February 27-March 1, 2014

Thursday, February 27, 2014

NOTE: All times on the schedule are PST.

Language and learning/Mobility

Time	Activity/Speaker(s)	Presentation Title & Abstract
12:00 – 12:50	Registration
1:00 – 1:30	Welcome and Introductions Vicki Casella & Pegi Young
1:30 – 2:00	Lifetime Achievement Award: Jackie Brand
2:00 – 3:30	Plenary: Nicki Nelson	Ten Reasons Why “Content Is the Prize”: Updating “Performance Is the Prize” for the 21st Century
3:30 – 3:45	Break
3:45 – 5:15	Plenary: Christine Wright-Ott	Movement Matters: Explore the World and Expand the Mind
5:15 – 5:30	Question & Answer Session
5:30 – 6:30	Reception

Friday, February 28, 2014

NOTE: All times on the schedule are PST.

Language and learning/Advocacy and social justice

Time	Activity/Speaker(s)	Presentation Title & Abstract
8:00 – 8:45	Morning Refreshments & Registration
8:45 – 9:00	Welcome Vicki Casella
9:00 – 10:30	Plenary: Holly Peartree	Toward Getting it ‘Write’: Effective & Authentic Writing Instruction for Students with Complex Communication Needs
10:30 – 10:45	Break
10:45 – 12:15	Plenary: Martine Smith	If Content is the Prize, How do we Improve the Odds? Evidence-based Instruction to Support Decoding, Recoding and Reading for Children Using AAC
12:15 – 1:15	Lunch
1:15 – 2:45	Plenary: Barbara Collier	Supporting People with Complex Communication Needs to Negotiate Their Communication Access Rights
2:45 – 3:00	Break
3:00 – 4:30	Plenary: Lateef McLeod	How People Who Use AAC Can Benefit from Thinking of Their Struggle in a Disability Justice Framework
4:30 – 5:00	Question & Answer Session

Saturday, March 1, 2014

NOTE: All times on the schedule are PST.

CVI and its impact on learning/Effective patient provider communication

Time	Activity/Speaker(s)	Presentation Title & Abstract
8:00 – 8:45	Morning Refreshments & Registration
8:45 – 9:00	Welcome Vicki Casella
9:00 – 10:30	Plenary: Christine Roman-Lantzy & Sarah Blackstone	Vision, Language, Learning and Communication: Breaking down Silos to Support Children with CCN and CVI
10:30 – 10:45	Break
10:45 – 12:15	Plenary: Aileen Arai, Caitlin Daly & Janelle Moynihan	Integrating CVI Interventions, Strategies and Accommodations into the Instructional Program at The Bridge School
12:15 – 1:15	Lunch
1:15 – 2:45	Plenary: John Costello	AAC in the ICU and Acute Care: Enhancing Quality of Care through Bedside Intervention AND Advanced Planning
2:45 – 3:15	Question & Answer Session
3:15 – 3:45	Summation: Sarah Blackstone	Summation: What did you learn? What new information are you taking back to your job?