| Time |
Session |
Topic |
Presenter(s) |
Planned Activities |
|
8:45-9:00
AM |
1 |
Symposium
Goals & Objectives |
F.
Loncke |
Introductory Address |
|
9:00-10:00
AM |
2 |
Consumer-centered
Evidence-Based Practice |
A.
Condeluci |
Keynote
Address |
|
10:15-11:15
AM |
3 |
AAC
and Evidence-Based Practice from a Family Perspective |
R.
Hurd |
PowerPoint
Presentation Interactive discussion |
|
11.15 AM-12:00 |
4 |
Evidence-based
practice: Identifying the weakest link |
Panel:
F. Loncke,
A. Condeluci,
R. Hurd,
D. Chapple |
Interactive
discussion Brainstorming technique |
|
|
Lunch
Provided |
|
|
|
1:00-2:00
PM |
5 |
Finding
and Using Research Evidence Important to You |
C.
Wiles Higdon |
PowerPoint
Presentation Internet demonstration |
|
2:15-3:00
PM |
6 |
LAM
and PeRT Demonstration |
K.
Hill
|
Interactive
discussion & Demonstration |
|
3:00-4:00
PM |
7 |
Using
Objective Data to Transition Across AAC Systems |
G.
M. Van Tatenhove |
PowerPoint
Presentation |
4:00-5:00
PM |
8 |
Advocating
for EBP to Achieve Maximum Potential |
Panel |
Interactive
Discussion
Brainstorming technique |
David Chapple 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.
Al Condeluci is CEO of United
Cerebral Palsy of Pittburgh, author, and advocate for people with disabilities.
Katya Hill
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.
Robin Hurd is the mother of
6 year old twins who use AAC and powered wheelchairs. She is also the author
of Parents' Corner.
Filip Loncke
is immediate past president of ISAAC (International Society for Augmentative
and Alternative Communication). He is on the faculty at the University of
Virginia.
Gail Van Tatenhove is in private
practice specializing in AAC with children and adults and works as a clinical
consultant with Semantic Compaction Systems in Pittsburgh, PA.
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.
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 0.6 CEUs (Intermediate
level; Professional area). ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply
endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures. |
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