2009 Symposium Agenda

August 6, 2009

Sheraton Station Square
Pittsburgh, PA



TIME

TOPIC

Location

SPEAKER

8:30 AM

Registration & coffee

Stoops Ferry

 

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Turning a Dream Job into Reality

Edenburg

Anthony Arnold
Technical support
Prentke Romich Company

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Building a Life Plan

Edenburg

 Johann Conkling, Director
Always On Our Own

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Break –

Stoops Ferry

 

11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Planning Working Session
It's Your Life handout

Edenburg

AAC Institute Staff 

12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM

Lunch provided

Stoops Ferry

 

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

How Communication Affects Empowerment: Planning Strategies to be the Best Communicator You can Be

PowerPoint slides

Checklist
Resources Handout

Edenburg

 

Katya Hill

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

What is Life Like When you Use AAC?
Group interview:

Edenburg

Bac Shelton

Rick Creech

Dave Chapple

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Break
Stoops Ferry
 
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Transition materials from PaTTAN
Edenburg
Rick Creech

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Building Skills for Adulthood Working Session
Talking About Things
More Resources

Edenburg

 Robin Hurd  

Anthony Arnold lives in Grand Forks, ND. He is an active participant in AAC consumer discussions and is a remote troubleshooter for an AAC manufacturer. He is a person with a speech communication disability who uses AAC assistive technology.

David Chapple lives in northest Ohio. He is the secretary of the AAC Institute, writes the monthly Around the Watercooler column and coordinates the AAC ConsumerNet area of the AAC Institute web site.. David has a degree in software engineering, is a remote troubleshooter for an AAC manufacturer, and is a person with a speech communication disability who uses AAC assistive technology.

Johann Conkling lives in northwestern Pennsylvania and is the Director of Always On Our Own in Erie.

Rick Creech lives in Harrisburg, PA. He is employed by PaTTaN, the Pennsylvania Training & Technical Assistance Network, and is a person with a speech communication disability who uses AAC assistive technology.

Katya Hill is on the Communication Science and Disorders faculty at University of Pittbsurgh and is executive director of AAC Institute.

Robin Hurd lives in Fairview, PA. She is the mother of 11 year old twins who use AAC and powered wheelchairs. She is also the author of the Parents' Corner area of the AAC Institute web site and moderates the AAC Parents listserve.

Bac Shelton lives in Mississippi. He is an artist and is a person with a speech communication disability who uses AAC assistive technology.