ISAAC-Canada webinar

“The Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale for AAC (FIATS-AAC) is a multi-dimensional, parent-report questionnaire designed to detect the functional effects of AAC interventions for young people who have AAC needs. The measure is grounded in the International Classification of Functioning and Disability framework, promotes child and family-centred services, and has evidence of reliability and validity for AAC applications (Delarosa et al., 2012). This aim of this interactive webinar is to introduce the FIATS-AAC as a functional measure for AAC service applications (such as setting goals and measuring outcomes). Workshop participants will learn how to use the FIATS-AAC to measure functioning in individual children and their families in AAC-relevant domains. We will review methods to administer the FIATS-AAC, interpret scoring, and set confidence levels to estimate minimum detectable change. Participants will discuss two case studies to learn how the measure may be used clinically.”