ISAAC 2012 Main Conference Presentations
July 30, 2012
RoomClinical or Educational
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallUser Interface Design of Speech Generating Devices for Persons with Aphasia
Exhibit HallThe AAC trajectory of an individual with auditory dys-synchrony and visual impairment following brain herniation
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
335Communication Strategies for Autonomous Living
303-304Creating Communication Communities
330Achieving Communication Competence: 3 Steps to Effective Intervention
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit HallIt’s Showtime! Fontbonne University’s Family Weekend Theater AAC Camp
Exhibit HallSustainable AAC intervention: the importance of caregiver endorsement
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
303-304The Pixon Project: Supporting Language Development and Transition to Technology
327AAC Intervention Using eReading Tools
328Growing AAC in Romania: Supporting Parallel Strategies in Education and Healthcare Through International Collaboration
315-316Organizing vocabulary for paper communication books and electronic dynamic display devices: similarities and differences
330Supporting AAC Practitioners Using Online Tools and Strategies
334Providing Culturally-Responsive Services to Early Communicators with Complex Communication Needs
326Augmentative And/Or Alternative Communication In Speech Therapy Intervention Of A Child With Asperger Syndrome.
327Adaptation of Protocol for Nursing Consultation: Possibilities For The Interaction Between Nurse And Patient Non-Verbal
335Sculpting an AAC program to train participants, caregivers, students, and professionals: Experiences from ACES 2011
326AAC Strategies for a Young Child with Cri du Chat syndrome: A Case Report.
315-316Accurate Assessment of Ability for the Child and Adult with Complex Autism
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
327AAC Assessment: Building A Language Representation Model
328Advances in a Global Initiative: Latest Research and Development on the Online Assessment Tool, www.CommunicationMatrix.org
330International Collaboration through Webex: Supporting children with CCN and their families in Mexico City
303-304Designing effective visual scene displays for AAC systems for young children with complex communication needs
333Rett Syndrome;Assessment of Communicative Behaviors
334Supporting AAC Through Academic Service-Learning: University & Community Partnerships
315-316Integrating AAC into Intensive Behavioural Interventions Using a Collaborative Multidisciplinary Team Approach
326“A Communication and Resilience Link”
335School Based Literacy Project: Retrospective Use of A Knowledge to Action Model to Clarify Outcomes
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
326Benefits of and experiences from arranging one-day courses in AAC for parents and professionals
303-304Selecting Skills to Teach Communication Partners: Lessons from the ImPAACT Program
335SGD Funding in the United States: Current Status and Issues
327Lessons Learned, Credit Earned: Canadian Successes with an AAC Curriculum
328“New perspectives on communication with children with multiple disabilities using a national interactional assessement model”
330The “Whole” Student & “Whole” Team: Collaborative AAC Assessment/ Intervention in an Inclusive Educational Setting
333Relocation, A Worldwide Life Experience
308Avoiding Pitfalls of the IEP and the Evaluation Process: Information for Families and School Personnel
315-316Toolkit for Getting Started with Sono Suite for Tobii Communicator
RoomOther
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
330Achieving Communication Competence: 3 Steps to Effective Intervention
RoomPWUAAC
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallMy successful life using Augmentative Communication
Exhibit HallQuestion: Most Important Goal for 5 year With CP? Answer: Friendship
Exhibit HallConsumer Protection Policies and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Exhibit HallSHOUT: How the Pittsburgh Employment Conference Came About and is Achieving Far-Reaching Goals
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
329Networking in Schools
305Bliss – The Power of Language
305I have a mind like you – the fairytale about Janni
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
305Parenting as a Mom who Uses AAC – Special Moments
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Ballroom B & CTown Hall Meeting: Literacy Issues and Adult AAC Speakers
StandardFamily Cracker Barrel Discussion (July 30)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
302Building relationships Through the Tools of Communication
302Communication And Guardianship: New Frontiers In Disability Rights
308Families COUNT and what they say MATTERS in supporting and integrating SGDs into daily life
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
305AT / AAC – Tools For Self-Esteem And Advocacy
RoomResearch
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallEffect of Navigation Strategies on Efficiency of AAC System Use by People with Aphasia
Exhibit HallWhere is the best place to carry out Augmentative and Alternative Communication Development Research?
Exhibit HallEvaluation of the Factors and Components of Societal Integration of Adults with Congenital Physical Disabilities
Exhibit HallPerceptions’ user of alternative communication and their partners about their communication process
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
327Interacting with first generation migrant parents of children with complex communication needs – critical issues
326The Effect of an AAC In-service Training Program for Special Education Teachers in Taiwan
Ballroom B & CAAC-RERC State of the Science: Findings & Solicitation of Additional Input
326Developing a School Communicative Participation Scale for A AC Users in Taiwan
334Computer and AAC access and assessment processes in a school system from Brazil.
