When:
September 25 - 28, 2008 |
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Where:
Jamestown 4-H Center
3751 4-H Club Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185-7904
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Cue Camp Virginia (CCVA) is a workshop intended
to educate those who want to know more about Cued Speech and its
many applications. In the tranquility of the 4-H Center on the
James River, participants can learn and improve Cued Speech skills,
learn about raising, educating and communicating with a deaf or
hard-of-hearing child, and share the experiences of other families
and professionals. We will have adult Cued Speech classes at the
Beginner and Intermediate/ Advanced levels, as well as presentations
of interest to both parents and professionals. Children K-12 will
be in age-appropriate groups that will include activities as well
as instruction in Cued Speech. Pre-schoolers will be entertained
with arts and crafts and other recreational activities, while
receiving constant exposure to Cued Speech. Family-oriented activities
and social events abound. Cue Camp Virginia is run by the Northern
Virginia Cued Speech Association and is sponsored by the National
Cued Speech Association and the Fairfax
(VA) Lions Club.
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What's
New at Cue Camp Virginia 2008?
Sunday Morning Breakfast Club –
Enjoy a continental breakfast and interaction with a panel of
adult deaf cuers (ADC’s). It’s not a surprise ending: Cued Speech
works! Talk with these successful young adults about their challenges,
accomplishments, and suggestions for future generations of deaf
cuers.
Scholarships
and financial assistance for camp participants – The
following scholarships and financial assistance opportunities
are available for CCVA attendees:
- Individual Volunteer Staff Program – The
last several years have seen a significant rise in volunteerism,
particularly among the growing group of Adult Deaf Cuers (ADCs).
To accommodate the large number of volunteers who are essential
to the operation of Cue Camp Virginia, we are implementing an
Individual Volunteer Staff Program (IVSP). For each individual
full-time adult volunteer, payment of the $50 registration fee
will cover the cost of lodging, meals, and camp activities.
For full-time volunteers accompanied by other
family members, the $110 discount for each adult volunteer will
be deducted from the total family cost. There are also some
part-time volunteer opportunities available.
For each part-time (partial scholarship) adult
volunteer, a discount of $55 will be deducted from the individual
or family cost. Please complete an Individual Volunteer Staff
Application form on the Registration
Page for each adult volunteer. We will be accepting IVSP
applications until September 12, 2008. Late applications will
be considered based on the needs of the camp.
- Fairfax Lions Club Scholarship for Northern Virginia
pre-school families – Assisting people with hearing
loss is a core mission for the Lions, and the Fairfax organization’s
support of Cue Camp Virginia continues to be phenomenal. Northern
Virginia families of preschoolers may attend Cue Camp Virginia
for the incredible all-inclusive price of $25.00. This fee includes
classes, lodging, meals, presentations and all social events
for the entire weekend. Complete the form available on the Registration
page and return with your registration fee of $25.00. Application
deadline is September 10, 2008.
- Adam Schuler Scholarship for a Professional or Aspiring
Professional - Adam Schuler was an original CCVA camper,
and the son of founders Barb and Doug Schuler. Deafened from
medications used to treat his Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
(SCID), Adam benefited from the skills of many professionals
in fields related to deafness. This scholarship is an all-inclusive
full scholarship for a professional or an individual studying
to be a professional in a field related to deafness (deaf education,
cued language transliteration, audiology, speech and language,
research, etc.). Send us a short essay, along with the application
form available on the Registration
page, explaining your interest in Cued Speech and how you
feel Cue Camp Virginia will apply to your future goals. Application
deadline is September 10, 2008.
- Roddy McKendree Scholarship/Tuition Assistance for
any CCVA Family – Roddy McKendree was a “founding father”
of Cue Camp Virginia, and a selfless volunteer at CCVA until
his untimely passing in 2007. Roddy wanted everyone to have
the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of attending Cue Camp.
If you are in need of full or partial financial assistance,
please send us an explanation of your situation, with a request
for the desired relief of expenses along with the application
form available on the Registration
page. Please indicate that you are applying for the Roddy
McKendree Scholarship. Application deadline is September 10,
2008.
- College
Student Supplement – This scholarship is provided by
the Tidewater Association for Hearing Impaired Children (TAHIC).
