2007 Assistive Technology Expo - Program

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Thursday, November 29, 2007

8:00 - 4:30 Registration

9:00 - 4:30 Exhibit Hall and Auctions (Grand Ballroom)

10:00 - 11:00 General Session (Salons D, E, F & G): Welcome & Awards Presentation

Keynote address: Fight the Good Fight
Dale Metz, Executive Director of After Gateway, Inc.

11: 00 - 12:30 Lunch on your own

11: 00 - 4:30 Visit Exhibit Hall and Auctions

Thursday November 29th 2007 - Concurrent Sessions

Time	Salon D	Salon E	Salon F	Salon G	Judicial	Boardroom	Boxwood Dogwood
12:30- 1:00	Literacy, Language, & Expressive Communication: AAC in the Classroom Dawn J. Haynes	AT Funding: Issues and Strategies Annette Lauber	1:30-3:30 Poster Sessions Innovative AT Projects College Students		AT for Young Children Drop-In ATRCs	School System AT Roundtable Discussion Facilitator:Molly Shannon	NCATP Demo Center NCATPConsultants and Specialists
1:30 — 2:00 Break: Visit exhibit hall and poster sessions. Silent auction ends at 2:00
2:00- 3:00	Multimedia Means: Getting the Task Done Lynne Deese	Making Books Talk Ken Whitley	Poster Sessions -Continued-	Panel Discussion Braille Notetakers: A Key Tool for Independence Facilitator: Jack Mitchell	AT for Young Children Drop-In -Continued-	School System AT Roundtable Discussion -Continued-	NCATP Demo Center -Continued-
1:30 — 2:00 Break: Visit exhibit hall and poster sessions. Silent auction ends at 2:00
3:30- 4:30	Multimedia Means: Getting the Task Done -Continued-	Advocay TBA		Communication with Aphasia Scott Chapman	AT for Young Childeren Drop-In -Continued-		NCATP Demo Center -Continued-

Friday November 30th 2007 - Concurrent Sessions

	Learning I	Learning II	Early Childhood	Living	For Work	New & Fun	Do it Yourself
Time	Ballroom 1 & 2	Ballroom 3	Ballroom 4	Ballroom 5	Salons A & B	Salon C	Boxwood Dogwood
8:30- 9:00	Organization and Study Skills When You Are College Bound Lynne Deese	Kurzweil 3000 - AT for the Learning Disabled and Dyslexic Edna Beard	Multiple Therapy Methods for Children With Autism Karen Casey	CCTV's - From Isolation to Integration Robin Makky	Persons with Disabilities: Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace Tom Colclough	Text Based AAC Ken Whitley	Make And Take:Making Literacy and AAC Go Hand in Hand Page Mikol Kristine Drum
9:30 Break: Bid on Auction Items Until 11:00
10:00- 11:00	-Continued-	AT Applications for the Low Vision Student Frank Beard	TBA Gretchen Hanser	AT for Seniors Carol Williams	Telecommuting with Assistive Technology Rebecca Sitton	AAC for Degenerative Diseases Jill & Mell Ellison	-Continued-
11:00 - 12:30 Lunch on your own. Auction winners announced at Noon.
2:00- 3:00	Autism and Interactive Communication Scott Chapman	Braille Plus for Education Julie Kagy	Low Vision Solutions for Young Children Camille Lancaster	Phone Zone: From Amplification to Relay Services Joan Black	Work Place Assessments Sara Endicott	Recreation Adaptations and Leisure Resources Julie Bradwell	Tools of the Trade: What You Need to Get the Job Done Jeremy Pegram
1:30 — 2:00 Break
3:30- 4:30	Making Learning Easy And Accessible With Clicker 5 And Clicker Paint Celeste Helling Ja Medlicott	AAC and Autism; Increasing Functional Language through Motor Planning Dawn J. Hayne Chip Clarke	TBA Sonya Van Horn	Phones and ECU’s Ray Gonzales Dale Dixon	Accessibility in Windows Vista Lynne Deese	ECO-14 Expanding Your World with Communication and Computing Dawn J. Hayne Chip Clarke	-Continued-