301-302Future directions for communication intervention research and severe disabilities
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit HallChildren with ASD and Parents: Parent perception of child’s communication skills influencing nature of interaction
Exhibit HallCategorization Deficits as a Basis to Language Impairment in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Exhibit HallTalking about Talking Mats – children’s views of pictures used to identify emotional state
Exhibit HallCase study of collaborative family-involved AAC training for a child with severe disability
Exhibit HallEffects of Nonobligatory Turn-taking Intervention on the Communicative Competence of Students with Multiple Disabilities
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
301-302ICF Implementation Approaches for AAC Worldwide
329The development communicative problem solving in aided communicators and naturally speaking children aged 5-15 years
333Teaching Active Listening to Pre-service Speech Language Pathologists
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
326A Review and Critique of ‘Communicative Competence’ in the field of Augmentative and Alternative Communication
301-302Contributions of Hearing Science to AAC System Design
330Effects of Animation: A comparison of two graphic symbol sets
Ballroom B & COutcomes of Augmented Language Intervention and Parent Coaching with toddlers who have Developmental Delays
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
326AAC in the ClassWho’s Job is it Anyway?
Ballroom B & CHuman Rights Legislation: Communication Access for People who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
301-302Survey of Pediatric Residents Regarding Communication Disorders and Augmentative and Alternative Communication
329ICF Core Set for Augementative and Alternative Communication
July 31, 2012
RoomClinical or Educational
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
328Expressive Language Development: What’s Access Got To Do With It?
329Children’s Literature as a Support for the Introduction of AAC with the Very Young
330A Curricular Approach to Core Language Instruction for Prekindergarten Children with AAC Needs
333Using Concordance Software and Online Corpora in AAC
327AAC interventions in the light of self-determination concepts
335Assessing Language in Girls with Rett Syndrome Through Eye Tracking
317-318How much receptive input before expression? When will they use it? Immediately or many years!
303-304Facilitating Pretend Play Skills for Youngsters with Autism through Literacy-Based Interventions
315-316AAC App Use and Design: A Work in Progress
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Exhibit HallNew books: PCS symbols in subject Community/society and Nature study for children in grade school.
Exhibit HallTeaching Graphic Symbols to Children with Complex Communication Needs through Video and Play
Exhibit HallDeveloping a pictogram-based emergency communication board for handicapped people who are unable to communicate
Exhibit HallUSE OF SYMBOLS OF FREE ACCESS: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN – OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAM AND ARASAAC
Exhibit HallProject “dialogbooks” for the interpretation of unintentional body signals of adults without recognizable semiotic skills
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
334Training Competent Communication Partners: Essential for AAC Success
328Minspeak for an Adult with Severe Intellectual Disability and Low Vision: A Case Study
329Beeline – Power Talking your way to better communication
330Poetry Power: Painting with Words, Adding the Right Touch
327Accessible Cafe Project: Developing Communication Access in a Cafe Environment
303-304Towards A Target Vocabulary: Repetition And Variety As Building Blocks Of Communicative Independence
326“Change The World” give an AAC voice and counteract illiteracy in South-Africa.
317-318Development of emotional competencies in children with complex communication needs: Implications for Practice and Research
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
329AAC and Autism Service Providers Collaborating for Communication: A Knowledge Exchange Framework
315-316AAC Writers Get Serious: Time to Publish
303-304Multidisciplinary Approach for Speech and Language Development using AAC with Student who has Severe Autism.
335It’s Story Time: Addressing Communication Barriers for People who use AAC
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallInterlocutor Training In The School Environement
Exhibit HallThe Power of Low-Tech
Exhibit HallOutcome Measures for AAC Loan Services – A Review and Discussion Paper
Exhibit HallAAC and Dysphagia: iDevice and Multimedia Solutions for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs
Exhibit HallIntroducing Sono Flex, a New AAC Vocabulary Page Set and App from Tobii Communicator
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
315-316Promptology 101
328Unique and Timely Math Solutions
303-304Parent Generated AAC Treatment Listings in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Panel Discussion
327“Your knowledge is my power:” people with autism’s response to execution using facilitated communication training
329Welcome to the world of Deafness and Augmentative Alternative Communication
330Strategies for Transitioning from PECS to SGD
334Supporting Successful Interaction with AAC: Five Communication Partner Techniques that Everyone Should Know
326Scribbling: Write On!