This scholarship reduces the cost of an individual college student
from the single adult attendee price of $160 to $110.00 for
the entire camp or $55 for Saturday - Sunday only. Indicate
that you are eligible for this scholarship and request to have
it applied on your CCVA registration form. This scholarship
is available until funding runs out (apply early!).
Application essays and requests for the Adam Schuler
Scholarship or the Roddy McKendree Scholarship
may be sent either via email (nvcsa@yahoo.com)
or mail (NVCSA, P.O. Box 2733, Fairfax, VA 22031). These applications
must be received by September 10th.
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Classes,
events and activities
Check-in Thursday night and Friday morning
– Once again, camp will kick off on Friday morning at 9:30. Classes
will be held all day Friday and Saturday. Participants who live
within a few hours of Williamsburg may prefer to arrive at CCVA
on Friday morning instead of driving through rush-hour traffic
on Thursday evening. For those who choose to come Thursday, check-in
and lodging assignments (no meals) will be available from 6:00-10:00
p.m.
Adult Beginning Cued Speech Class – We are very
fortunate that this class is taught perennially by Claire Klossner,
certified Cued Language Instructor and Transliterator. Claire
has been a part of the Cue Camp Virginia family since its inception,
and her class is the heart of the CCVA experience. Beginning Friday
morning and concluding with practice sessions on Saturday, the
Beginning Cued Speech Class explains the system
and takes attendees through understanding and application of each
of the eight consonant hand shapes and four vowel positions. In
one Cued Speech-packed weekend, students come away with the tools
to clearly and unambiguously represent all the sounds of spoken
English, empowering them with a key to language acquisition and
literacy. Attendees of this class include parents, adult family
members, friends, educators and professionals in the field of
deafness. Older teens who are committed to learning the system
are also welcome. Groups for children of all ages will be active
all day Friday and Saturday, so parents don’t need to be concerned
about child care while attending the Adult Beginning Cued Speech
class.
Intermediate/Advanced Cued Speech Class –This
year’s class will again be taught by Lauren Pruitt of Education Matters. Lauren
has an impressive history of Cued Speech instruction and regularly
travels the country conducting training for Cued Language Transliterators.
Participants should come to this class with a knowledge of, and
ability to apply, all the basic hand shapes and positions of the
Cued Speech system. Increased speed, proficiency, and use of advanced
skills such as liaisons are goals of this class. Attendees will
have questions answered and will participate in exercises designed
to improve both speed and accuracy. Various stations and several
assistant instructors will allow participants to progress at their
own individual pace. Those desiring increased proficiency should
be prepared to practice, practice, practice! This class will be
conducted on Friday and Saturday.
Children’s Groups and Cued Speech Classes –
Children from infants to high school seniors are placed in age
appropriate groups, with a group leader and one or more assistants.
Each group will have staff members who cue, and may also
have staff who sign, if required for any member of the group.
Children ages 5 and up will receive formal Cued Speech instruction.
Younger children will participate in games designed to familiarize
them with cue hand shapes and learn to cue simple words. Recreational
activities for all ages include organized outdoor games, time
in a “moon walk”, crafts, a nature walk, a music/dance class,
and for older groups, a ropes course and canoeing. Children’s
group activities will take place on Friday and Saturday. Child
care will be available on Sunday morning for children whose parents
are attending the Sunday Morning Breakfast Club.
Presentations – Each year there is more research
to prove the correlation between consistent use of Cued Speech
(in the home and at school) and the development of age-appropriate
language and reading skills. Researchers and professionals provide
presentations on timely topics of interest, including how language
is acquired, use of Cued Speech with cochlear implants, advocating
for your child with special needs, use of Cued Speech with disabilities
other than hearing loss, use of Cued Speech and speech production,
and the significance of a clear language model during the early
prime language-learning years. Contact us for presenter information
as camp approaches.
Individual Appointments – Many of our presenters
stay for all or most of the camp, and are happy to schedule individual appointments with campers who would
like to discuss specific issues or individual situations. The
two wonderful professionals listed below are long-time camp participants,
“Professional Partners” and true institutions of Cue Camp Virginia.
If you can benefit from the knowledge and expertise they so generously
share, please don’t hesitate to approach them on campus, or sign
up for an appointment at the Registration Desk.
