The Doctoral Student AAC Research Think Tank was held at Penn State University from May 16-18, 2017. During the 2 and 1/2 days of the Think Tank, participants attended presentations by faculty and graduate students on both current and planned research.
| May 16 | |
| 2:00 | Registration (301 Ford) |
| 2:30 | Welcome, Introductions, Agenda, and Goals (207 Ford) |
| 3:00 |  Janice Light, (207 Ford)Making a Positive Impact: Building an Important and Productive Line of AAC Research (Light pdf ) |
| 4:00 | Break (304 Ford) |
| 4:15 | • Tara O’Neill (207 Ford) How individuals with various disabilities attend to and interpret visual information on AAC visual scene displays with a navigation menu (O’Neill_pdf) |
| • Sarah Diehl (301 Ford) An evidence-based framework to guide evaluation and implementation of AAC for people diagnosed with Huntington’s disease |
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| 5:30 |  Dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn |
| May 17 | |
| 8:00 | Coffee and Bagels (304 Ford) |
| 8:30 | • Salena Babb (207 Ford) The effects of videos with integrated visual scene displays (VSDs) on a tablet-based app (i.e., video VSD app) on the percent of steps completed and communication opportunities fulfilled by a high school student with autism spectrum disorder within a vocational activity |
| • Rachel Hoge (301 Ford) Adapted Spanish Word Reading Instruction for Spanish-English Dual Language Learners with Complex Communication Needs (Hoge_pdf ) |
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| 9:20 | • Russel Johnston (207 Ford) IEP quality for children who use AAC |
| • Anna Allen (301 Ford) The Effect of Cue Type on Speed, Accuracy, and Independence of Direction-Following in Children with Moderate-Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder |
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| 10:00 | Break (304 Ford) |
| 10:30 | • Christine Holyfield (207 Ford) The effects of a short video training intervention on the accuracy of middle school students’ judgments of short video clips depicting the behaviors of peers with multiple disabilities (Holyfield pdf) |
| • Margaret Vento-Wilson (301 Ford) Latent Influences on SLPs’ Intervention Practices: A Grounded Theory Approach |
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| 11:15 |  Steve Bauer, Funding Opportunities at the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (207 Ford) (link) |
| 12:00 | Lunch at Au Bon Pain (Kern Building) |
| 1:30 | • Gat Savaldi-Harussi (207 Ford) The Emergence of Clause Construction in The Production of Children Who Use SGDs During Adult-Child Conversation Interactions. |
| • James Northridge (301 Ford) Does one size fit all? – Empowering professionals & parents to select AAC Apps |
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| 2:20 | • Jamie Boster (207 Ford) A collaborative photography intervention for children with CCN and their peers |
| • Jessica Gormley (301 Ford) Instructional strategies to train health care workers to become effective communication partners (Gormley_pdf) |
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| 3:00 | Break (304 Ford) |
| 3:30 |  David Beukelman, (207 Ford)Finding a mentor and developing a productive mentor-mentee relationship (Beukelman pdf ) |
| 4:20 | • Alyssa Lanzi (207 Ford) External Memory Aids: Assessment and Intervention |
| • Suz Boyle (301 Ford) The use of “Transition to Literacy” software with young children with developmental disabilities |
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| 5:30 | Dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn |
| May 18 | |
| 8:00 | Coffee and Bagels (301 Ford) |
| 8:30 |  David McNaughton (207 Ford)Asking (and Answering) “Beautiful” Questions (207 Ford) (McNaughton pdf) |
| 9:20 | • Corinne Walker (207 Ford) AAC Narrative Intervention |
| • Renee Starowicz (301 Ford) Identity in Interaction: AAC and Adolescence |
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| 10:00 | Break (304 Ford) |
| 10:30 | • Melissa Hoy (207 Ford) Caregiver training on aided language stimulation using dynamic display devices (Hoy pdf) |
| • Ashley McCoy (301 Ford) Question asking and answering behavior in children with autism (McCoy pdf ) |
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| 11:20 | • Marika King (207 Ford) Conceptual Language Discrimination by Spanish-English Bilingual Preschool Children using a Bilingual AAC iPad app (King pdf) |
| • Chitrali Mamlekar (301 Ford) Perspectives of speech language pathologist on speech generating devices for person with aphasia in hospital settings |
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| 12:00 | Lunch at Au Bon Pain (Kern Building) |
| 1:30 | • Emily McFadd (207 Ford) Quantifying Interaction Behavior in Mothers and Their Children with Cerebral Palsy |
| • David Hajjar (301 Ford) Supporting people with complex communication needs(CCN) to capture and share active recreational experiences (Hajjar pdf) |
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| 2:20 |  Panel Discussion/Summary/closing (207 Ford) |
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