Cued Articulation
What is Cued Articulation?
It is a set of hand cues for teaching the individual sounds in a word. The hand movements are logical – each hand movement represents one sound and the cue gives clues as to how and where the sound is produced.
It is not a sign language where the whole word is signed – but Cued Articulation can be used alongside sign language. Cued Articulation should not be confused with ‘Cued Speech’.
Colour Coding is also used for the written letters which represent these sounds.
See Jane Passy explain Cued Articulation in YouTube
Jane Passy devised the cues while working with a group of children with severe speech and language problems. These children had problems in auditory recall and needed a visual aid to learning. Teachers found that not only did using the cues help the children with difficulties, but it raised the sound awareness skills of everyone in the class. Jane developed the system to include 26 consonants and 23 vowel sounds.
Jane Passy’s Speech Therapy career now spans 50 years, following her initial training at the Oldrey Fleming School of Speech Therapy in London. She has worked in the UK, India and Australia. During the 1990s she travelled throughout the UK, providing Cued Articulation training for teachers and Speech & Language Therapists.