Amanda Soper is a Speech-Language Pathologist in Washington, DC. In grad school, she worked with clients who used AAC and knew that this was the field she needed to be in.Amanda has been working with students with complex communication needs u

Nigel Duckett and Liberator Australia

Jan 9th, 2023 32m 16s

In this episode, we hear from my friend and colleague, Nigel Duckett, who is the Managing Director of PRC-Saltillo's Australian subsidiary, Liberator. Nigel began the company with three staff in 2007, and today as we head towards the close of 2

Beth Speaker-Christensen and her AAC Journey

Dec 5th, 2022 31m 37s

Beth Speaker-Christensen is an SLP near Chicago who has been working in the field for over 25 years. Beth started her career working for a contract agency in a variety of schools and nursing homes, and was excited to begin working at Shriners C

Ainsley Vergara on Empowering Others

Nov 3rd, 2022 37m 26s

Ainsley Vergara is a speech-language pathologist in Athens, Georgia. She was recently appointed Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia where she provides clinical instruction and supervision for speech pathology students.Wit

Debbie Witkowski and the UNIDAD Spanish/English Bilingual Vocabulary

Oct 3rd, 2022 36m 4s

Debbie Witkowski is a Speech-Language Pathologist from Semantic Compaction Systems (SCS) in Pittsburgh, PA. She is one of the coordinators and presenters of the "Successful Outcomes in AAC" seminar series, which was formally known as the "Pitts

Paul Andres on Developing Multi-lingual AAC Vocabularies

Aug 28th, 2022 36m 16s

Paul Andres, an Occupational Therapist in Germany who worked at Prentke Romich Deutschland, first as a consultant then as a Minspeak Application Program developer, creating the popular Quasselkiste vocabulary. Later, he worked with Semantic C

Gail Van Tatenhove on Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Aug 15th, 2022 57m 26s

Gail Van Tatenhove is known to many people in the field of AAC for her work with Minspeak® and people who use Minspeak® systems. She is also an expert in the practice of Descriptive Teaching and regularly presents webinars on this topic. Wh

Meher Banajee’s AAC Journey

Aug 15th, 2022 29m

Meher Banajee is Associate Professor and Program Director of Speech-language Pathology Program at LSUHSC Communication Disorders Department. Her areas of interest include AAC, autism spectrum disorders, early intervention and complex communicat

Tracy Kovach’s AAC Journey

Aug 14th, 2022 31m 54s

Tracy Kovach is one of the presenters and co-ordinators of the Pittsburgh AAC Language Seminar series and she’s been instrumental in keeping this event running for many years. She is the author of the popular evaluation tool, the AACP - Augment

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