Ballroom B & CCreating a Core Vocabulary for a Common Core Curriculum
317-318Communication actions and strategies of a child with cerebral palsy in a school setting
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit HallStorytelling Using Augmentative And Alternative Communication Systems In School
Exhibit HallThe AAC-RERC Writers Brigade
Exhibit HallAAC Evaluation: The Active Assessment Model of Camp Gizmo
Exhibit HallCOMMUNICATING IS WARRANTED: SEARCHING FOR BEST PRACTICES IN EDUCATING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Exhibit HallUse of AAC to enhance patient-provider communication for hospitalized patients with limited English proficiency
Exhibit HallDeveloping and Translating an AAC Glossary: ISAAC engages with students, volunteers, and social media.
Exhibit HallHow Parent’s Perspectives Influence Graduate Student’s Learning Related to Children with Disabilities: A Pilot Investigation
Exhibit HallMy Difficulties Transitioning from Delta Talker to ECO2
Exhibit HallGrassroots AAC in Peru: the “ifs”, “ands” and “buts”
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
330Integrated Literacy and AAC Projects for Children, Adolescents, and Adults
303-304LAMP (Language Acquisition through Motor Planning): Therapy Implementation
315-316Providing High-Quality, Differentiated Writing Instruction For Students Who Use AAC
317-318Shared Reading for Students with Significant Intellectual, Communication & Physical Challenges: It’s About the Interaction!
327Word Warriors: Teaching Core Vocabulary in the Classroom
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
301-302Speech To Speech
328AAC: Beyond Core
329Ask Away–The Importance of Partner-Focused Questions
330An Integrated Model of Communication Instruction: Success for Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities
326Vegemite, beer and kangaroo – developing a Key Word Sign vocabulary for Australia
333Literacy Lab: Comprehensive Literacy Instruction for Beginners of All Ages
334Evidence-Based Practices for Use of Visual Scene Displays
327A case study using the learner-centered model of assistive technology service
308Moving A Community: The Story of a Successful AAC User
Ballroom B & CAssessing the Early Literacy Needs of Students with Significant Intellectual, Communication & Physical Disabilities
335Balanced Literacy for All: Using the Four Blocks with ALL students
327Boards, VOCA’s, SGD’s and Apps: 40 years of AAC Technology in the USA
303-304Behavior Analysis and Linguistics are Two Scientific Understandings of Motivation, Verbal Behavior, Language, and Reinforcement
RoomPWUAAC
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
302AAC User deals with Adult Life
302AAC Users: Living On Our Own
308Training of assistants for people using computer assisted communication aids
308What It Means To Be A Carer…
10:30 AM – 11:10 AM
305AAC: A Culture Revisited, bearing our burdens
305Supported Leadership: Why it is Important for PWUAAC and ISAAC Leadership
308When I Was Little, I Had a Dream…
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallSupport Systems for Employment Success
Exhibit HallThe Pittsburgh Employment Conference for Augmentative Communicators: A Review of 2011
Exhibit HallBac Shelton; His Life with and without AAC Device from Childhood to Adulthood
Exhibit Hall“I Need more Vocabulary”: Making Sure that Your AAC Device has Needed Adult Vocabulary
Exhibit HallFacilitated Communication: a study in oppositions
Exhibit HallCreating inclusive communities
1:00 PM – 1:40 PM
305A case study: My Assistive Technology Path to Communication, Education, and Vocation.
305Mentoring and Modeling: AAC With a Little Help From My Friends
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
308Helping our son Logan have a voice has been our family’s Best Life Experiences.
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Ballroom B & CTown Hall Meeting: Training for New Device Users: Not Enough
StandardFamily Cracker Barrel Discussion (July 31)
RoomResearch
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
326A case presentation: Expectations in school for a student with severe speech disability
Ballroom B & CEvidence-based Literacy Intervention for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders who Require AAC
301-302Applying Evidence Based Practice Principles to Support SGD Funding for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
334Development of the FOCUS Communication Outcome Measure: AAC Considerations
326Attitude of Middle School Students toward a Student with Autism using Augmentative and Alternative Communication
327“I feel like a normal person” – some reflections on adventurous recreational activities.
