Title: Board Meeting of the Cued Language Network of America
Location: online
Date: Thurs., Jan. 11, 2007
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (PST)

Description: Quarterly meeting of the board of directors for the Cued Language Network of America.

Title: Practice Cue Clutch
Location: Java Jacks; 818 W. 46th Street,Minneapolis (612) 825-2183; (46th Street and Bryant Avenue) [map]
Date: Tues., Jan. 16
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Contact: Katherine Burns-Christenson KBC29@aol.com
Prerequisites: (none)

Description: Meet with CSAM board members and other cuers for directed activities designed to practice cueing. All ability levels are invited. Come one and all as we encourage and motivate one another! Always 6:30-8:00 pm, third Tuesday of the month.

Title: Mechanics II: Worksession
Location: tbd; Fairfax, VA
Date: Feb 3-4, 2007
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Contact/Registration: Suhad Keblawi Suhad.Keblaw@fcps.edu (703) 764-5607
Instructor: Tom Shull

Prerequisites: (1) Students must have completed Mechanics I: Intensive. (2) Students must be able to cue fluently. Students who rely on supplemental materials like charts or worksbooks when cueing may not attend this course.

Description: In this course, students work on applying the concepts covered in Mechanics I: Intensive. Practice activities cover a broad range of topics while allowing individuals time to select specific skills to customize their training. Prosodic features of cued English (such as rhythm, intensity, prominence, mood, and inflection) are explored in detail.

An overview information sheet on the Mechanics series may be downloaded as a .pdf [184 KB]

Title: Board Meeting of the Cued Language Network of America
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Feb. 22-25, 2007
Description: Quarterly meeting of the board of directors for the Cued language Network of America.

Title: Understanding Non-Model Cueing
Location: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction; Raleigh, NC | Directions
Date: Feb 24-25, 2007
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Contact: Registration - Rachel Ragin (919) 807-3243
Prerequisites: Students should be able to cueread comfortably at the sentence or short-passage level.

Description: Nobody’s perfect, but cuereading through other people’s errors can be difficult for non-native cuers. In this course, students will work on understanding a cued message in spite of common errors deliberately made by the instructor.

An overview information sheet on the Receptive Worksession Series may be downloaded as a .pdf [280 KB]

Title: Annual Meeting of the Cued Speech Association of Minnesota
Location: Diamond Lake Lutheran Church
Date: Saturday, March 3
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Title: Mechanics I: Intensive (tentative)
Location: tbd, Chicago, IL
Date: March 10-11,2007
Time:
Contact:
Instructor: Tom Shull

Prerequisites: ability to cue; completion of an introductory cued English course

Description: This two-day course covers everything you need to know. Students learn about the trickier aspects of cueing English as well as topics such as stress, inflection, and reduced vowels. The process of identifying, prioritizing, and eliminating common errors is emphasized in the contexts of comprehension by the receiver and standardized testing. An overview information sheet on the Mechanics series may be downloaded as a .pdf [184 KB]

Title: Receptive Skill Building
Location: tbd; Fairfax, VA
Date: March 17-18, 2007
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Contact/Registration: Suhad Keblawi Suhad.Keblaw@fcps.edu (703) 764-5607
Instructor: Tom Shull

Prerequisites: This course is appropriate for a wide range of student skill levels. Students should be able to cueread comfortably at the word, phrase, or short sentence-level.

Description: Students review key concepts related to cuereading. Initial activities use single words and common phrases. More challenging activities include sentences, short stories, and cuereading with important visual information removed. Student interaction and gameplay are used throughout.

An overview information sheet on the Receptive Worksession Series may be downloaded as a .pdf [280 KB]

Title: Practice Cue Clutch
Location: Java Jacks; 818 W. 46th Street,Minneapolis (612) 825-2183; (46th Street and Bryant Avenue) [map]
Date: Tues., March 20
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Contact: Katherine Burns-Christenson KBC29@aol.com
Prerequisites: (none)

Description: Meet with CSAM board members and other cuers for directed activities designed to practice cueing. All ability levels are invited. Come one and all as we encourage and motivate one another! Always 6:30-8:00 pm, third Tuesday of the month.

Title: Ethical Decision Making
Location: Minnesota
Date: April 14-15
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Contact/Registration: Lauren Pruett
Instructor: Language Matters

Prerequisites: Completion of Educational Interpreting Defined (EID)

Description: Because ethical behavior is inherent in the Cued Language Transliterator Code of Conduct, it is important to track situational applications of the Code of Conduct in terms of the professional's decision-making process. Herein lies the foundation of the on-the-job "judgement calls" which are otherwise the product of personal influences. Ethical Decision Making I examines the implications of professional ethics and personal ethics with regard to goals of the discipline of cued language transliteration. This module makes use of structured group activities, sessions for free-style discussion, analysis of participant-generated ethical challenges and more.

Title: Mechanics III: Self-Assessment
Location: tbd; Fairfax, VA
Date: April 21-22, 2007
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Contact/Registration: Suhad Keblawi Suhad.Keblaw@fcps.edu (703) 764-5607
Instructor: Tom Shull

Prerequisites: (1) Students must have completed Mechanics II: Worksession. (2) Students must be able to cue fluently.

Description: The objective of this course is to provide students with a clear and accurate view of their current cueing ability. Each student will prepare a cueing sample, then privately view and assess the material focusing on specific skills. Students learn techniques for both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Many students describe this course as “eye opening.”

An overview information sheet on the Mechanics series may be downloaded as a .pdf [184 KB]

Title: Mechanics II: Worksession (tentative)
Location: tbd; Chicago, IL
Date: April 28-29,2007
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Contact/Registration:
Instructor: Tom Shull

Prerequisites: (1) Students must have completed Mechanics I: Intensive. (2) Students must be able to cue fluently. Students who rely on supplemental materials like charts or worksbooks when cueing may not attend this course.

Description: In this course, students work on applying the concepts covered in Mechanics I: Intensive. Practice activities cover a broad range of topics while allowing individuals time to select specific skills to customize their training. Prosodic features of cued English (such as rhythm, intensity, prominence, mood, and inflection) are explored in detail.

An overview information sheet on the Mechanics series may be downloaded as a .pdf [184 KB]

Title: CLT Skills Development III
Location: Minnesota
Date: May 3-4
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Contact/Registration: Lauren Pruett
Instructor: Language Matters

Prerequisites: Completion of CLT Skills Development II

Description: Benefit from these transliterating skills practice sessions, which include cued American English receptive skills, paraphrasing, summarizing, cued English to spoken English transliterating, expressive cueing fluency, transphonation, helpful hints for at-home practice and on-the-job training plus stress reduction and personal relation strategies. All of this is provided in a laboratory setting for videotaping and includes an individualized skills assessment and feedback.

Title: Developing Receptive Fluency
Location: tbd; Fairfax, VA
Date: May 19-20
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Contact/Registration: Suhad Keblawi Suhad.Keblaw@fcps.edu (703) 764-5607
Instructor: Tom Shull

Prerequisites: Students should already be able to cueread comfortably at the sentence or short-passage level.

Description: The aim of this course is to advance students toward the goal of understanding cued English at a conversational level. Lessons focus on those aspects of cuereading that many hearing people find most difficult. Activities provide opportunities to cueread longer material and emphasize connected discourse.

An overview information sheet on the Receptive Worksession Series may be downloaded as a .pdf [280 KB]