#TalkingAAC 2025: Full Schedule

The #TalkingAAC 2024 Conference Was a Success! Keep the Momentum Going with On-Demand Learning Through December 31, 2024.

ON-DEMAND Content:

This year, we’ve added a new, separate asynchronous learning option featuring FOUR (4) ON-DEMAND 75-minute, pre-recorded sessions.

BONUS:

All IN-PERSON attendees have received access to these recorded sessions as part of their 2-day conference registration. You can access the ON-DEMAND content through the Sched registration portal.

Interested in On-Demand Content Only?

Great news! Registration is available through December 27, 2024 for just $60.

Event Instructions or Terms and Conditions

#TalkingAAC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established for continued education.
Please note: Continuing Education Credits are not available for the on-demand content.

REFUNDS & TICKET TRANSFERS

Refunds are not available for the On-Demand only Content.

Questions? Check out www.talkingaac.org or email info@talkingaac.org

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9:45am EDT

Find the features - Tap into Settings to Support AAC Communicators

Monday April 7, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am EDT

Room 103

This session will focus on PRC-Saltillo AAC apps LAMP Words for Life and TouchChat HD-AAC w/ WordPower. We will review features and built in settings that can be customized. Case studies and hands on activities will be used to problem solve what customizations could be implemented to optimize success.
Presenter: Darcy Lees, AAC Consultant
Vendor: PRC-Saltillo

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PRC-Saltillo

Monday April 7, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am EDT
Room 103

Vendor Presentation

12:15pm EDT

AAC Support AND Emergent Literacy Instruction

Monday April 7, 2025 12:15pm - 1:30pm EDT

Room 103

All Means All. All people have a right to the relationships, experiences, and instruction that help them develop communication skills. This requires access to a language system, which can be either low-tech (as in a paper-based booklet), high-tech (as in a dedicated device), or some combination. AAC support is critical to effective literacy instruction since learners must express their thoughts, ideas, and wishes during early or emergent routines. Additionally, effective literacy instruction is socially constructed. Therefore, all learners must have the means and the opportunity to engage actively, constructively, and socially.

Beyond providing AAC support for language use and development, laying the foundation for literacy and language growth is predicated on providing comprehensive literacy instruction. Accordingly, the development team at Building Wings created at literacy program to reflect this evidence-based approach for young learners. Throughout this four-year program, parents and teachers can access implementation supports (real-time videos plus paper-based instructional guides) to quickly and seamlessly deliver daily cycles of the five emergent routines that comprise comprehensive literacy instruction (Erickson & Koppenhaver, 2017). These include shared reading, predictable chart writing, alphabet/ phonics instruction, and daily opportunities to engage independently with reading and writing.
Presenter: Karla Rachfal - Educational Solution Specialist
Vendor: Building Wings, LLC

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Building Wings

Monday April 7, 2025 12:15pm - 1:30pm EDT
Room 103

Vendor Presentation

1:45pm EDT

TD Snap Pagesets: Comparing Core First and Motor Plan

Monday April 7, 2025 1:45pm - 3:00pm EDT

Room 103

This session will walk you through key features of both the Core First and Motor Plan Pagesets. Audience members will be able to feature match both options for their AAC user’s needs. We will participate in a robust discussion about pageset selection and benefits for a wide range users.
Presenters: Brigitte Evariste, Pediatric Solutions Consultant Michigan East & Joel Allchin, Solutions Consultant Michigan
Vendor: Tobii Dynavox

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Tobii Dynavox

Monday April 7, 2025 1:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
Room 103

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