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Exhibit HallThe iconicity of Picture Communication Symbols for children with English additional language and intellectual disabilities
Exhibit HallThe Effect of Aided Language Strategies on language learning for Individuals with Complex Communication
Exhibit HallDeveloping A Phoneme-based Communication System for Nonspeaking Individuals
Exhibit HallIdentifying Core Vocabulary for Urdu Language Speakers using AAC
Exhibit HallUsing an AAC Model to Provide Environmental Enrichment to Chimpanzees
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
333Communication Matters – Research Matters: an AAC Evidence Base
327CAFE Communication Access Framework and Evidence: Communicatively Vulnerable Populations in Clinical Settings
326A meta-analysis of the effect of aided AAC modeling on communication and language development
301-302Clinical Perceptions of AAC Assessment with Children
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
326A Study about the use of alternative communication resources and devices in Brazilian schools
301-302Using Peer-mediated Instruction to Support Communication in Students with Autism in a Mathematical Context
328Examining Contributions from Spatial Memory in the Identification of Symbols on Visual-Graphic Displays
330Setting a qualitative research agenda in AAC: methods, topics and quality assurance
333Teaching AAC to pre-schoolers in symbolic game situations
334Speech act variation and pre-stored sentences
327Assessment of Preintentional Communication using ISCBS Scoring for Infants at Risk for Being Nonspeaking
326Augmentative And Alternative Communication Training To Enable Brazilian Trainees To Become Teachers
Ballroom B & CCommunication Partners for Individuals with Autism: Promoting Skill Development through Video Self-Modeling
318-318Communication Partners for Individuals with Autism: Promoting Skill Development through Video Self-Modeling
327Grammatical Roundup: Teaching Children to Produce Novel Multi-Symbol Questions & Statements in a Play Context
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallEstablishing an Environment to Promote Personal Narrative Sharing
Exhibit HallUtilizing the Internet to Prime Word Prediction Dictionaries for Topic Specific Message Construction
Exhibit HallDemonstrating and explaining math concepts using integrated augmentative communication and robot control
Exhibit HallChatterbox – reading subtitles with synthetic speech
Exhibit HallEffects of Video Self-Modeling Using an iPod Touch in Clinical Setting with an Autistic Child
Exhibit HallUsability testing for AAC Apps on IPad
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
335Teaching graphic symbol combinations during storybook reading
327A Comparative Study Examining the Effectiveness of Speech Generating Devices for Children with ASD
333Acquisition of subject-auxiliary inversion in a child using AAC: A corpus analysis and clinical implications
326Impact of computerized sounding out on spelling performance of children who use AAC
301-302Enhancing (basic) literacy skills in children with intellectual disabilities through AAC
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit HallExploring Conversational Displacement Experienced by Augmentative and Alternative Communicators
Exhibit HallCommunication Dyads between parents and their child with communication disorders – Impact of early intervention
Exhibit HallNovel Word Request Learning with Picture Symbols for Young Late Talking Children
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
328Rett Syndrome: Eye Tracking Studies Reveal Hidden Communication Potential
329Effects of an AAC Modeling Intervention on Expressive Language of School-age Children with ASD
333Working memory in intellectual/developmental disabilities: AAC Implications
326The Effect of Animations on the AAC Symbol Recognition of Children with Intellectual Disabilities
301-302A comparison of visual scene cues versus spoken directives: Instruction-following by children with Autism
326How do typically developing 3 olds acquire abstract symbol-word pairings under different learning conditions?
327A Personal Account and Structural Analysis of a Potential Interlanguage in Childhood English/Tagalog Aphasia
334Voicing my being in the world: A phenomenological investigation into experiences of SGD users.
335Effects of Speech-Generating Devices and iPads infused into Exchange-Based Communication for Children with Severe Autism
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
326The Need for Social Validation of Vocabulary Selection: Ensuring Cultural Relavance
317-318Interpretation and construction of meaning of Bliss-words in children
RoomSpecial Presentations
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Ballroom B & CWarhol Museum & Autism Project
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom – BCWords+/ISAAC Outstanding Consumer Lecture
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
315-316Stop Scanning: Easier Way to Access Your AAC Device or Computer
August 1, 2012
RoomClinical or Educational
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
327Mobile Device Access: Increase Independence, Interactions, and Instruction
328Understanding Options, Exploring Solutions and Making Decisions about Lite Tech AAC
329The FEET Assessment Model: Linking Young Children’s Communication and Learning Outcomes with AT Supports
330Computer-Mediated Gesture Language: A New Approach
317-318A Structured Teaching Framework for Diverse AAC Learners
326AAC Awareness – A World of Possibilities
303-304iPads and Assessment – A game-changer
326AAC User’s Perspective
308Reshuffling the cards: Challenges and opportunities of consumer devices for AAC
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Exhibit HallDesign of initial AAC systems for non-verbal or minimally verbal children by Speech Language Pathologists
Exhibit HallWorking with communication books for individuals with aphasia in group settings: model, experiences and results.
