2008 Clinical AAC
Research Conference
CAAC
The
Conference Presentations
September 25-27, 2008
www.aacinstitute.org/CAAC
The Clinical AAC (CAAC) Research
Conference
The Clinical AAC (CAAC) Research Conference is an annual forum created specifically for clinicians and researchers engaged in the study and clinical management of people who use augmentative and alternative communication. The ultimate end goal of CAAC is to guide future AAC research in ways that will optimize the life experience of people who use AAC. CAAC offers keynote, platform, and poster presentations by AAC researchers. Presentations are based on clinical research that contributes to the communication performance of people who use AAC. All participants present their original research and engage in comprehensive discussions with colleagues. To encourage a program conducive to the exchange of ideas, attendance is limited. Those wishing to attend must submit a summary of an original paper or poster. For additional information, visit www.aacinstitute.org/CAAC.
2008 Clinical AAC
Research Conference
September 25-27, 2008
Conference Chair
Filip Loncke
Program Chair
Jeffery Higginbotham
Steering Committee
Ann Beck (
Reviewers
Gilson
Capilouto, Kathleen Garrett, Rajinder Koul, Filip Loncke,
John McCarthy, Pamela Mathy, Rupal Patel, Bruce Wisenburn
Table of Contents
Thursday 25 September 2008
10:00 Welcome
Robert Pianta
Dean of the School of Education
University of Virginia
10:10 Keynote
Christine Dollaghan
Evidence for theory and practice: It takes all kinds
Sponsor: Communication Disorders Program University of Virginia
1:30 Session 1
Patricia Politano
Beyond Unicorns: In Search of Social and Strategic
Competence
Laura Heilman, Malcolm R. McNeil, Katya Hill
and Sheila R. Pratt
An Examination of the Effects of Mode of Access
on the Computerized Revised Token Test
Session 2
Jennifer Cornish and Jeffery
Higginbotham
Effect of Task Type on Grounded Contributions &
Multimodality on Augmented Interactions
Fei Luo and Jeffery Higginbotham
Personal Narrative Telling of AAC Users with ALS
Friday 26 September 2008
8:00 Session 3
Posters
Carrie Bruce
Critically Analyzing Workplace Discourse to Inform
AAC Device Design
Allison Jack, Katie Liskey, John Bonvillian,
and Herbert Richards
Gestural Imitation and Hand Preference in Children
with Autism
Linda Meyer and Filip Loncke
Factors Contributing to Success or Failure in Vocational
Evaluation by Users of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices
Ming Chung Chen and Katya Hill
Redesign of a Keyboard Layout to Enhance the Proficiency
of Text-entry for Single Digit Mandarin Chinese Users
9: 30 Session 4
Tara Canty, Filip Loncke, Karla Wilburn, Dorothee Crato, Julia Goldkamp
The role of phonology in word learning through a speech-generating
communication device.
Mick Isaacson and Lyle Lloyd
Efficacy of the Generation Effect for Promoting
Learning of the Relationship of Graphic Symbols and Referents: An Initial
Report
Session 5
John Bonvillian, Tracy Dooley, Heather Emmons, Allison Jack, Nicole
Kissane, and Filip Loncke
The Development of a Simplifed Manual Sign Communication
System for Special Populations
Mick Isaacson, Saranya Srinivasan, & Lyle
Lloyd
Cognitive Issues and Computer Applications for
AAC Symbol-Referent Learning and Retention
1:30 Session 6
Elizabeth Hanson, Mallory Trap, and Timothy Ferber
Telephone Talk: Effect of the first message on telephone
conversations using synthesized speech
Vanessa Mayer, Barbara Braddock, Filip Loncke,
and Stephanie Borg
Trained Modality use in Adults with Expressive Aphasia
Session 7
Richard Steele
Changes in Chronic Global Aphasia at Impairment and
Functional Communication Levels following SGD Practice and Use
Monica S. Hough and Rachel K. Johnson
Use of AAC to Enhance Communication in an Adult with
Chronic Severe Aphasia
Saturday 27 September 2008
8:30 Session 8
Student breakfast
Lyle Lloyd & Carolyn Gosse
10:00 Session 9
Judith Stoep, Hans Van Balkom, Margje van der Schuit
Language, communication, and emergent literacy: a
matter of opportunities
Yvonne Lynch and Martine Smith
When you have lemons make lemonade – an exploration
of the challenges and opportunities inherent in carrying out research in a
clinical setting.
Panel discussion
Research in AAC – methodologies, focus, and priorities today and
tomorrow
11:30 Announcement of the Student
Award (AAC Institute)
Katya Hill
11:45 Closing ceremony