Page 7 - May 2019 WEBINAR SCHEDULE

Meet Your Instructor: Melissa has worked as a speech-language Putting Aided Language Input in to Practice

pathologist since 2008 in a variety of
settings with children and adults with Communication is a two-way process. As such, the
various communication and swallowing successful implementation of an AAC device depends as
disorders. She holds a clinical science much on the skills of the person using AAC as it does on

doctorate degree in Speech-Language those of the communication partners. This session will
Pathology from Rocky Mountain University provide an overview of the characteristics, roles, and
of Health Professions, completing research responsibilities of communication partners working
on caregiver training in AAC. She has worked with people who use AAC, with a focus on aided
at Saltillo Corporation since 2016 as an language input. Aided language input is a strategy in
Melissa Hoy assistive technology consultant in the Pacific which the communication partner uses AAC to teach
ClinScD, CCC-SLP
Northwest. Recently, Melissa relocated to AAC. Shared reading will be discussed as a vehicle for
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania continuing to provide support learning to use aided language input to support device
as an assistive technology consultant for the implementation and facilitate language learning.
state. Participants will have the opportunity to put it to
practice through a hands-on activity.