Exhibit HallCOMPAL – COMmunication using Point-talking in an Aided Learning environment
Exhibit HallTelevision news for children using graphic communication
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
303-304IPAD Accessibility and Severe and Multiple Disabilities: Addressing Early Literacy and Language Instruction
328Assessing During Instruction: Measuring REAL Success for Communication
329Augmentative and Alternative Communication for people with brain cancer. First experiences and deduction for practice
329«Nyheter i Bilder» [«News in Symbols»]
327Effective AAC Evaluations: Tools and Resources
335Waitlist Management through the Triage Model of service is best practice for AAC
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
315-316Aided language stimulation, recasts, language activity monitoring and more equals successful device use
327Building Cognitive Connections: Cause and Effect for Emerging Communicators
328Never Too Soon: Maximizing the Early Intervention AAC Experience
330Designing for Efficiency: AAC and alternate access methods
333Cool Communicators @ Camp: British Columbia’s Integrated AAC Camp Model
303-304iPad technology for young children with disabilities: An Innovative Universal Design for Learning tool
334Getting the Most from High-Teach Speech Generating Devices
335Dynamic Assessment in Early Intervention: Advancing early communication signals in children with significant motor impairments
303-304AAC Device Decision-Making; AAC Devices or Apps with Mobile Technology (or both)
317-318SHOUT: How the Pittsburgh Employment Conference Came About and Is Achieving Far-Reaching Goals
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallPreparing Collaborative Speech-Language Pathologists for Augmentative Communication and Cochlear Implants
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
301-302Theory and Research Based Intervention for Developing Question Comprehension
327Fostering Acceptance of AAC Systems by Children With Severe Disabilities
328AN AAC MODEL FOR ANDROID SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS
326I-Draw: A Platform for Bridging Communication Capabilities across Multiple Users
330What’s APPropriate: AAC Apps for iPhones, iPads and other devices
333High-Tech or the Highway: Using Multimedia Tools to Support Complex AAC Systems
317-318Rett Syndrome: Light Tech Vs. High Tech – It Shouldn’t Be Either / Or
326IPADS & APPS not Just Alphabet Soup!
303-304GoTalk NOW with Apps!
336AAC & Social Capital
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit HallUsing Digital Multimedia Reinforcement to Increase Communicative Competency
Exhibit HallDo we need to talk to learn in school?
Exhibit HallKomHIT – Communication in child hospital care settings using augmentative strategies and IT
Exhibit HallOvernight Camp for Children and Youth who use AAC and their families: Development and Experience
Exhibit HallUsing an Interactional Model to explain why golden curtains alone will not make you communicate.
Exhibit HallComYoung – a course for parents of school-aged children in need of AAC
Exhibit HallImplementation and effects of an aided language stimulation training program in classroom settings
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
329Development of an assessment tool for graphic symbol use
303-304Symbol Taxonomy Allows Analysis of Differences Among Symbol Systems: Blissymbolics® and Minspeak® are Compared
330Access to ICT for those who most need compensation to use it through staff education.
327Autism and Independent Communication through Eye-Gaze Technology
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
327The Challenges and Strategies of Children Who Use Dynamic Communication Books with Partner Assisted Scanning
328Functional Client Groupings Model: A Unique New Tool for Outcome Measurement
329Free, Fun, and Fabulous Tools for Students and Educators
330Toward a classroom culture of success: Developing training for school personnel supporting high-tech AAC users
333Use of apps to support & foster communication & literacy for children using SGDs
335How Should One Serve Muslim AAC users?
317-318Anchored approaches in AAC: Illustrative examples in family support, education, and multi media
326Passive students in the classWhat will motivate them to optimize their participation?
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
217-318What do I press now?: User interaction factors in assistive electronic communication solutions.
329Utilizing Existing Best Practices For AAC System Selection, While Keeping Abreast of Apps And SGD’s.
330The Critical Relationship of Supporting Independent Powered Mobility and Real Use of an AAC Device.
333Supporting Individuals with Autism who use Speech Generating Devices: A Staff Training Model
315-316Access & Language Together: ALTernatives in AAC for Kids with Multiple Disabilities
334MyTalk for iDevices & android: International AAC, curriculum, modeling, ALS and more. Cases and workshop.
308A Switch and AAC Makeover for Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities
335An odyssey shared: Student carves path to AAC with support from mentor and Web-based technology
RoomFilm
7:45 AM – 9:15 AM
Ballroom B & COnly God Could Hear Me
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Ballroom B & CGiota’s Journey (Canadian film)
RoomPlay
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Ballroom B & CFrench Twist
RoomPlenary
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Ballroom B & C(Plenary)
RoomPWUAAC
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
305Going in a Different Direction to be a Leader
305Have you seen my new mobile phone? Merging AAC with mobile telephony
StandardMy Musical Voice
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
305My iPad Belongs to Me
305My Likes and Dislikes talking with my SGD and my AAC apps on my iDevices
305The New and Cheap AAC: Glenda’s Life-Changing Story Starring the iPad
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallPresentation of a First Aid Communication Toolkit for use in Hospitals and Health Care settings.
