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Webcasts: Research to Practice

Gareth with JaniceThe AAC Learning Center hosts a wide variety of webcasts by AAC researchers, and co-presentations with people who use AAC.

Research to Practice

  • Maximizing the literacy skills of individuals who require AAC (quiz available)
    Janice Light, PhD
  •  AAC interventions to maximize language development for young children (quiz available)
    Janice Light
  • Successful Employment for Individuals who use AAC (quiz available)
    David McNaughton, PhD, & Anthony Arnold
  • AAC for Persons with Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Melanie Fried-Oken, PhD
  • Supporting Communication of Individuals with Minimal Movement (quiz available)
    Susan Fager, PhD & David Beukelman, PhD
  • AAC for Aphasia: A Review of Visual Scenes Display Project
    David Beukelman, PhD, Karen Hux, Ph.D., Kristy Weissling, MA,  Aimee Dietz, MS,  Miechelle McKelvey, MA,
  • Visual Immersion Program for persons with autism
    Howard Shane, PhD & Meghan O’Brien, MA
  • Public school students: Who can pay for SGDs?
    Lew Golinker, Esq.
  • Mobile devices and communication Apps: Current trends and future directions
    David McNaughton, Ph.D., Howard Shane, Ph.D., Jessica Gosnell, MA, & Sam Sennott, Ph.D.
  • Seating and positioning for people who use AAC
    Aileen Costigan, MSc-OT
  • Introduction to AAC
    Kathy Drager, Ph.D., Janice Light, Ph.D., & David McNaughton, Ph.D.
  • Improving literacy outcomes for individuals with ASD and limited speech
    Janice Light, Ph.D., & David McNaughton, Ph.D.
  • Language and Learning: Cognitive Science Considerations in the Design of AAC Technologies
    Janice Light, Ph.D., & Melanie Fried-Oken, Ph.D.
  • Patient Provider Communication
    Sarah Blackstone, Ph.D. et al
  • Adaptive Access: Key Design Considerations
    Susan Fager, PhD & Jeff Higginbotham, PhD
  • AAC and Communication in the Workplace
    David Chapple and David McNaughton, Ph.D.
  • Bridging Research to Practice with Visual Scene Displays (VSDs)
    Christine Holyfield, Ph.D., Michelle Therrien, Ph.D., Emily Laubscher,  Nimisha Muttiah, Ph.D., Jessica Caron, Ph.D., Salena Babb, Ph.D.

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