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CISP 2009 Registration Information
2009 CISP Application
The Children's Instructional Summer Program (CISP) was founded by Professor Dorothy Hamberg, in 1968. Dorothy was a member of the Physical Education and Recreation Department at Gallaudet and was in charge of all Physical Education summer programs. She passed away in June of 1984. The Program was one of her great loves and also the first in the country to mainstream both deaf and hearing children.
Anita Marchitelli, Program Director since 1984, is an Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Education and Recreation. Anita worked for Dorothy as the Assistant Director to the CISP Program for 10 years. Under Anita's guidance, the program has continued to give university students, especially physical education and recreation majors, the opportunity to work with hearing and deaf children and give the sons and daughters of our students, faculty, staff and members of the local community an opportunity to learn from, play with, and work with each other in a non-threatening and supportive environment.
Philosophy of the Children's Instructional Summer Program (CISP)
Our philosophy is to bring hearing and deaf children and staff together from the local and campus communities. In this environment they all learn to work and play together in a non-threatening supportive arena where unconditional love and non-judgment is promoted.
The CISP program not only offers individuals jobs and work related experiences, but also brings together the entire Gallaudet and local community. Our children are exposed to different cultures and languages as well as have the opportunity to experience many activities and have fun communicating through sign language, body language, lip reading and mime.
The CISP program promotes the concept of community within the campus and local community with the focus on children. (It takes a community to raise a child). The program gives a chance for hearing and deaf children to be exposed to each other with primarily deaf counselors. The environment is one of sensitivity and understanding of the needs of each individual child and staff person. Because the program is founded on unconditional love and non-judgment the children and staff all grow. Our children develop and learn motor skills, swimming, dance, cooperative games, discovery, art, and sign language through total emersion.
The hearing and deaf cultures come closer together while developing a better understanding of each other's needs through this instructional program. Our deaf and hearing staff and our children are given many opportunities to develop creativity, imagination, and teamwork while in the setting of a "real world" environment.
The CISP program provides extensive learning experiences for many of our physical education, education, recreation and psychology majors. They are given the opportunity to learn to function successfully in a hearing and deaf environment, using a wide range of communication techniques with 120 children. The results of this successful and wonderful experience is that these majors feel comfortable out in the hearing world working with deaf and hearing people alike.
All participating individuals inside and outside of Gallaudet's community gain valuable experiences interacting in a mainstreamed program. Most importantly the needs of the deaf become better understood and as a result, more support is given. The entire community comes together as one so our children can be given the opportunity to grow.
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