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  • Tomi Bartzenko – My Personal Journey to Independence

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 121 Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Discuss the rights and abilities of people with disabilities to live independently. 2. Describe how AAC can make it possible to live a full life and experience autonomy that is meaningful, empowering and fulfilling.

    Speakers:

    Tomi Bartzenko

  • Let’s look before we leap: a thoughtful approach to AI and AAC

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 35 Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Identify different types of ‘AI’ as applicable to AAC. 2. Compare the risks and benefits of different types of ‘AI’ in general. 3. Identify general risks and benefits of ‘AI’ to AAC-specific examples.

    Speakers:

    Alyssa Hillary ZiskDavid Niemeijer

  • Sharing Your Voice: Inclusive Methods for Involving Participants with Speech Differences in Communication Research

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 34   Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Identify and implement specific methodological adaptations that enable meaningful inclusion of people with speech differences in research studies, moving beyond token participation to genuine engagement. 2. Describe strategies to ensure informed consent to include […]

    Speakers:

    Charlie Moran

  • Communication Partner Profiling Among Primary Caretakers of Children who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 69 Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Describe the variability in AAC-related skills among caregivers, and identify key areas where support and training is needed. 2. Analyze the barriers faced by caregivers, such as limited training, device unfamiliarity, and lack of support […]

    Speakers:

    Veena Mohan

  • Life notebooks, life story books and AAC. A lifelong project.

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 73 Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.  Analyze the cognitive and emotional factors that make interaction support necessary for people who use AAC 2. Describe how memories are created and how to retrieve them 3. Explain how the traces of one’s life […]

    Speakers:

    Marielle Lachenal

  • Self-advocacy skills for AAC users

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 90 Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Identify the 5 steps needed to learn to self-advocate. 2. Apply these 5 steps to their own life to understand their own self-advocacy skills currently. 3. Formulate their own plan to become a confident self-advocate.

    Speakers:

    Beth Moulam

  • Providing Co-Treatment Services for Children who use AAC: Perspectives from Occupational Therapists and Speech-Language Pathologists

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 23 Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. List three potential reasons for pursuing a co-treatment approach for children who use AAC 2. Describe four key themes derived from interviews with SLPs and OTs at one institution in the Midwest United States 3. […]

    Speakers:

    Lisa Helderman

  • Handshake – using arm movement as an AAC switch

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 50 Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Describe the handshake system. 2. Discuss the potential for using intentional limb movement as an AAC switch. 3. Evaluate whether the handshake system could be of potential benefit for people who cannot currently access AAC.

    Speakers:

    Matthew Oppenheim

  • Enhancing professionals’ knowledge and self-efficacy in AAC assessment using a co-designed training program: Comparing the effectiveness of two online training methods

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 72 Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1) Summarize online training methods. 2) Explain challenges faced in the training of professionals who work with AAC. 3) Determine the appropriateness and effectiveness of using an online training program to develop professionals’ knowledge and self-efficacy […]

    Speakers:

    Shakila Dada

  • Inclusion in AAC Research: Lessons Learned from Four Collaborative Research Projects

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 80   Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Identify three key benefits of collaborative approaches to inclusive research 2. Identify three key challenges to collaborative approaches to inclusive research 3. Identify three key supports to collaborative approaches to inclusive research

    Speakers:

    David McNaughtonLance McLemore

  • Empowering Self-Determination for AAC Users: Strategies to Promote Inclusion and Advocacy

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 6 Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Identify and explain the core components of self-determination and their relevance to AAC users 2. Describe evidence-based strategies for integrating self-determination practices into AAC interventions across various contexts 3. Demonstrate the ability to design AAC […]

    Speakers:

    Sheida Raley

  • Special education teachers experiences with implementing Augmentative and Alternative communication systems using the Goal Attainment scaling method.

    Online (Zoom)

    View a global list of converted local start times   Session ID: 43   Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Describe experiences using GAS to implement AAC goals. 2. Apply recommendations in regard to AAC and GAS implementation. 3. Describe experiences with working in teams, when learning to use GAS.

    Speakers:

    Victoria Børtveit