Highlights For the Week of Feb 3, 2025
What to consider when considering AAC apps
Mike Cole
2018
Although on the surface, apps appear to be the easy choice due to cost, availability, and ubiquity of tablets/phones, care should be taken when evaluating for an individual. This session discusses app advantages/disadvantages and how to consider apps for an individual with complex communication needs.
Highlights For the Week of Jan 27, 2025
Communication Partner Strategies for AAC
Cheri Dodge Chin
2021
Successful communication depends on the skills of all partners. Knowing how to support AAC-users is challenging for many partners. In fact, without explicit instruction, partners are less likely to provide communication turn opportunities. This presentation will explore multiple research-based communication strategies to make you a WISE partner (Wait, Interpret, Show, & Expand).
Highlights For the Week of Jan 20, 2025
Unconventional AAC
Stephanie Fuller and Saoirse Tilton
2019
When people talk about AAC they usually think about iPad programs and letterboards. There are however, many more options for AAC, including things that are often overlooked as communication. Let’s look at the wider idea of communication and how it happens.
Executive Function & AAC
Amanda Samperi
2018
Executive functioning (EF) skills are critical to using one’s information and skills. This presentation will look at AAC through an executive functioning lens, connecting areas of challenge in EF skills with challenges that many users of AAC face. It will also provide evidence-based strategies to enhance executive functioning skills for users of AAC.
How AT and AAC Changed Me
Jessica Smith
2024
This is a presentation that talks about my story with autism and mental health issues. Then how I overcame these issues then I talk about what I do for first responders and other things I do in the assistive technology field.
Highlights For the Week of Jan 13, 2025
Incorporating Mindfulness Practice Pages into Eye Gaze AAC
James Brinton
2021
Can incorporating “mindfulness” page sets on an AAC device benefit communicators and their support staff? Join us for a group mindfulness exercise, as seen from the screen of an Eyegaze device and see examples of various mindfulness techniques. Learn how these principles may increase quality of life for AAC communicators.
Low-tech AAC Solutions Overview
Margaret Cotts
2019
An overview of low tech communication, including some of the reasons why people use low tech. We will demonstrate different physical access methods: • Pointing by hand • Pointing with a laser (head mounted or handheld) • Eye Gaze • Scanning • Gestures
Highlights For the Week of Jan 6, 2025
Highlights For the Week of Dec 30, 2024
Introducing Co-VidSpeak
Brian Whitmer
2020
Co-VidSpeak is a new, AAC-oriented web conferencing app. We originally created it for ventilated individuals in a hospital setting, and are expanding its use to support remote communication for any users who could benefit from AAC. Come learn what Co-VidSpeak does, share feedback on features you'd like to see, and learn how you can try it out for yourself!
OpenAAC Live Chat
2019
Learn about OpenAAC, a new initiative to help break down barriers for AAC users around the world! This session will be hosted in the Slack chat channel, we will do a short introduction video session and move to chat.