9:30 - 10:00 Anna Reeves
- Update on the latest developments at ACE and the world of AAC
10:00 - 11:00 Andrew Ball - Programme Manager for The Communication Trust
- Look out - the National Year is Coming!! Information on what can be expected and how your views can count towards the campaign
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee
11:20 - 12:00 Naomi Hewerdine - Total Communicatin Oldham SALT
- Developing Communication Passports - A good guide to the development and impementation of different types of Communication Passports
11:20 - 12:00 Kay Wrench & Roger Bates - Access & Communication for Children with Visual Impairments
- This workshop will provide an overview of the impact of vistual loss on communication, learning and perception and will outline approaches to minimise the impact and optimise learning opportunities
12:00 Carol Allen - AAC in Albania
- 'A strange Choice for a Week's Holiday' An insight to the world of Special Education in Albania and her voluntary work at the Kennedy Foundation
12:45 Lunch
1:45 - 2:30 Andrea McGuinness - ACE Centre North
- How to decide on the latest handheld devices
1:45 - 2:30 CALL UP - The Experience of a User Group
- A humorous yet touching DVD commissioned and presented by CALL UP, a support group for AAC users in Liverpool
2:30 - 3:30 Sandra Hartley - Logan Technologies
- Does voice output technology enhance communication in children with autism, who use exchange based communication?
3:30 - 3:45 Coffee
3:45 - 4:15 Andy Banns - What's New?!
- Latest developments of assistive technology hardware and software
Anna Reeves - Welcome and Introduction
Andrew Ball - Look out! The National Year is Coming
Naomi Hewerdine - Developing Communication Passports
Kay Wrench & Roger Bates - Impact of Visual Impairment on Communication
Carol Allen - AAC in Albania
Andrea McGuinness - Handheld Devices (for the hand out - click here )
CALL UP - The Experience of a User Group
Sandra Hartley - Autism and Communication