June / July 2013
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Editorial Feature
Lightening the AAC Toolkit Load: iOS Devices in AAC Evaluations
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Susan Berkowitz
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SUSAN BERKOWITZ, M.S., M.Ed. SLP. has been a speech-language pathologist for 35 years, and has worked with students with autism for 40.
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ULS + CS4 = Student Success!
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Suzanne Feit and Kathy Staugler
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Suzanne Feit, M.S. National Training Consultant, has been in the field of Assistive Technology for over 35 years. She is responsible for training and implementation of both Classroom Suite and Kurzweil 3000.
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Adults with Autism
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Val Stilwell
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Val Stilwell, MSCS, works with a research lab and software developer, Cognitopia Software, in Eugene, Oregon. Their work is focused on developing software and Web-based tools that support self-management for individuals with cognitive disabilities. No one knows for sure - no one really knows how many people in the United States have autism because gathering the numbers has been a youthful, piecemealed task.
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Preparing for the Post-Secondary Environment: Strategies and Technology Supporting Organizational Skills
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Cheryl Lepard and Linda Petty
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CHERYL LEPARD, is a Disability Consultant with AccessAbility Services, University of Toronto Scarborough. LINDA PETTY, is an Occupational Therapist and the Assistive Technology Consultant with AccessAbility Services, University of Toronto Scarborough. One of the most important academic skills to enable success in the post-secondary environment is the ability to organize academic work. This means that a student needs to develop effective time management and organizational skills; to be able to consistently record assignment due dates and test dates in an agenda; and to learn to effectively schedule their time for the reading, studying and writing assignments needed to support the hours of classroom attendance. Many students, particularly those with learning disabilities or AD/HD, struggle to effectively schedule their time and need someone to show them.
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AAC Evaluations and Feature-Matching
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Debby McBride
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DEBBY MCBRIDE, MS., CCC-SLP, has 28 years experience working in most areas of augmentative communication. Her broad and unique perspective comes from her variety of clinical experiences specializing in AAC, a clinical tools developer, a national trainer, and previously, an AAC device distributor. She has worked in educational and medical settings and currently works as an AAC specialist both in an outpatient setting and in consulting.
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Beyond Communication: Using Eye Gaze Technology to Access the Computer
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Elizabeth Walker
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Elizabeth Walker is a regional sales consultant for TobiiATI. She has extensive experience within the field of augmentative and alternative communication as well as assistive technology. She is a retired speech/language pathologist.
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