University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Erik Jakobs is the primary software developer across all projects for the current RERC on AAC (2020-2025) and supports engineering training. He holds degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering. He has 18 years of experience providing AAC/AT technical support to people with disabilities, and 15 years of experience writing AAC software for InvoTek. He has managed development for 14 SBIR projects and 2 RERC on AAC projects (2020-2025; 2014-2019).
ASHA Financial Disclosures:
Erik receives funding under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90REGE0029) to the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (RERC on AAC). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this presentation do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
View a global list of converted local start times Session ID: 38 Objectives: Describe at least three features of the AAC Learning Center that support pre-service instruction in augmentative and […]
View a global list of converted local start times Session ID: 43 Objectives: As a result of this session, participants will be able to: Describe the importance of training […]
View a global list of converted local start times Session ID: 70 Objectives: 1. Describe the importance of literacy instruction for people who use and/or benefit from AAC 2. […]
View a global list of converted local start times Session ID: 46 Objectives: Describe three key features of Video Visual Scene Display (video VSD) interventions and explain how they […]
