SYMPOSIUM

on

AAC EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE:
RESEARCH, PRACTICE, AND POLICY

     Saturday, June 19, 2004

Agenda

Time

Session

Topic (click for abstract)

Presenter(s)

Planned Activities

8:30-8:45
AM

1

Charge to the Symposium
Challenging our assumptions about AAC EBP

D. Chapple

Lecture
Discussion

8:45-9:15
AM

2

Keynote
Moving Professionals toward AAC EBP: Research, Practice and Policy

L. Higdon
C. Wiles Higdon

Lecture: PowerPoint
Discussion

9:15-10:30
AM

3

Special Plenary: What’s Evidence-Based Practice and Steps Needed to Advance the Helping Professions

L. Gibbs

Lecture: PowerPoint
Discussion

10:45 AM -
12:00

4

Policy: Consumer Rights and Funding Issues associated with Evidence-based Practice

D. Chapple
C. Wiles Higdon

Lecture: PowerPoint
Discussion

1:00-2:00
PM

5

Research: Designing Research for POEMS (patient oriented evidence that matters)

R. Smith

Lecture: PowerPoint
Discussion period includes
H. Koester & K. Hill

2:00-3:15
3:30-4:45

PM

6

Clinical Practice: Performance and Outcomes Measurement

K. Hill
H. Koester
S. Fennema-Jansen

Lecture: PowerPoint
Includes roundtable
demonstrations and discussion

4:45-5:30
PM

7

Wrap-up: Summary of contributions from attendees

All speakers

Moderator/Speaker-led closing statements
Discussion

David Chapple, M.A. is the secretary of the AAC Institute. He is a computer programmer and is a person with a speech communication disability who uses AAC assistive technology.

Sally Fennema-Jansen, OTR is currently working as a research consultant with the ATOMS Project.

Leonard Gibbs, Ph.D. is the author of Evidence-Based Practice for the Helping Professions: A Practical Guide with Integrated Multimedia He has taught at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire since 1977.

Larry Higdon, CCC-A is the 2004 President of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Mr. Higdon ran on a platform supporting evidence-based practice.

Katya Hill, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is at the Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (CATER) at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hill conducts research and development related to AAC performance measurement and evidence-based practice.

Heidi Horstmann Koester, Ph.D. is the President of Koester Performance Research. Dr. Koester has a long history of research and development related to performance measurement and computer access.

Roger O. Smith, Ph.D. is co-director of the Assistive Technology Outcomes Measurement System (ATOMS) Project, a NIDRR funded RERC (Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center).

Carolyn Wiles Higdon, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, FASHA is Interim Chair and Director of the Center of Speech and Hearing Research at the Department of Communication Disorder at the University of Mississippi.

 

Registration is through RESNA at www.resna.org as an instructional course. Information on the program and registration is also available at the AAC Institute website: www.aacinstitute.org. ASHA CEUs will be provided at no cost.

AAC Institute is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for 0.7 CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area). ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.