Clinical AAC Research Conference

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Call for Papers

Deadline for Abstracts and Papers: Extended to June 1, 2009

Printable Call for Papers Announcement

The intent of the CLINICAL AAC CONFERENCE is to strengthen and share the evidence base for clinical practice is AAC. Therefore, platform and poster proposals may take any of these forms: reports of original research, such as clinical trials, group designs, single-subject experiments and case series studies, descriptive research, systematic reviews, and critically appraised topics.

Presentation formats include:
• Platform Presentation (20 minute presentation followed by 10 minutes for discussion)
• Poster Presentation

Proposal formats for platform and poster session are the same. The proposal should be no more than 1200 words in length, excluding references and tables. An additional 150 (maximum) word abstract is required. Abstracts will be included in the conference program.

Your proposal will constitute your application to attend the 2009 CLINICAL AAC CONFERENCE. The same evaluation criteria will be used for both platform and poster presentations. The program committee will determine designation as a poster or platform, though you may select your preference through the proposal process.

All accepted abstract and paper submissions will be archived. By submitting your paper to this conference, you are agreeing to have your abstract and paper made publicly accessible in the CLINICAL AAC CONFERENCE archives. As an author of a paper submitted to this conference, you retain the copyright for your paper posted in the archive, having granted permission for its use on this site. You also retain the right to publish your paper elsewhere (unless expressly forbidden by the publisher).

To allow for a blind review, there should be no identifying information in the body of the submission or in the body of the abstract.

Paper submissions must adhere to APA style and must meet the following requirements:

If possible, all figures and tables should be integrated into a single document submission. The body of the submission must not exceed 1200 words (excluding the end matter). The submission document page format must be 8-1/2" x 11" (or A4), must be single-spaced, in 12-point font (Times New Roman preferred) with margins of 1 inch (2.5 cm).

A single file is expected. The file should include the title, authors, affiliations, abstract, and paper including tables, figures, and references. Content provided to reviewers will not include the authors and affiliations.

The file format must be .txt (text) or .rtf (rich text format). File name should use the form

YYMMDDLASTNAMEN.txt or .rtf.

"YY" is 09 (for 2009); "MM" is month (e.g., 02 for February); "DD" is date (14 for the 14th day of the month); "LASTNAME" is the last name of the primary author; "N" designates the order of the proposal(s) submitted by the author (1 for the first proposal, 2 for the second, etc.).

Any proposal containing documents or figures submitted in unreadable formats or not adhering to submission requirements will not be considered.

Proposal forms (copy the form below and paste into a .txt or .rtf document) and proposal files should be sent electronically to the Chair of the Program Committee: Dr. Donald Fuller, dfuller@ewu.edu.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by July 1.

 

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2009 CLINICAL AAC Research CONFERENCE

Proposal Form
(Copy this form, paste into a .txt or .rtf document, and complete.)
Submission Deadline: Extended to June 1, 2009

Alternative formats for the Proposal Form are available.
Email: caac@aacinstitute.org.

Primary Author:
Name:
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Biographical Sketch of Primary Author (Limited to 50 words):

Additional Author(s):
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City/State/Zip/Country:
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Name:
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Preferred Presentation Format: (Check only one)
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____ Poster Session
____ Program Committee Decision

Title:

Document Abstract: (Limit 150 words; no identifying information)

Research Description: (Limit 1200 words; no identifying information) (Should include Introduction/Background Information, Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusions, Clinical Implications)