Support for lectures, interactive sessions and registration for early career professionals was provided by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Deafness and Other Communication Disorders grant  #R13DC018750 awarded to the Oregon Health & Science University, Dr. Melanie Fried-Oken, PI.

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What’s that Letter? Supporting Print-Knowledge Development in all Young Children

  Laura Justice, Ohio State University, USA

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Language Modeling and Predictive Text Entry for AAC

  Keith Vertanen, Michigan Technological University, USA

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Planting Two Trees with One Seed: AAC Supports for Problem Behaviour

  Pat Mirenda, The University of British Columbia, Canada

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Supporting Vocabulary Development in Children with Autism who use  AAC

  Courtney Venker, Michigan State University, USA

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Talking Mats: Shifting Research into Practice

Presenters: Both presenters are affiliated with Talking Mats Limited

(L to R)  Joan Murphy and Lois Cameron

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From Universal to Global: The Impact of Language and Culture on Symbol Design for Communities

(L to R)  David Banes, Director of David Banes Access and Inclusion Services; and E.A. Draffan, University of Southampton, UK

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Nurse Training in AAC: Current Practice and Future Developments

Helen Paterson, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK