health improvements have assisted in making signing more

visually accessible.

If we were to go back, and with better hearing aids now, than she had at 3, I

think there is a chance she would respond to cued speech. I don't rule it out

for an approach that may help in the future. The Deaf Community in general is

not in favor of this approach and that can have an influence on whether it is

used in your geographic locale or not.

If you decide to try it, do try to find a support system of others who use it

near where you live.

Language is such an important facet of our lives. Best wishes finding a great

approach that works beautifully with Adele.

Mom to Kendra, and Camille :-)

Re: Cued Speech - Talking??

If I remember correctly, 's mom did a talk about cued speech at

our first conference in St. Louis in 1993. - are you seeing

this, and if so, is my memory accurate?

Meg

Meg Hefner

genetic counselor

st. Louis MO

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> Do any of you have experience with cued speech? We are considering

> using it w/ Adele. If you've had success with it, what does the child

> use as expressive language - verbal, sign language??

>

> From what I've read, it seems very beneficial for receptive language

> but with her oral-motor issues, I don't understand how she would

> communicate back - except with sign.

>

> Thank you!!

> --

>

> mom to Adele (almost 3!) and Margo (7 months)

> www.brandrup.com

> username: baby

> password: sugar

>

[Guest guest]

,

Adding to ¹s post:

Cueing was very BIG in the late 70s-80s and many people saw marked success

with kids¹ literacy, as said, as well as improved speech production

for those kids able to use their speech. I was involved in several Family

Learning Vacations at Gallaudet Univ. during those years and while I was

involved with the Usher Syndrome and Rubella groups, our parents and kids

mixed with the cueing groups. It was fascinating to watch and while I was

skeptical at first, I came to see the value for many kids. In the 80s ³Deaf

Power² became more prominent and cueing fell out of favor in many areas.

However, there are still people who use it, live by it. You should be able

to find a wealth of info. from the internet. Good luck‹it sure can¹t hurt!

And keep us posted!

pam

>

>

>

>

> And how about in Boston in 1997? It seems there was also a cued speech

> presentation then?

>

> , we studied cued speech as it made so much sense to us. We attended a

> couple of workshops. One was in Chicago and one was in Oregon. Cued Speech

> is relatively easy to learn compared to signing.

>

> While it was easy, and we believe it has a distinct function in raising

> literacy scores, there was a downside in that very few people use this system.

> If there is a group of people in your area that use it, you may find it a good

> approach. Your daughter could receptively take in what you cue and she could

> speak or sign or cue back to you. Having a local group with which to meet is

> very positive.

>

> On the other hand, since many of our charge babies and young children don't

> spend a lot of time intermingling with large groups, it's not impossible to

> think that cued speech could be helpful to your family and Adele. Once she

> had a strong language base through using cued speech, she might gravitate

> toward speech without cues or move toward sign. Either way, she would have a

> strength in having had access early on to language.

>

> In our case, we tried cued speech when Kendra was 3 and a half years old. She

> did not demonstrate receptive comprehension or expressive ability to cueing at

> that time. BUT, she did not show receptive or expressive progress to sign at

> that time either. She had a very difficult time with language until she was

> about 10 years old. This year she is making remarkable progress with sign.

> She is in high school. Her best connection to language was initially printed

> words and fingerspelled words. This was in part due to cortical vision issues

> which have improved over the years. Stationery objects such as printed words

> were easier for her to see and follow than moving hands as in signing and

> cueing. Prism glasses and health improvements have assisted in making signing

> more visually accessible.

>

> If we were to go back, and with better hearing aids now, than she had at 3, I

> think there is a chance she would respond to cued speech. I don't rule it out

> for an approach that may help in the future. The Deaf Community in general is

> not in favor of this approach and that can have an influence on whether it is

> used in your geographic locale or not.

>

> If you decide to try it, do try to find a support system of others who use it

> near where you live.

>

> Language is such an important facet of our lives. Best wishes finding a great

> approach that works beautifully with Adele.

>

>

> Mom to Kendra, and Camille :-)

>

> Re: Cued Speech - Talking??

>

> If I remember correctly, 's mom did a talk about cued speech at

> our first conference in St. Louis in 1993. - are you seeing

> this, and if so, is my memory accurate?

> Meg

>

> Meg Hefner

> genetic counselor

> st. Louis MO

>

>

>> >

>> > Hi everyone,

>> >

>> > Do any of you have experience with cued speech? We are considering

>> > using it w/ Adele. If you've had success with it, what does the child

>> > use as expressive language - verbal, sign language??

>> >

>> > From what I've read, it seems very beneficial for receptive language

>> > but with her oral-motor issues, I don't understand how she would

>> > communicate back - except with sign.

>> >

>> > Thank you!!

>> > --

>> >

>> > mom to Adele (almost 3!) and Margo (7 months)

>> > www.brandrup.com

>> > username: baby

>> > password: sugar

>> >

>

>