Dr. Debbie Lang is a practicing psychologist. She assists our
families with issues such as dealing with the diagnosis of hearing
loss, family adjustment, discipline, advocacy, social development,
etc. With parental permission, “Dr. Debbie” also conducts age-group
meetings with hearing siblings. Dr. Lang is the cueing mother
of three children, two with hearing loss, one of whom has bilateral
cochlear implants.
Dr. Donna Morere is an Associate Professor in the Gallaudet
University Department of Neuropsychology and is a practicing
neuropsychologist. She assists families with identification
and remediation of learning disabilities, processing problems
and other roadblocks to language acquisition and learning. “Dr.
Donna” is the cueing mother of a deaf son with a cochlear implant.
Family-oriented Activities and Social Events
- Friday evening activities will kick off with the landing and
display of a helicopter from the District of Columbia Army National
Guard. Campers can sit in the aircraft and ask questions of the
flight crews. A truck from the Jamestown Fire Department will
also be on hand.
The Cue Camp Carnival will be back on Friday night, complete
with cotton candy, spin art, face painting, crafts and games.
Bubbles the Clown will entertain children of all ages. The carnival
will be followed by marshmallow roasting and sing-along at the
campfire.
Late Nite dance class will take place Friday night for teens
and young adults.
Saturday Lunch has officially been renamed “Cue-sine!” Campers
will be asked to make an extra effort to cue throughout lunchtime
at whatever level they are able.
Cueing lunch (Cue-sine) will be followed by the traditional family
Tug-o-War.
When Saturday afternoon classes are over, there will be family
canoeing time on the James River (if wind, weather and waves permit).
After dinner the annual slide show presentation will highlight
camp participants and activities, followed by the outdoor family
dance in the pavilion.
Sunday morning will bring the debut of the Sunday Morning Breakfast
Club, a panel of young deaf adults willing to share their experiences
and perspectives on Cued Speech.
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Education,
Advocacy and Support....
In
1966, R. Orin Cornett, Ph.D., invented Cued Speech to address
the problem of low literacy rates among the deaf. Cued Speech
is a simple and finite system that allows the deaf or hard-of-hearing
person to have a clear and unambiguous visual representation of
all the sounds of a spoken language. (At Cue Camp Virginia we
teach Cued English, but Cued Speech has been adapted for 56 different
languages.) A family that cues to a deaf child can provide complete
access to the language spoken by the family, regardless of the
degree of the child’s hearing loss. Research has shown that the
family provides the most influential language model in the child’s
early life. Cueing in the home has been proven to provide a deaf
child with the greatest understanding of language. This is the
key to an ability to read, write, communicate and reach his or
her full potential. Access to language also contributes greatly
to self-esteem and the development of age-appropriate social skills.
At Cue Camp Virginia, families and professionals can learn the
entire system of Cued English in one weekend, without the distractions
of everyday life. Participants can gain confidence and be supported
by others who are on the same journey, and see first-hand the
successes of families and professionals who have been using Cued
Speech for many years. Camp provides an opportunity to learn about
the many benefits of Cued Speech, to learn how to advocate for
Cued Speech as a way to meet your child’s academic needs, and
to receive educational and emotional support for the efforts of
the family and/or professional.
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Registration
Camp costs have gone up again!
The Jamestown 4-H Center is under new management and rates for
use of the camp have risen 20 percent! Thanks
to the steadily increasing generosity of the Fairfax
Lions Club, and the continued support of the National
Cued Speech Association, we have been able to minimize
cost increases.
A deposit of $50 must accompany
the registration form with the balance due upon arrival at the
4-H Center. The deposit will be applied to the total camp fee
shown below. Registration forms post-marked after September 16th,
and on-line registrations submitted after September 19th, must
include a $10.00 late charge. We cannot accept family
overnight camper registrations after Sunday, September 21st (only
hotels or other off-campus housing are available after this date).
Please honor these deadlines!
Overnight Camper Fees are all-inclusive.
The fee covers all meals, lodging, classes, child care (for preschoolers
and for the Sunday morning panel), presentations and programmed
social activities for all family members. Day Rates are inclusive
of all activities and the meals as indicated, but do not include
lodging. We have made minimal increases in Camp fees from last
year, despite significant increases in costs passed on to us by
the Williamsburg 4-H Center.
