#TalkingAAC 2020: Online Edition is comprised of a series of five 2-hour workshops that will take place online between September 2020 and May 2021. Register once for $30 and you'll have access to all five sessions. 

Strand 1 begins with Glenda Watson-Hyatt, a motivational speaker whose speeches at ISAAC 2016 & TED Talks received both laughter and acclaim. Glenda will share her lived experience and challenge listeners to think in new ways about lifelong AAC. After this opening message, Strand 1 features Chris Bugaj. Chris is a Speech-Language Pathologist, an Inclusive Design Facilitator and International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Author. During his presentation, Chris will share with us how consistent and collaborative effort is required to implement a functional language system. Attendees will explore proven strategies for teaching even the youngest students how to become effective, functional communicators by teaching them language and by engineering the school, home, and community environments. Strand 1 will conclude with a challenge to each of us and an invitation to revisit this theme during a follow-up workshop in December 2020.