November 8, 2003

AAC Institute Update!

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This update has five (5) items. Please forward to others with an interest in AAC. Others can register for email updates at the AAC Institute web site.

1) ASHA Convention
The annual ASHA Convention is being held this week in Chicago. Here are a few program items with AAC Institute connection.

Session 402
AAC Performance Report Tool
Poster
Thursday 1:30 - 3:00
Hall E

Session 417
Laurie Hanley - Illinois State University
with: Ann Beck
Acquisition and Generalization of PECS Behaviors in Children with Autism
Technical Session
Thursday 4:30 - 4:45
Room E353b
Third Place recipient of AAC Institute Student Scientific Paper Award

Session 432
Andrea Barton - Georgia State University
with: Mary Ann Romski, Rose Sevcik
Symbol Acquisition by Preschoolers with Significant Developmental Delays
Poster
Hall E
Second Place recipient of AAC Institute Student Scientific Paper Award

Session 449
SID-12 Sponsored event administered by AAC Institute
Jon Feucht
7th Annual Edwin & Esther Prentke AAC Distinguished Lecture
Friday 4:30 - 5:30
Room E353b

SID-12 (AAC) Meeting
Friday 5:30 - 6:30
Room E353b

Session 450
Sally A. Clendon - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
with: Janet Sturm & Kathleen Cali
The Vocabularies of Beginning Writers: Implications for Students who use AAC.
Technical Session
Saturday 8:00 - 8:15
Room E353c
First Place recipient of AAC Institute Student Scientific Paper Award

Session 458
AAC Internet-Based Self-Study Program
Poster
Saturday 10:30 - 12:00
Hall E

Session CL11
AAC Evidence-Based Practice using the Performance Report Tool
Saturday 3:30 - 5:30
Room E265 (Computer Lab)

2) The Gallery
The Gallery features creative materials by people who use AAC. It is a new area of the AAC Institute web site < www.aacinstitute.org > under Products and Services and presently has several books and music CDs. If you are aware of other works of this nature for which the artist/author would consider using this method of dissemination, please suggest contacting products@aacinstitute.org.

3) Directory of Local Resources
This is a new area of the AAC Institute web site < www.aacinstitute.org > that allows individuals to act as resources to others in their local area. The introduction includes information on how to become listed as a resource.

4) 2004 Symposium
The 2004 Symposium on AAC Evidence-Based Practice: Research, Practice, and Policy will be held on Saturday June 20, 2004. The symposium is organized as a RESNA Instructional Course immediately preceding the annual RESNA Conference. 2004 ASHA president Larry Higdon is the keynote speaker. Additional information is available at the AAC Institute web site under Symposium.

5) AACOutcomes.org
A new web site on AAC Outcomes < www.aacoutcomes.org > has been established to provide information on this topic.