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AAC Colloquium – Autumn 2024

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AAC Colloquium is a weekly series of informal presentations on AAC by (and for) the Penn State AAC community.  Both students and faculty are welcome to organize a session, please contact Beth Frick Semmler (bfs5682@psu.edu) if you would like to lead a session.  

Presentations on a range of topics, including planned projects, completed projects, clinical updates, clinical challenges, etc. are all welcome.  

AAC Colloquium will be held virtually on Mondays from 12 noon to 1 pm.    


September 2, 2024
Labor Day – No Colloquium


September 9, 2024
Courtney Johnson
Use of AAC in Higher Education


September 16, 2024
Leslie Kate
Guest Speaker


September 23, 2024
Mark Steidl
Guest Speaker


September 30, 2024
Tara McCarty
Short mobile training of peers in a strategy for structuring an opportunity to communicate choices for students with multiple disabilities including cortical visual impairment


October 7, 2024
Esther Klang
The loneliness of not being able to communicate


October 14, 2024
Karla Armendariz
Juntos Pudimos, Juntos Podemos: Learning from Hispanic Caregiver Perspectives on AAC Service Delivery


October 21, 2024
Kelsey Steffen
A Scoping Review of AAC User Involvement in Conducting Research Focused on Adults with Cerebral Palsy who use AAC


October 28, 2024
Dawn Sowers
Targeted Motion RERC Project


November 4, 2024
Krista Wilkinson; Syed Billah; Dawn Sowers; Sharon Redmon
AI Solutions for AAC Access


November 18, 2024
Ryan Klingensmith
AAC Clinic Update


November 25, 2024
Thanksgiving WeekNo Colloquium


December 2, 2024
ASHA Convention Week – No Colloquium


December 9, 2024
Jess Caron
AAC & Literacy