Upcoming Talks

AAC Talks (PaTTAN)

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May 8, 2026, 2:45 PM ET
Making Evidence‑Based AAC Practices Practicable in the Schools to Build Capacity

Recontres Internationales des Communications Alternatives et Améliorées (RICAA)

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12 Mai 2026, 1400 CET, Toulouse, FR
Dévlopper une pratique interprofessionnelle pour l’evaluation en CAA

AAC in the Cloud

June 25, 2026, 2:00 PM ET

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Track:  Practitioners & Teachers
Title: Making Evidence-Based Practices Practicable in the Schools
Session Format: Live

Coaching Coaches

Friday, August 28, 2026
Live Webinar

Registration Online – Many skills needed by communication partners can be introduced in workshops, webinars, or in-services but really must be learned in the natural environment with the help of a coach. Coaches work with AT specialists, SLPs and team leaders to help them incorporate evidence-based practices into their existing classroom routines. In these one hour, follow up webinars, Day 2 participants upload classroom clips to process together in a group coaching exercise.

SMoRRES® Level 2 completion is a prerequisite.

American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention

November 19-21, 2026

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Topic Area: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Title: Ethics and Evidence-Based Practices in AAC
Session Format: In-Person 
Author(s): Jill Senner (PRESENTING AUTHOR: Author who will be presenting), Matthew Baud (PRESENTING AUTHOR: Author who will be presenting)

Best Practices in AAC Assessment: Steps to Selecting Appropriate Communication Systems

Friday, December 11, 2026
Live Webinar

Registration Opening Soon – When a child isn’t speaking or when speech doesn’t meet all of his or her communication needs across environments, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) may be appropriate. However, there are literally hundreds of apps, speech generating devices, low-tech, and no-tech strategies available to help children who are unable to communicate effectively using their speech. Selection of an inappropriate system can lead to limited success or in some cases, system abandonment. How does one ensure selection of an appropriate communication system? With a feature-matching AAC assessment!

Communication Partner Instruction in AAC: SMoRRES® and Partner-Augmented Input (Levels 1 & 2)

Friday & Saturday, February 19-20, 2027
Live Webinar

Registration Opening Soon – Evidence-based research supports the use of partner-augmented input (PAI), also known as aided language modeling, as an intervention strategy for individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). There are multiple benefits of modeling AAC use, but how can this be done effectively across a child’s many environments? All of a child’s communication partners must be taught how to model on the child’s speech generating device (SGD) to create an immersion environment for learning the new language!