Exhibit HallWOW moments from Queensland, Australia – A documentary
Exhibit HallAnne Mcdonald: The Advocacy Legacy Of A Communication Pioneer
Exhibit HallThe Margaret E. Moul Home
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
305A Lifetime of Assistive Technology
305Growing up with AAC…Retrospect of Twenty-eight years for the User and Family
305How I Transitioned from One AAC Language System to Another
308The relationship between parent and therapist: Including parents as part of the therapeutic team
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
305Town Hall Meeting: Dating and Marriage
StandardFamily Cracker Barrel Discussion (Aug 1)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
305Gesture & Conversation in the Workplace
305My way to University in a country in the South.
305My work experience
StandardLife with AAC, starting early or late, always a challenge, yet always a rewarding outcome
StandardMy Difficulties Transitioning from Delta Talker to ECO2
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
305Communication and Dance
305ReVeAL Dance Creation: Enhancing Opportunites for Artistic Expression, Communication and Inclusion for Users of AAC
RoomResearch
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
301-302“App” Developers’ Forum
333Facilitating Vocabulary in Toddlers using AAC: An Exploratory Comparison between Focused Stimulation and AAC Modeling
334Telepractice to provide Language Intervention to a Student using AAC: A case study
315-316Bridging children’s contexts with online photo diaries
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Exhibit HallMultimodal Storytelling Strategies on the MCST-A by People with Aphasia and Typical Adults
Exhibit HallDevelopment and validation of SEAS-PCS© to measure participation experiences of youth who use AAC
Exhibit HallComparison of Physical and Simulated Assistive Robots for Cognitive Skills Assessment
Exhibit HallImplications of Cognition and Language on Young Children’s Navigational Skills
Exhibit HallVisual Fixation Patterns of Adults with Aphasia
Exhibit HallConversation Turns Analysis: Comparing Typically Speaking Individuals VS. AAC Users
Exhibit HallUsing the Generation Effect to improve symbol/referent learning.
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
317-318The use of Voice Output Communication Aids by people with Dysarthria
326Vocabulary used by young children to express pain: An exploration
330Augmentative and Alternative Communication in nursing: an health care quality improvement project
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
329A development and training program for alternative access pathways for students with severe physical disabilities
326AAC on Mobile Devices – Comparison with Picture Exchange
301-302Use of Social Networks Inventory to develop a communication program for children with Autism
326The use of tablets for AAC in comparison with dedicated Speech Generating Devices
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallVisual Symbol Representation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Exhibit HallVisual Consent Framework: Doing research with children and youth who communicate differently
Exhibit HallOnline training for paraeducators to support the communication of young children with complex communication needs
Exhibit HallTeaching Semantic-Syntactic Categories to a Child Who Uses AAC
Exhibit HallSpecial Educators’ Experiences of AAC Users in Their Working Activities
Exhibit HallSpeak for Individuals Who Use AAC
Exhibit HallParents as AAC Trainers for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs: A Systematic Review
Exhibit HallMaternal Non-verbal and Verbal Responsive and Directive Behavior in Toy Play With and Without AAC.
Exhibit HallFamily Level Factors and Maternal Responsiveness in AAC
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
335The ISCBS: A New Modality-Independent Dynamic Assessment of Early Communication in Pre-intentional Communicators
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit HallThe Match Between Current Services and Best Practices in Literacy Instruction for Students Using AAC
Exhibit HallCoding and Analyzing Semantic-Syntactic Relations with a Child who uses Aided AAC
Exhibit HallWhat Works with Single Case Research in AAC
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
326Support for Families with a New Speech Generating Device (SGD): The Clinician Perspective
326Support for Families with a New Speech Generating Device (SGD): The Parent Perspective
301-302Exploring the use of touch devices for self-expression and communication in adults with developmental disabilities
328Factors Affecting Navigational Input Device Use for Young Children: Implications for AAC
327Autism, Visual Attention, and AAC: An Eye Tracking Study
334The use of unaided and aided yes and no in co-construction. A conversation analysis study.
317-318Natural Language processing and AAC: Current advances at the interface between technology and communication.
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
326Increasing Classroom Community Membership for a Child with Severe Disabilities Using AAC: Addressing Classroom Ecology
334Inclusive and Cross-platform CCF Based AAC Symbol Support – Desktop, Mobile, Web
301-302Efficacy of the GoTalk Express 32 for Increasing Communication Attempts
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
327Effects of redesigning representations of early emerging concepts: Comparison of two approaches in vocabulary representation
326Listener evaluation of an expressiveness scale in speech synthesis for conversational phrases: implications for AAC
326Communication partner co-construction in speech generating devices
328Automatic Utterance Generation for Personal Narrative – System Development and Feasibility Experiences
301-302Communication Interactions among Students and Educators in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Classrooms
RoomSpecial Presentations
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
329Improv Unplugged-where your AAC users are part of the performance!
