Time |
Track #1 |
Track #2 |
Track #3 |
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Day 1 June 27, 2017 |
11:30AM ET |
Welcome and opening remarks |
12 PM ET |
Rachael Langley: Prompt awareness in AAC instruction |
Kathryn Helland: AAC -- Getting Started, Implementing across Environments, and Busting Myths |
Bill Binko: ATMaker -- How the Maker Movement will Impact Assistive Technology |
1 PM ET |
Lucas Steuber: Demystifying Eye Gaze -- Building Your Own Low-Cost Eye Gaze AAC System |
Miriam O'Sulivan: Empowering People through Evidence-based Interventions |
Scot Wahlquist: Intro to CoughDrop AAC- Utilizing the cloud for AAC Communication |
2 PM ET |
Jenna Williams: Aided Language Stimulation -- input leads to output |
Anne Page: Keep it fun, Keep it flexible, Keep it available -- AAC all day in the Special Needs Classroom |
Jose Perez of Assistiveware: Bilingual AAC |
3 PM ET |
Judy Lariviere: Eye gaze Technology, Tools & Strategies to Support Inclusion for Individuals with Rett Syndrome (session no longer available online) |
Clayton Smeltz of FRS Solutions: How Can AAC Apps be Funded Through Insurance? |
Steven Helland: Managing Multiple AAC Clients from your CoughDrop Management Dashboard |
4 PM ET |
Karen Owens: We Speak PODD -- Implementing AAC at home/empowering parents |
Betsy Furler (Recorded 071717): Using iPads and Apps to Motivate AAC users |
Brian Whitmer: Using CoughDrop Goal/Data/Reporting Tool for More Quality IEP Outcomes |
5 PM ET |
Lisa Hancock & Karen Skarda: AAC Parents Panel Discussion/Q&A |
Cristian Orbe-Rosas: An AAC User-How I Communicate |
Brian Whitmer: Tips and Tricks to Creating/Editing CoughDrop boards on your web browser and syncing to your devices |
6 PM ET |
Randi Sargent, say it w/ symbols: Communicating Care Needs Using AAC |
Samantha Novick: New Kids on the Block -- AAC for starting Clinicians |
Lana Ridge: Eye Tracking for Communication--The who, the what, the how |
7 PM ET |
Hack night (on Slack) & Lightning Talks |
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Day 2 June 28, 2017
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Time ET |
Track #1 |
Track #2 |
Track #3 |
12 -1 PM ET |
Keynote by Kate Ahern
#SeeMeSeeMyAAC Building a Voice
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1 PM ET |
Vicki Haddix & JoClaire Merrill: Breaking down barriers to AAC implementation |
Angie Sheets & Nicole Wingate: The Amazing Race to the 3 Cs -- Collaboration, Core Vocabulary, Communication |
Scot Wahlquist: Intro to CoughDrop AAC- Enabling Parents to Model on any Device and Platform.
-Beyond the Device Mentality
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2 PM ET |
Rachel Jones: AAC in the Classroom -- Core Vocabulary
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Melissa Hoffmann: You can give your client a voice-- Writing the AAC Evaluation and Funding Packet |
Brian Whitmer: What’s New at CoughDrop: Message Banking/ Eye Tracking/ Language Translation Tool and more |
3 PM ET |
Pamela Dieste (Canceled): I can read too (how to infuse AAC into academics w/ focus on literacy) |
Amber Devine Stinson: AAC icon location for visual impairment and eye gaze |
Amanda Hartmann of Assistiveware: A Roadmap to Successful Communication Using AAC |
4 PM ET |
Carole Zangari
Beyond the Basics: Core Consideration in AAC Intervention
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Leslie Van Winkle: Together is better -- collaborating across disciplines to improve AAC use among team members for children with autism |
Jill Senner & Matt Baud: SMoRRES and Partner-Augmented input -- keys to successful modeling (session no longer available online) |
5 PM ET |
Mike Cole: “Is it working yet?” Defining measurable goals & Identifying Data Collection Tools (session no longer available online) |
Amanda Samperi: Adapted Books -- What are Symbolated Stories andHow do We Use Them? |
Elisabeth Nuboer of Vocal ID: Why sharing your voice into the Human Voicebank can help AAC users find their own unique voice |
6 PM ET |
Breakout Groups & Wrap Up (check Slack for details) |
