Schedule
2024 Conference
Events for October 29, 2024
Literacy Learning using digital apps for students with intellectual disability in need of AAC
Session ID: 1007 Objectives: 1. Define how specifically developed digitally based instruction methods can be used as literacy instruction for students with ID. 2. Describe strategies that are effective […]
Diversity in children with CCN
Session ID: 1006 Objectives: 1. Define culturally sensitive parenting. 2. Define crucial elements of a culturally sensitive guideline. Moderator: Kathy Look Howery
Exemplary AAC SLPs Supporting Children who use AAC in Meaningful Interactions
Session ID: 1026 Objectives: 1. Define how and why the term exemplary AAC SLP is used in the current investigation. 2. Identify one or more communicative support strategies used […]
ComBo-training staff of adults in need of AAC-views of participants, managers, and users
Session ID: 1038 Objectives: 1. Describe AKKtiv – a comprehensive partner training program. 2. Explain the results of evaluation of ComBo and the views of participants, their managers. 3. […]
French Vocabulary Options from PRC-Saltillo
Session ID: 1048 Objectives: 1. List three French vocabulary options from PRC-Saltillo. 2. Describe key elements of available French vocabularies. 3. Identify additional online resources for French vocabularies. […]
AAC Technologies and Interventions to Support Literacy Learning
Session ID: 1030 Objectives: 1. Describe the importance of literacy skills for people who need AAC. 2. Describe the components of effective instruction to support literacy learning for individuals […]
Reading and spelling instruction in Dutch non-verbal children with disabilities: the LOeS procedure
Session ID: 1008 Objectives: 1. Describe the LOeS procedure and its implementation. 2. Explain the importance of including children with AAC within the classroom so they get the same […]
Designing Accessible & Inclusive Online Meetings for Persons with Complex Communication Access Needs – Cancelled
Important note: This session has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond ISAAC’s control. Session ID: 1009 Objectives: 1. Describe the significance of communication accessibility for individuals with complex […]
My fight to get speech back after a stroke
Session ID: 1020 Objectives: Describe speech rehabilitation from a personal perspective. Moderator: Shannon Paige
Matriz de Comunicación e Hitos para la comunicación: Herramientas para evaluar competencias comunicaTIVAS, Communication Matrix and Milestones for Communication: Tools for assessing communication competences
Session ID: 1045 Objectives: 1. Compare the use of objective tools in the communication process to visual examination and monitoring without recording systems. 2. Describe how the use of […]
It’s not just translation: Adapting AAC Language Systems for International Use
Session ID: 1049 Objectives: 1. Critically evaluate the impact of English-centric biases in AAC systems on the communication effectiveness of non-English-speaking users. 2. Identify the barriers and challenges […]
Perceived Barriers and Predictors for AAC Service Provision Among Speech-Language Pathologists
Session ID: 1035 Objectives: 1. Describe the barriers to AAC service delivery reported by speech-langauge pathologists. 2. Compare the perceived barriers and predictors for implementation of AAC in clinical […]
From Participation to Communication: Bodily-Tactile Early Intervention for Children with Visual Impairment and Additional Disabilities
Session ID: 1025 Objectives: 1. Explain why early social play routines are useful for developing participation in children. 2. Identify the challenges that children with VIAD and their parents […]
Bilingual (English/Spanish) AAC Vocabulary Solutions from PRC-Saltillo
Session ID: 1050 Objectives: 1. Show the location of five bilingual (English/Spanish) vocabulary files available on PRC-Saltillo devices. 2. Describe the layout and structures of our bilingual (English/Spanish) vocabularies […]
AAC Class “Three Ways”: Learning Outcomes from Face-to-Face, Hybrid, and Fully Online Course Modalities
Session ID: 1002 Objectives: 1. Identify the different synchronous and asynchronous learning modalities employed in this study. 2. Describe aspects of course content that were shared across three modalities, […]
Ten years of AAC in Bulgaria: achievements and problems
Session ID: 1031 Objectives: 1. Describe how emergent AAC countries could benefit from the experience of Bulgaria. 2. Explain the critical barriers and facilitators identified the presentation. Moderator: […]
ComBo-a new resource for training of communication partners of adults in need of AAC
Session ID: 1039 Objectives: 1. Define ComBo as an intervention aimed at communication partners of adult AAC users. 2. Summarize evidence regarding AAC intervention for adults with communicative disability. […]
Eye-Gaze & Cerebral Palsy: Causal Mechanisms, Functional Vision and Learning Purposeful Control
Session ID: 1051 Objectives: 1. Describe the causal mechanisms that underpin purposeful control of eye-gaze technology. 2. Analyse the contributions of cause and effect, functional vision and developmental level […]
Talking with Ai: Using Social Bots for Conversational Purposes
Session ID: 1053 Objectives: 1. Identify three features of conversation required for Ai supported AAC. 2. Discuss how prosody within in-person interaction and how text-to-speech may be leveraged by […]
Talking with Tech Live: Brainstorming Solutions To Real-Life AAC Questions
Session ID: 1016 Objectives: 1. Describe three tools to effectively implement AAC. 2. Describe three strategies used to effectively implement AAC. 3. Describe a system for evaluating which tools […]
USSAAC’s Speaker Connection: Amplifying Our Voices
Session ID: 1044 Objectives: 1. Describe characteristics of USSAAC’s AAC Speaker Connection that have led to hiring AAC users in educational, training, advocacy, and professional development events. 2. Explain […]
Building Writing Autonomy: Supporting Developing Writers with Idea and Language Generation
Session ID: 1012 Objectives: 1. Discuss different supports for language and ideas to be used with developing writers. 2. Identify which supports for language and ideas to use with […]
Young adults should not be learning to self-advocate
Session ID: 1034 Objectives: 1. Explain what self-advocacy and self-direction of supports look like with and for AAC Communicators and their families. Moderator: Michelle Phillippy
Communication without Borders: Emotion Work & People with CCN
Session ID: 1004 Objectives: 1.Explain the Cycle of Negativity and how it contributes to the practice of emotion work for people with CCN. 2.Describe the ways in which society […]