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit HallQuestion comprehension and answering in individuals with intellectual disability who require AAC
August 2, 2012
RoomClinical or Educational
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
315-316Accessing Information and Participation with Symbols
327Validation of AAC-Aphasia Categories: Communicator Types and “Real-Life” Outcomes
328Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in AAC Service Delivery
303-304A Framework for Understanding the Role of AAC in Aphasia Rehabilitation
329Enhancing The Nurse’s Ability To Communicate With Patients With Complex Communication Needs
330Apps for Adults with Aphasia: How Apps Can Be Used for Assessment, Intervention, and AAC
334Telerehabilitation and AAC (Tele-ACC): Possibilities and Challenges
308Evaluating the iPad as a Communication Device; a Journey Not for the Faint-Hearted
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Exhibit HallSuccessful Integration of Assistive Technology into Literacy Instruction
Exhibit HallSit up and learn to chat and live independently!
Exhibit HallUnique Language Development Partnership Using Visual Scene Display
Exhibit HallLess work = more communication: Pre-teen with autism successfully integrates AAC technology into his life
Exhibit HallCreative Interactive Play and Learning for Children with Disabilities
Exhibit HallSupporting Linguistic Skills Through iDevices: Cool Tricks with New Applications
Exhibit HallIn the Driver’s Seat: Making Your Own AAC Apps on the Android Platform
Exhibit HallLearning sensory-motor control to produce movements for Augmentative and Alternative communication
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
333With communication in mind: Social networking as a model for collaboration, interaction and communication
335Teaching Partners to Facilitate Augmented Communication
328Language Acquisition of a Mandarin Chinese (MC) Child using an AAC System
329Baby Talk / Kid Talk: PWUAAC Talk to Little Ones!
329Any Way To Communicate Is Worth: A Point Of View Of Aac In Brazil
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
328Assistive Technology in Singapore – Needs, Challenges and Utilisation
329Usage of a free vocabulary for computer and communication books aimed at advanced aided communicators
315-316SGD’s as Practice Tools in Motor Learning Guided (MLG) Treatment Approaches for Speech Impairment
328“Writing the Textbook” – Developing Communication Passports for Complex Systems
327After 18 years of silence – introducing AAC to a pre-literate adult with congenital LNFS
303-304Yes Eye Can: A Comparison of pALS Using Eye Gaze SGDs
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallIs there an ELK in your classroom? A teacher-friendly, early literacy tool for non-verbal students
Exhibit HallUsing Pixons to teach Zulu children to communicate and read in English
Exhibit HallAAC Case Study: Adult with Down Syndrome and telerehabilitation treatment
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
328Breaking the ICE conference – melting barriers
330Rethink language intervention: Core and fringe vocabulary for children who use AAC
333AAC Outcomes and Performance Measurement to Support Clinical Decisions
303-304AAC and Acute Care–It Works!
317-318Preserving Legacy: A Guide to Message Banking a Patient’s Voice
335Communication for Girls with Rett Syndrome: Access through their Eyes
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit HallDesign of Interprofessional AAC Education to Enhance Distance Learning
Exhibit HallLearning manual signs with music?
Exhibit HallCultural and Linguistic Factors in Augmentative and Alternative Communication Implementation
Exhibit HallPeer Mediated AAC Intervention in the Classroom
Exhibit HallTalk to me! Play with me! Creating personalized presentation books for children with PMLD.
Exhibit HallService-Learning in AAC: Tools & Trends
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
303-304ALS intervention using multimodal AAC
303-304SGD Goals and Tx for Patients with ALS (pALS Need Tx Too)
328Communication difficulties and Talking Mats: the advantages and disadvantages of an on-line training course.
327Academic AAC Service Learning in Taiwan: Extending Learning beyond the Classroom
330Combining Visual and Auditory Scanning for Children with CVI and Complex Communication Needs
315-316Alternative Communication Interventions For Severely Impaired Brain Injury Patients Across A Continuum Of Recovery
333Using AAC in Your Aphasia Therapy Sessions
RoomPlenary
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Ballroom B & CBrain Computer Interface (BCI) State of the Science
RoomPWUAAC
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
305Sitting UK national exams using AAC: a personal perspective
305The Journey Through College With AAC
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
305“Communicating school ” Enhancing married couples´ communicating skills after stroke
305Balancing Marriage, Being an AAC Professional, and a User in Today’s World
305Sex: taboo or not?!
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
305Discovering Our Uniqueness as Human Beings and Encouraging its Expression
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Ballroom B & CTown Hall Meeting: What Do We Do When Our Parents Are Gone?