Cue Camp Overnight
Camper Fee Scale
(for members of the same family) |
# of People |
Cost |
1 person |
$160 |
2 people |
$250 |
3 people |
$335 |
4 people |
$385 |
5 people |
$440 |
6 people or more |
$500 |
Children 3 years old and
younger are free |
The College Student Reduced (Supplemented)
Rate* is now $110 for the weekend or $55 for Saturday
- Sunday only (still less than actual cost). Upon arrival, college
students will be asked to sign a statement acknowledging the rules
and expectations of camp participation.
Fee Scale for Day
Campers
Day rates are inclusive of all activities but do
not include lodging |
# of Days |
Includes |
Price for a single
person |
Price per person
for a family of
2 or more people |
1 day |
Friday or Saturday only (3 meals and all activities) |
$65 |
$50 per person |
2 days |
Friday and Saturday only (6 meals and all
activities |
$74 |
$65 per person |
3 days |
Fri., Sat. and Sun., (7 meals and all activities) |
$80 |
$70 per person |
Children 3 years old and
younger are free |
Hotel Planning - Many families are more comfortable
in a hotel environment, and there are numerous hotels in the Williamsburg
area. Listed below are 2 hotels which did provide discounts last
year, but have not yet committed to any discount rates for this
year. Be sure to ask for military, educational, government, AAA
discounts or any other discounts for which you might qualify.
Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, Gateway
515 Bypass Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
757-229-9990
Country Inn and Suites
400 Bypass Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
757-259-7990
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Pay on Line
You can register for camp and pay on line through PayPal. Go
to the website, www.NVCSA.org,
and follow the link to Cue Camp Virginia
Registration. Of course, you can still print and mail in applications
and checks (made payable to NVCSA). The NVCSA can only accept
credit cards through PayPal.
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General Information
The Jamestown 4-H Center is located on the James
River, minutes from Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown
Festival Park, Busch Gardens and the Williamsburg Pottery Factory.
The center has two family lodges,
each with six separate rooms. The rooms are dorm style with four
sets of bunk beds per room.
Families with fewer than 6 members may be sharing a room with
other campers, depending on camp attendance. Rooms have heating,
light and electrical outlets, but no refrigerators. There is space
available for playpens or portable cribs. Central male and female
showers and toilet facilities are located in each cabin. Single-sex
cabins have one central shower/bathroom, with an open
bay room on each side. Each bay has 8 bunk beds. We recommend
shower shoes in both types of cabins! You must bring your own
pillows, linens and towels. Laundry facilities are not available
at the camp.
Recommended packing list:
Light clothing for daytime
Jeans and sweatshirts for evening
Rain gear if appropriate
Sheets (twin) and blankets or sleeping bags; travel crib if
applicable
Pillows
Towels and washcloths, shower shoes
Toiletries, to include soap
Bug spray
Cooler, snacks
Camera
Flashlights
There are no telephones
in the cabins. No internet connection is provided. A pay phone
is available at the main building. Cellular phone reception is
adequate throughout the camp.
Meals are served cafeteria style in the Camp Dining
Hall beginning with breakfast Friday and concluding with breakfast
on Sunday.
The early fall weather has been beautiful in past
years, with shorts comfortable during the days and long pants
and sweatshirts needed in the evenings. Check the forecasts before
you leave for camp, to determine if you’ll need rain gear.
Parents are responsible for their children at
mealtime and after class hours. We will make a reasonable effort
to provide for everyone’s safety, however accidents can occur.
Upon arrival you will need to sign a waiver for yourself and family.
Driving directions are
available on the website.
Please note that we cannot accept family registration
applications received after the deadline of Sunday, September
21st.
Arrival is 6:00 -10:00 p.m. Thursday evening and
7:00-9:15 a.m. Friday. The welcome meeting will be at 9:30 a.m.
Friday morning in the Rec Hall in the main building. All classes
will begin Friday morning at 10:00. All classes will be finished
on Saturday afternoon. Checkout is Sunday by 12:00 p.m. It is
the responsibility of all campers to ensure that their cabin,
including common areas, has been swept and that all trash is bagged
and ready for pick up. Be sure to check for "Lost and Found"
items in the Rec Hall before leaving the property. Breakfast is
the only meal served on Sunday.
For additional information, email NVCSA@yahoo.com
or call Maureen Bellamy, (703) 560-1035 or Rosemary Salvi, (703)
246-9892.
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Cue Camp VA Photo Album
Pictures
from prior years
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