Penn State faculty and students presented at the 16th Biennial ISAAC Conference at the Lisboa Congress Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, July 19-24, 2014. The theme of the conference is “Descobrir a Comunicação – Discover Communication!” [Full Program].
We had a wonderful time talking and learning with everyone, and continue to welcome questions or interest in the AAC Leadership Project.
See the links below for additional information, including presentation slides or handouts as they become available!
MONDAY, 21 JULY 2014
A Conversation on Global Issues in Augmentative and Alternative Communication [Presentation Slides]
— Kathryn Drager, Nimisha Muttiah, Laura Richardson
Planning Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Trainings in Low-Resource Developing Countries (Presentation Slides available through link).
— Nimisha Muttiah, David McNaughton, Kathryn Drager
Communicative competence for individuals who require AAC: Revisiting the definition and strategies [Presentation Slides]
— Janice Light, David McNaughton
TUESDAY, 22 JULY 2014
The Relation between Multiculturalism and Emotion and the Implications for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Design (Presentation Slides available through link).
— Ji Young Na (PSU), Sarah Blackstone (Augmentative Communication, Inc.), Krista Wilkinson (PSU)
Building language and literacy skills with children who require AAC: Longitudinal cases of evidence-based practices [Presentation Slides].
— Janice Light, Kathryn Drager, David McNaughton
A Low-Tech Visual Scenes Display Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Intervention for young children with complex communication needs [Presentation Slides]
— Nimisha Muttiah, Kathryn Drager, Bethany Beale, Hailey Bongo, Lindsay Riley
WEDNESDAY, 23 JULY 2014
Building capacity in the AAC field: Preservice training in research and evidence-based practice [Presentation Slides].
— Janice Light, Kathryn Drager, David McNaughton, Krista Wilkinson, Erinn Finke, Jessica Currall, Barbara Roberts
Mobile Device and App Selection: Who’s Driving the Decision Process?
— Jessica Gosnell Caron (PSU), Howard Shane (Boston Children’s Hospital), John Costello (Boston Children’s Hospital)
THURSDAY, 24 JULY 2014
Publishing in the AAC journal – Strategies for success (Presentation Slides available through link).
— Janice Light, David McNaughton
Just-in-Time Technology and Visual Scene Displays: Adolescents with Severe Disabilities (Presentation Slides available through link).
— Kathryn Drager, Janice Light, Jessica Currall, Nimisha Muttiah, Vanessa Dang, Danielle Kreis, Alyssa Nilam-Hall, Daniel Parratt, Kaitlin Schuessler, Kaitlin Shermetta, Jill Wiscount
What Decisions Do SLPs Make When Designing Aided AAC Displays? [Presentation Slides]
— Jennifer Thistle, Krista Wilkinson