Our Speakers Stephen Kneece, M.A., CCC-SLP, ATP, ‘Core Vocab-

ulary Songs and an Update on AAC App Features’ is an employee of Aiken County Public School District. Disclosure Financial relationships: None Non-financial relationships: No relevant non-financial relationship exists. Further speaker information: Stephen Kneece is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and AT/AAC Consultant working and living in Aiken, SC. He is cur-rently the President-Elect-Elect of SCSHA, the CEO/Founder of Speech and Language Songs, and a gradu-ate of the ASHA Leadership Development Program.

Vicki Clarke, MS, CCC-SLP, ‘Assessing Skills in AAC’

is CEO of Dynamic Therapy Associates, Inc. Disclosure Financial relationships: Vicki is the owner of Dynam-ic Therapy Associates, Consultant for DTA Schools and is receiving an honorarium for her presentation. Non-financial relationships: No relevant non-financial relationship exists. Further speaker information: Vicki Clarke is the CEO of Dynamic Therapy Associates, Inc (DTA Inc.), a speech language pathology clinic specializing in AAC. She is the Director of DTA Schools, a division of DTA Inc, which provides individual student, classroom and district-wide AAC services for consultation, assess-ment, training, curriculum development and equip-ment procurement in multiple public school districts. Additional professional activities include professional consultation and training through publications, work-shops and presentations at local, state and national conferences in the areas of augmentative communi-cation, speech language pathology, special education and Autism.

Michael Leaphart, ‘AAC Mentors for AAC Pro-

fessionals and Users’ lives in Columbia, SC. Disclosure Financial relationships: None. Non-financial relationships: None. Further speaker information: Michael Leaphart was born with severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. He was educated in Lexington County Public Schools where he learned to communicate with a variety of augmentative alternative communication devices. Currently he uses a Tobii-Dynavox I-15 text to speech device accessed via eye gaze.

Kevin Williams, ‘AAC Mentors for AAC Profes-

sionals and Users’ lives in Charlotte, NC. Disclosure Financial relationships: None. Non-financial relationships: None. Further speaker information: Kevin Williams is a Web Developer. He is an active member of the United States Society of Alternative and Augmenta-tive Communication serving as the Chief Technolo-gy Officer. Kevin enjoys adaptive water skiing and playing Power Wheelchair Soccer.

Luke McCurry, ‘AAC Mentors for AAC Profes-

sionals and Users’ is a student at Trident Tech. Disclosure Financial relationships: None. Non-financial relationships: None. Further speaker information: Luke McCurry is an engineering student at Trident Technical College and is looking forward to an internship experience. He will graduate in 2021 He has been using a com-munication device and driving a wheelchair since he was four years old. Luke enjoys travel, movies and transformers.

Courses offered for ASHA

CEUs at the

South Carolina

Assistive Technology

Expo

March 3, 2020

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Eligible participants can earn ASHA CEU’s

Columbia Metropolitan

Convention Center

1101 Lincoln Street

Columbia, SC 29201

Sponsored by:

Find out more information about the SC Assistive Technology Expo at

scatp.med.sc.edu/expo/expo19.html

- Agenda -

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. “Core Vocabulary Songs and an Update on AAC App Features” Stephen Kneece Richland B & C

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. “Assessing Skills in AAC” Vicki Clarke Richland B & C

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch In the Exhibit Hall

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. “Real AAC Users” Michael Leaphart, Kevin Williams and Luke McCurry Richland B & C

(Agenda includes three one-hour sessions, with breaks between sessions.)

Please visit the exhibit hall between sessions.

Exhibit Hall will be open 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Real AAC Users One of the biggest overlooked resources for speech-language pathologists and beginning AAC users is a profi-cient AAC user. Proficient AAC users have a lot of valuable information to share about what works, what doesn’t work and what it’s like to rely on a device for all commu-nication needs. Communication devices are now being used beyond their dedicated state. These mentors will discuss how communication happens in many ways with a device, not just using a picture board. Participants will be able to: 1. Identify three ways of communicating with a commu-

nication device. 2. Identify three things AAC users wish people wouldn’t

do.

Register for ASHA CEUs at the session room prior to the session.

Session Descriptions

Core Vocabulary Songs and an Update on AAC App Features Add a new tool in your AAC toolbelt with Stephen Kneece, MA, CCC-SLP! Stephen will explain how to get the most out of his core vocabulary songs, regardless of the AAC user's vocabulary set, method of selection, or level of pro-ficiency. These songs are a completely free resource that you can immediately implement into your AAC therapy sessions. Stephen will also walk you through the most re-cent AAC application updates. Participants will be able to: 1. Identify songs to model and provide Aided Language

Stimulation to AAC users. 2. Identify three new AAC app features.

Assessing Skills in AAC

Austin, Joshua, Mariana and Andre are very different chil-dren who are all are struggling to communicate effective-ly. Their teams are sure they need an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) solution, but what solu-tion should we offer? Does each child get the same iPad app? Do they have to prove themselves with light tech communication boards and books first? This session delves into a process for assessing individual students to determine a starting point for AAC implementation. We will consider the partners, environments and the stu-dent's specific skills to lead us to an individualized AAC solution for each child. Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the components of an AAC Assess-ment.

2. Identify tools to support assessment of AAC. This course is offered for up to .3 ASHA CEUs (Various levels, Professional area)