Using Cued Speech in an English/ASL Bilingual Program for Deaf Students

Presentation Topic

Using Cued Speech in an English/ASL Bilingual Program for Deaf Students

Presenter Bio

Angela Kuhn serves as a principal in both the elementary and the junior/senior high programs at the Illinois School for the Deaf. She is currently in her 17th year as a principal at the school and her 25th year in the field of deaf education. Mrs. Kuhn has also worked as an Early Intervention Developmental Therapist for families of deaf children, a high school reading and health teacher, and as an educator for deaf students in a mainstream setting. In addition, Mrs. Kuhn serves as the director of ISD’s annual week-long Institute for Parents of Preschool Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. She graduated from MacMurray College with a Bachelor’s degree in Deaf Education in 1998. She then earned her Master’s degree from Lewis University in Educational Administration in 2005. Mrs. Kuhn has consistently supported ISD’s movement to incorporate Cued American English into its bilingual program for deaf students from across the state of Illinois over the past eleven years. She believes that the use of both American Sign Language (ASL) and Cued American English (CAE) in bilingual programs for deaf/hard of hearing students provides those students with complete visual access to acquire both languages naturally. In addition, the use of ASL and CAE helps promote the separation of the two languages, as prescribed in bilingual educational programming. Mrs. Kuhn serves as the Vice President for CueSign, Inc.

Presentation Description

This presentation will discuss why one deaf school chose to implement a bilingual program using ASL and Cued American English, and detail how these two modes of communication can be utilized with deaf or hard of hearing students effectively. Participants will be provided with extensive background knowledge about the school's journey to implement Cued American English into their educational program. Participants will also view videos of classroom teachers utilizing Cued American English and American Sign Language in a classroom environment. Academic data of students who have been consistently educated using a bilingual/bimodal approach will be shared during the presentation as well.

Day: Thursday, April 27

Time: 12:00 - 2:30 PM

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