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9:00am

PRE-CONFERENCE: LAMP: Language Acquisition with Motor Planning Michigamme RoomJohn Halloran PRE-CONFERENCE: Literacy in AAC: Making It Meaningful AuditoriumDavid A. Koppenhaver PRE-CONFERENCE: When in Doubt, Core it Out! Room 106Deidre Dobbels • Kelly Key

9:00am

AAC for Self-Determination: Our Journey with Maggie AuditoriumErin Sheldon

10:15am

**FULL** Descriptive Teaching: A Scaffold to Include Emergent AAC Users in Regular Classrooms Heritage RoomErin Sheldon Modeling in the Community: An Overview Room 62Janet Callahan Productive Emergent Writing Practices Michigamme RoomDavid A. Koppenhaver Modeling AAC in the Classroom Setting: A balancing act AuditoriumElizabeth Dexter • Erica Dwyer

12:45pm

**FULL** Author’s Chair: Firing up kids to communicate using AAC and writing Michigamme RoomJaimie Fons • Tammy Martoni **FULL** LAMP: Language Acquisition with Motor Planning Heritage RoomJohn Halloran AAC success in a high school science classroom Room 62Kelly Meissner • Erin Sheldon PIVOTAL Strategies for Success: AAC Implementation AuditoriumMarlene Cummings • Stacey Fox

2:15pm

**FULL** Jenga! How to build capacity of AAC use without knocking down your tower Heritage RoomSara Andryona • Carolyn O'Hearn **FULL** Model Magic: Become the Next Top (AAC) Modeler! Michigamme RoomDeidre Dobbels • Kelly Key Productive Conventional Writing Practices Room 62David A. Koppenhaver Breaking Down Barriers to AAC Implementation AuditoriumAshley Robinson • Lauren Zimmerman

9:00am

KEYNOTE: Relationships and AAC AuditoriumLance McLemore

10:15am

**FULL** Shared and Guided Reading with Core Michigamme RoomAmy Devin • Lauren Pawlowski Go Big or Go Home! Scaling up a Core Vocabulary approach to AAC Implementation AuditoriumSusan Hardin • Maureen Staskowski **FULL** Go and Show AAC Vocabulary Instruction Heritage RoomAngela Sheets • Nicole Wingate Voices from the Field: Results from an AAC Practitioner Focus Group Room 62Sarah Douglas

12:45pm

ALL ABOARD! Get Everyone Onboard to Meet Students’ Communication Needs AuditoriumAngela Sheets • Nicole Wingate PODDy Training; a year in the life of aac preschool Room 62Kristin Gembis • Armen Gulian **FULL** Two sides of the same coin: Accelerate Language by working on both AAC and writing Heritage RoomMaureen Staskowski • Janet Sturm When Speech Isn’t Enough: AAC as a Supplemental Tool (Live Virtual Presentation) Michigamme RoomLauren Enders

2:15pm

**FULL** An AAC Journey: from AACtion Plan to AAChievment Heritage RoomStacey Fox • Jennifer Ryan Building Capacity by Embracing Collaboration: From the Teacher's Perspective Room 62Marlene Cummings • Amy Devin • Lauren Pawlowski Practical Strategies to Increase AAC Modeling in the Classroom Setting AuditoriumDeidre Dobbels • Kelly Key **FULL** AAC Decision-making: Learning from Experts in the Field Michigamme RoomSarah Douglas