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ISAAC 2012
Presentations involving AAC-RERC personnel at ISAAC 2012 
July 30
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1:00 pm
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AAC-RERC Partners
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2:15 pm
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Rowland, C., Fried-Oken, M., Clarke, M., Murphy,J., Boa, S., & Raghavendra, P.
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ICF implementation approaches for AAC worldwide (handout)
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2:15 pm
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Thistle, J., McNaughton, D, & Mires, C.
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Teaching Active Listening to pre-service speech language pathologists (handout)
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3:30 pm
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Light, J. Drager, K., & Wilkinson, K.
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Designing effective visual scene displays for AAC systems for young children with complex communication needs (handout)
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3:30 pm
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Blackstone, S., B Manzur, M.
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International collaboration through Webex: Supporting children with CCN and their families in Mexico City
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July 31
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8:00 am
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Light, J. & McNaughton, D.
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9:15 am
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Blackstone, S., Wilkinson, K., Thistle, J., Felman. J.,, Rangel, G., Epstein, D.
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Development of emotional competencies in children with complex communication needs: Implications for Practice and Research
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10:30 am
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Bryen, D.N. & Chung, Y.
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Supported Leadership: Why it is Important for PWUAAC and ISAAC Leadership (handout)
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11:30 am
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Bryen, D. & Lever, S.
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"I need more vocabulary": Making sure that your AAC device has needed adult vocabulary
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11:30 am
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Fulcher., K.,Higginbotham, J., Lesher, G., Moulton, B.
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Utilizing the Internet to Prime Word Prediction
Dictionaries for Topic Specific Message Construction |
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2:00 pm
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Seale, J., Higginbotham, J., Stathopoulos, E.,Mann Dolce, S. |
Exploring Conversational Displacement Experienced by Augmentative and Alternative Communicators
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2:00 pm
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Kennedy, P. & McNaughton, D.
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The AAC-RERC Writers Brigade (handout)
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3:30 pm
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Bryen D. & Bornman, S.
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The need for social validation of vocabulary selection: Ensuring cultural relevance (handout)
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August 1
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8:00 am
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Higginbotham, J.
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"App" Developers' Forum
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9:00 am
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Thiessen, A. Beukelman, D., Hux, K.
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Visual fixation patterns for adults with aphasia (handout)
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9:15 am
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McBride, D.
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Effective AAC Evaluation: Tools and Resources
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10:30 am
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McBride, D.
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AAC Decision-Making: AAC Devices or Apps with Mobile Technology(or both)
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2:15 pm
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Waller, A., Roark, B., Fried-Oken, M., McCoy, K., & McGregor, A.
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Natural Language Processing and AAC: Current advances at the interface between technology and communication. (handout)
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2:15 pm
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Costigan, A. & Light, J. |
An investigation of the use of mouse input by young children
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4:45 pm
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Roark, B., Fried-Oken, M., & Sproat, R.
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Communication partner co-construction in speech generating devices
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August 2
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8:00 am
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Fried-Oken, M., Rowland, C., Mooney, A., Noethe, G., Daniels, D., & Gibbons, C.
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A comparison of communication board use for conversations in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Alzheimer's disease (handout)
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9:00 am
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Min, H., Lesher, G.,Fen Yik, T., Higginbotham, J.
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Exploring the contribution of conversational context
in word prediction |
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9:15 am
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Light, J. & Drager, K.
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Effects of early AAC intervention on the communication skills of children with Down syndrome (handout)
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10:30 am
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McNaughton, D., Light., J., & Kennedy, P.
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1:00 pm
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Light, J., Jakobs, T., Drager, K., Chew, K., Guthrie, S., Mellman, L., & Riley, K. |
Effects of AAC systems with "just in time" programming for children with complex communication needs (handout)
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1:00 pm
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Fried-Oken, M., Oken, B., Erdogmus, D., Roark, B., Hild, K., Orhan, U., Mooney, A., & Miller, M. |
A brain computer interface using the RSVP keyboard for users who are locked-in (handout)
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1:00 pm
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Bryen D.
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ACOLUG and research: Some ethical issues (handout)
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2:15 pm
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Fager, S., LeDoux, J., & Beukelman, D.
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Evaluation preferred AAC strategies for patients in long-term care settings. (handout)
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2:15 pm
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Fager, S., Beukelman, D., & Jakobs, T.
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Simplifying AAC for patients with critical medical conditions: Safe –Laser keyboard and speech buttons (handout)
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