Early Years and Language Development
Talk to your baby leaflet - A new resource published in January 2008: Talk To Your Baby - For parents and carers of children who are deaf. This leaflet has been jointly produced by the Cued Speech Association and the The National Literacy Trust (NLT) , an independent charity that works to change lives through literacy. It was created as part of NLT’s Talk To Your Baby campaign, which aims to encourage parents and carers to talk more to children from birth to three.
Complete access to spoken language - Anne Worsfold explains about the value of cued speech and how it helped her sons with early access to language. Published in BAToD magazine September 2005.
Developing language - Will Collinson’s mother Sarah details his transition from profoundly deaf baby to confident seven-year old, with the same advantages and opportunities of other children of his age. By sheer determination and hard work, Will and his parents have ensured that his language development has progressed from BSL to Cued Speech to spoken English, full literacy and now to bilingualism (in English and BSL). Published in BAToD Magazine May 2007.
Cued Speech in Spain - From La Palabra Complementada [LPC or Cued Speech] to the Modelo Oral Complementada (MOC) - 42 kb
Santiago Torres (Honorary Professor, University of Malaga) and María José Ruiz Casas (Head of Speech Therapy, MOC Services, University of Malaga). Successful use of Cued Speech within an educational model which uses Cued Speech to complement oral practices.
The Importance of Thinking Words - 23 kb
‘This paper is based on a single, simple assertion. Only if in face-to-face communication, as a result of that communication, a child consistently thinks English words, will that child learn English rapidly and efficiently. This is true whether the child has an auditory deficit or not.’ Dr. R. Orin Cornett, October 8, 1993.
Cued Speech for hearing children with language disorders
‘Cueing with language disordered children – 15 years on.’ An article by Ann Clarke, Speech and Language Therapist, Thornfield House School, Belfast. Published in our Autumn 2005 Newsletter.
Delayed language is not inevitable! Editorial - Personal thoughts from Anne Worsfold, published in our Winter 2006 Newsletter.
Cued Speech in Manchester Schools - An article written for the BAToD Magazine following a workshop about Cued Speech at the BAToD Conference on the 8th March 2008. Written by Teachers of the Deaf Tina Kirwin and Alison Paton.