Page 3 - May 2019 WEBINAR SCHEDULE

Amanda is a Senior Assistive Technology More Than Just a Pretty Chart-
Consultant for Saltillo Corporation who Realizing the Power of Data Logging
works with individuals and teams to provide
education and support to find and use a As the old adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand
communication solution. Amanda is words. Imagine how helpful it would be to actually see
passionate about helping others and the words being used and the progress being made by
believes that everyone deserves a voice. people who use a speech generating devices (e.g.,
After working in the field of AAC for nearly a NovaChat, ChatFusion). This course offers one possible
decade, Amanda understands that it takes approach to help visualize such data through the use of
persistence, teamwork, and creativity to help data logging and Realize Language™, a subscription-
make this a realization. based web tool. Participants will learn the what, why,

In her role, Amanda is actively involved in and how of data logging, an available feature within
Eastern Missouri and Saltillo’s Chat Software and the TouchChat application.
Southern Illinois the development of presentations and This will include a discussion about how to use Realize
materials, and supports the larger
consultant network. Amanda has presented Language™ in order to visualize and communicate the
on a variety of AAC topics at the local, state, information in a more efficient and meaningful way.
national, and international level. Case study examples will be used to illustrate how
visualizing the data can have positive impacts on team
Amanda holds the Certificate of Clinical communication, intervention planning, and progress
Competence in Speech-Language Pathology monitoring. Discussion will include ideas for putting it
from the American Speech-Language- into practice as well as identifying possible barriers and
Hearing Association (ASHA) and is a licensed benefits of using data logging.
Speech-Language Pathologist in the state of
Illinois. She is a member of ASHA’s Special

Interest Division 12 (AAC Division) and a
member of the United States Society for

Augmentative and Alterative Communication

(USSAAC). She also serves as adjunct faculty
at Saint Louis University, where she teaches
the AAC graduate level course.

Amanda holds a Master’s of Arts & Research

in Speech Pathology from Saint Louis

University.