Live
broadcast (one-time viewing only): October 30, 2025,
1:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern time
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up: October 30, 2025, Noon, Eastern
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Description:
This
webinar will share practical strategies for targeting literacy skills for
people of all ages who need or use augmentative and alternative communication
(AAC). The speakers will cover assessment, goal writing, and formative literacy
skill instruction for AAC users. The webinar will include case studies,
examples, opportunities for hands-on practice, and resources for clinical
practice.
Learning
Outcomes
You will
be able to:
- Use dynamic assessment to choose
appropriate literacy skills to target for an AAC user
- Develop goals to target
formative literacy skills for AAC users
- Implement literacy instruction
and monitor progress over time for AAC users
Presenter
Information
Savanna Brittlebank, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an assistant professor and
speech-language pathologist in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at
the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her primary area of interest is
AAC. Specifically, she focuses on improving interventions and technologies to
support communication, language, and literacy outcomes for individuals who may
benefit from AAC and their communication partners.
Disclosures:
- Salaried employee of the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- The research in this
presentation was supported by grants from the National Institute on Disability,
Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to the Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (The
RERC on AAC)
Lauramarie Pope, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor in the Department
of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Auburn University, as well as a
clinical SLP. She has worked clinically and in research with people who use or
would benefit from AAC for over 10 years. Her research focuses primarily on
young children on the autism spectrum with minimal speech, promoting literacy
for AAC users, and equitable access to AAC systems and services.
Disclosures:
- Salaried employee of Auburn
University
- The research in this
presentation was supported by grants from the National Institute on Disability,
Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to the Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (The
RERC on AAC
Assessment
Type
Self-assessment—Think
about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your
new
knowledge.
To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by 11:59 p.m. ET on November 1, 2025.
Program
History and CE
Information
Live
webinar: October 30, 2025
1:00–3:00 p.m.
Eastern time
This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
