2007 Conference Schedule

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

8:00 - 8:30	Registration
8:30 - 9:15	Pegi Young and Vicki Casella Welcome and Introductions
9:15 - 10:45	Plenary Session Beth Foley Are We Teaching the “Write Stuff”? Written Language Intervention for Students with AAC Needs
10:45 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:15	Concurrent Sessions Bonnie Mintun Inclusion, Technology, and Supported Communication: The Soul is in the Room Mary Hunt-Berg Attention and Attention Management: The Bridge between Perception and Learning Adrian Amandi, Jerry Kuns, James Carreon, and Maya Greenberg Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired: State of the Art
12:15 - 1:30	Lunch Break (Provided by conference)
1:45 - 3:15	Plenary Session Deborah Tierney Kreuzer Considerations for the Use of Visual Displays and Materials for Students with Visual Impairments Who Have Severe Speech and Physical Impairments
3:15 - 3:30	Break
3:30 - 4:45	Concurrent Sessions Beth Foley Are We Assessing the “Write Stuff”? Writing Assessment for Students with AAC Needs Joan Sharp Let's get to the CORE of AAC Gloria Soto, Patti Solomon-Rice, Michele Caputo, Stephanie Taymuree "Guess What? I have something to tell you." Supporting the Personal Narratives of Children who use AAC

Friday, September 28, 2007

8:30 - 10:00	Plenary Session Linda Burkhart Developing Vision and Communication Skills for Children Who Face Cortical Visual Impairments and Other Multiple Challenges
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:45	Concurrent Sessions Marilyn Buzolich Communication Sampling and Analysis Amanda Hall Lueck Cerebral Visual Impairment: Visual Dysfunction and Visual Impairment Due to Brain Injury
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch Break (No host)
1:00 - 2:30	Plenary Session Lateef McLeod The Need of Education for People with AAC
2:30 - 2:45	Break
2:45 - 4:00	Concurrent Sessions Jill King, Chris Toomey, Judith Lunger-Bergh Framing a Future: A Tool for Life Planning Linda Burkhart Partner Assisted Scanning Communication Strategies for Children Who Face Significant Multiple Challenges Elizabeth Hartmann Supporting Symbolic Understanding in Children with Multiple Impairments, Including Visual Impairment and Deafblindness
7:15 - 10:30	Speakers' Forum - Dinner and Cruise on the Bay

Saturday, September 29, 2007

8:30 - 10:00	Plenary Session Karen Erickson Waves of Words: Creating the Conditions to Learn to Read, Write, and Communicate
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:30	Concurrent Sessions Karen Erickson Reading Comprehension Instruction that Improves Communication Christine Wright-Ott Mobility for Discovery Margie Goldware VOCA Magic for Visually Impaired, Nonverbal Communicators
11:30 - 11:45	Break
11:45 - 12:45	Summation - Dr. Sarah Blackstone
12:45 - 1:15	Evaluation