2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/15/2022 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Supporting Families New to Cued American English | Room 4
Supporting Families New to Cued American English
For parents who choose to communicate with their baby or toddler in Cued American English, taking a class is usually the first step. Once the system has been learned, parents often want and need continued support and practice learning to cue words, phrases, and sentences with their child. We have a solution!
Presenters will explain and demonstrate resources designed for the beginning parent cuer to support their child’s receptive and expressive language development. Our focus will be on the newest resources from the National Cued Speech Association, the Deaf Children’s Literacy Project Parent Kit and Children Kit. The first DCLP Parent Kits were sent to eager families in April 2021, and the first DCLP Children Kit (Cue with Me in the Fall) was available in October 2021. These colorful, exciting boxes full of information and fun learning materials have become a highly sought-after resource for families who want to cue and play with their child. Parent Kits with inspirational and educational materials and Children Kits with language-based seasonal games are sent to families quarterly for a year. Videos will show parents sharing about the value of their DCLP Parent and Children Kits and interacting with their children using the materials in the kits. DCLP kits are one of the many free resources that parents and professionals can use with children who are deaf and hard of hearing to promote language acquisition. We encourage EHDI coordinators and professionals to direct families to these free resources for parents.
- Name four components of the DCLP Parent Kit and Children Kit that were demonstrated.
- Identify three ways that language and literacy could be enhanced by using items in the Parent and Children Kits.
- Describe two ways parents’ cueing skills would continue to develop as they receive boxes throughout their Cued Speech “learning journey.”
Presentation:
3353554_15022AmyRuberl.pdf
Handouts:
3353554_15022AmyRuberl.pdf
3353554_15022AmyRuberl_1.pdf
3353554_15022AmyRuberl_2.pdf
3353554_15022PollResponses.pdf
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Amy Ruberl
(Virtual), National Cued Speech Association, aruberl@cuedspeech.org;
Amy Ruberl is the author and graphic designer for the Cue with Me! children's kits. She is currently the chair of the Instructor Certification committee for the National Cued Speech Association, having previously served as the Executive Director, Director of Programs, and a Regional Representative. Amy taught cueing, signing, and oral students in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland for more than 10 years. Amy has been teaching Cued American English for more than 30 years.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Other financial benefit for Other activities from National Cued Speech Association.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Polly Earl
(Virtual), National Cued Speech Association , mainecues@gmail.com;
Dr. Polly Earl has taught children with special needs for the past 42 years. She is a teacher of the deaf, special education consultant, President of the Cued Speech Association of New England, Certified Instructor of Cued Speech, and Outreach Director on the Board of the National Cued Speech Association. Her doctoral research was an ethnography studying a baby with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder whose parents cued in Dutch and Spanish with her starting at eight months. This was the first known study to examine the simultaneous acquisition of two cued languages in a young deaf child.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Rachel McAnallen
(), National Cued Speech Association, rmcanallen@cuedspeech.org;
Rachel McAnallen is a deaf, native cuer. She was born with severe-profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and uses a hearing aid and cochlear implant. She is multimodal and communicates via spoken language, signed language, and cued language. She is a nationally-certified Cued Speech instructor and has taught for customers such as Hands and Voices, EHDI Advisory Committees, Arlington Public Schools, and Fairfax Public Schools. After serving as a regional representative for the National Cued Speech Association for three years, Rachel was elected 2nd Vice President for the 2020-2023 NCSA term. Rachel also serves on the Board of Directors for Maryland/DC Hands and Voices. Rachel is a licensed Professional Engineer for the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
• Has a Other relationship (National Cued Speech executive board member)
relationship for Volunteer employment.