The Southern California Augmentative and Alternative Communication Network...

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

SCAAC-N Summer Meeting Notes - 7/20/10

On July 20, 2010, the Southern California AAC Network held their second quarterly meeting at Villa Esperanza Services in Pasadena, CA.  To download the complete announcements and outline, click here:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BzDOa0vok14lYTRmYzhlMGYtMDE2Ni00ZThhLWJiYjktOTkxZTgxNWU1NTM5&hl=en_US

Agenda:

6:30-6:45 Meet & Eat
6:45-7:00 Announcements
7:00-7:50 Beyond Assessment Video Roundtable
7:50-8:00 Closing thoughts
 
The evening's topic was a case study, presented by Gwendolyn Meier, of a 10-year old student using a Dynavox V device and System 5 Gateway 40 child language software.

Announcements included an invitation to join a related group on Facebook, Southwest AAC Community, interested in meeting others, sharing ideas events and announcements, getting to know others in the field, asking questions, and providing answers.