Agenda – 2019

The 2019 Doctoral Student AAC Research Think Tank was held at Penn State University from May 19-May 21, 2019. The Think Tank started on Sunday May 19 at 2:00 pm, and ended on Tuesday May 21 at 4:30 pm.

May 19
1:30-2:00	Registration (301 Ford Building)
2:00 – 2:30	Dr. David McNaughton: Welcome, Introductions, Agenda, and Goals; Reflections on Scholarly Activity (207 Ford)
2:30 – 3:15	Dr. David Beukelman & Dr. Susan Fager: Integrating Research into a Successful Career in Academia: Building the AAC Knowledge Base (207 Ford)
3:30 – 5:15	Emily Laubscher: Effect of a Parent Training on Vocabulary Use for  Beginning Communicators with Autism Spectrum Disorder. (207 Ford)	Salena Babb: Increasing Social Interactions with Peer Partners for Adolescents with ASD using Video Visual Scene Displays (208 Ford)
	Elizabeth Leatherman: Comparing the Perspectives of Families and School-Based SLPs on the AAC Experience (207 Ford)	Alyson Spitzley:  Effects of a Group AAC Learning Experience on Willingness to Communicate and Attitudes toward a Computer-Based System: A Pilot Study (208 Ford)
5:30	Dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn
May 20
8:30 – 9:00	Coffee and Bagels ( 301 Ford Building)
9:15 – 11:00	Jessica Gormley: Supporting Children with Complex Communication Needs to Communicate Choices During an Inpatient Stay: Effect of an AAC Partner Training with Healthcare Professionals (207 Ford)	Christina Corso: Smart Home Technology as Assistive Technology: Experiences of Individuals with High Spinal Cord Injury (208 Ford)
	Amanda Simmons: Impact of Computer-Based AAC Education for Nurses, Nursing Students, and SLP Students (207 Ford)	Yao Du: Translating Clinical Knowledge to Mobile and Voice Interaction Design for Children with Communication Impairments(202 Ford)
11:15 – 12	Dr. Janice Light : Making a Positive Impact: Establishing a Significant Line of research (207 Ford)
12 – 1:15	Lunch at Au Bon Pain (Kern Building)
1:30 – 4:15	Cheri Blue: Introduction of Eye-Gaze Controlled Assistive Technology: Can Teaching Motor Skills Outside of the Context of Communication Increase Success? (207 Ford)	Jessica McQueston: Comprehension Literacy Intervention for Elementary Students (208 Ford)
	Juhi Kidwai: Introducing a Brain Computer Interface to Access AAC Devices for Aphasia Rehabilitation (207 Ford)	Corinne Walker: AAC Narrative Intervention: Teaching Children to Tell Their Stories (208 Ford)
	Betts Peters:Beyond Eye Gaze: Alternative Access for Adults with Severe Speech and Physical Impairments (207 Ford)	Ciara Ousley: Adapting Curriculum in General Education Settings for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs: What’s Going Well and Where can We Improve? (208 Ford)
		Emily Gregori: The use of AAC in Inclusive Classrooms for Children and Adolescents with ASD (208 Ford)
4:30  – 5:15
5:30	Dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn
May 21
7:45 – 8:15	Coffee and Bagels ( 301 Ford Building)
8:15 – 10:00	Lilith Reuter-Yuill: Evaluating Popular AAC Strategies for Children with ASD (207 Ford)	Naima Bhana: Conversations with Panamanian Parents Regarding their Children with Disabilities and AAC (208 Ford)
	Gal Kaldes: Predictors of Word Combinations by Toddlers who Participated in Parent-coached Language Interventions: Modeling count-data outcomes (207 Ford)	Suma Suswaram: Importance of Understanding Cultural Difference in Communication within Minimally Verbal Children (208 Ford)
10:15 – 11:00	Dr. Melanie Fried-Oken : Supporting the Meaningful Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Research (207 Ford)
11:15 – 12:00	Kaitlyn Clarke: Auditory and Visual Integration in Individuals with ASD: Implications for AAC instruction (207 Ford)	Sojung Jung: Supporting Communication and Participation in Grocery Shopping for a Student with Developmental Disabilities using Video Visual Scene Display technology (202 Ford)
12:00 – 1:15	lunch at Au Bon Pain (Kern Building)
1:30 – 3:15	Kristen Ackley: Approaches to Augmentative and Alternative Communication Design by Speech-Language Pathologists (207 Ford)	Sarah Bubash: Representation of Students with AAC: Why Does it Matter? (208 Ford)
	Casy Walters: Impact of AAC on Speech Development (207 Ford)	Alaina Eck: Supporting Access to Play: Determining Support and Barriers to Increasing Engagement for Children with Complex Communication Needs (208 Ford)
3:30 – 4:15	All: Final Thoughts (207 Ford)
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