StandardFamily Cracker Barrel Discussion (Aug 2)
RoomResearch
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
301-302Communication in hospital: implications of training, collaboration, policy, and practice
301-302A comparison of communication board use for conversations in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease
326Case example of focus groups in evidence-based AAC research and development: Testing tactile symbol systems
326Blissymbolics and Efforts for AAC Vocabulary Standardisation and Harmonisation
333Profiling communicative competence: A neurosociocognitive reasoning model for AAC assessment
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Exhibit HallImproving Communication Skills through Interactive Robot Activity with using Speech Generating Devices
Exhibit HallThe Effects of hightech AAC intervention on the nondisabled peers perception and participant’s communication behavior
Exhibit HallSongs of Children Said to be Silent
Exhibit HallExploring the contribution of conversational context in word prediction
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
317-318“How I use the internet and social media” Experiences of young people who use AAC
328A Chinese Characters Generating Training System Based on Core Vocabulary Approach for AAC Users
330Effects of early AAC intervention on the communication skills of children with Down syndrome
315-316Everyday use of key word signing by adults with an intellectual disability
327The Development and Evaluation Of Interfaces For A Sound-based Communication System for Nonspeaking Individuals
327Addressing Narrative Retrieval in Personal Narrative Systems
317-318Towards Measuring the Functional Effect of AAC Systems for Children with Complex Communication Needs
326Supplemented Speech Recognition for Dysarthria: Evaluation of Phase 2 Prototype
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
334A toolbox of innovative techniques and instruments to assess youth activity settings and experiences
334Sorry I don’t understand! – How do conversational partners cope with unintelligibility?
335Evidence-Based Practices for Supporting Successful Transitions for Adolescents with Complex Communication Needs
335Evidence-Based Practices for Supporting Successful Transitions for Adolescents with Complex Communication Needs
Ballroom B & CDeveloping and Sustaining an AAC Informatics Research Program: AAC and ALS
317-318Strategies for supporting Internet use to increase social participation of adolescents with complex communication needs
330Aided Language Stimulation: Is it Evidence Based Practice?
315-316Profiling communicative competence: A neurosociocognitive reasoning model for AAC assessment
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Exhibit HallSouth African teachers’ attitudes toward learners with special educational needs: ADHD and LNFS
Exhibit HallEasy-to-use Social Networking Service for People with Cognitive or Speech and Language Impairments
Exhibit HallImpact of communication training on siblings when one child has complex communication needs (CCN)
Exhibit HallEffects of AAC systems with “just in time” programming for children with complex communication needs
Exhibit HallThe Study of Applying AAC Intervention for a Preschooler with IDD during Visual Art Activities
Exhibit HallHearing children’s use of manual signs from the viewpoint of speech and language therapists
Exhibit HallThe Inclusion of Augmentative Communication in Software to Develop Social Skills
Exhibit HallExploring Modern Technologies to Enhance Construction of Activity Schedules for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Exhibit HallSign learning via game-based interaction
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
328ACOLUG and Research: Some Ethical Issues
329Focus Groups on Natural Speech, AAC Interventions in Children with Dysarthria and Apraxia of Speech
301-302Identification accuracy and response latency for single and multiple symbols for persons with Broca’s aphasia
327Activities of adult AAC-users in the community
Ballroom B & CA brain computer interface using the RSVP keyboard for users who are locked-in
326Prognostic Indicators of Speech Generating Device Benefits for Persons with Chronic Aphasia
327AAC Use In Brazilian Industry
326Speech-language pathologists’ perceptions of the role of multimodal communication assessment for people with aphasia
334Designing a Personal Life Assistant to Promote the Social Inclusion of Individuals with Aphasia
315-316Personalizing AAC for People with Aphasia: The Role of Text and Pictures
308Factors within the ICF affecting interactions of people with cerebral palsy using AAC in hospital.
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit HallObservational studies in AAC research
Exhibit HallSpanish Speech Synthesis Intelligibility for Single Nonsense Words
Exhibit HallNarrative Analysis on Experiences of Novice Facilitators and FC Users
Exhibit HallEffect of Speech Generating Device on Modality of Short Term Word Storage
Exhibit HallPerspectives on participation, wellness, satisfying and meaningful life: Implications to AAC.
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
301-302Plug-And-Play Brain-Computer Interface Use By People With Muscular Dystrophy
301-302Using Structured Interview for Message Banking with a Client with ALS: A Case Study
326Providing AAC Device Evaluation and Follow-Up Services Through Telerehabilitation.
327A Review of Korean Core Vocabulary for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention
329Core Vocabulary Use by People with Aphasia
326Simplifying AAC for People with Critical Medical Conditions: Safe-Laser Keyboard & Speech Buttons Prototype
326Evaluating Preferred Augmentative and Alternative Communication Strategies for Patients in Long-Term Health Care Hospitals
317-318Clinical Perceptions of AAC Assessment with Adults
334AAC Support for Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech