AAC Discussion

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Hi everyone,

I rarely post to this group, but I've never really had much to say or ask about.  First of all, I'm Emily and I'm a 1st year graduate student of SLP at the University of South Dakota (USD).  Currently I am on a committee to help prepare for a speech and hearing fair our on-campus clinic will be hosting next October for people in the military and their families.  We secured a grant to put this on and are very excited about it.

What I am wondering is if anyone has or knows about a screening tool to detect a mild TBI for young adults to older adults (the military population)?

We have materials to screen children (if they bring their children with them) for language and speech issues, but would like to be able to provide screenings for veterans/military persons who may have an undiagnosed mild TBI or other underlying problem.

Please let me know if you have something or know of something that I could look up or research that would help us out.  Thank you so very much! 

Emily

Xposted to: speechpathology, futureslps

Greetings,

I am in the process of putting a book together with my colleague Steven Stern called: Computer Synthesized Speech Technologies: Tools for Aiding Impairment. As such, we are inviting people to contribute their expertise to our forthcoming book in the form of a chapter. We are attempting to contact people who have research interests on the use of CSS (computer synthesized speech) technology to aid speech impairments, but besides people from academic institutions we are open to people who are practitioners who could write a chapter based on a case study of using CSS for a person with a particular disorder. Examples of some disorders with speech impairments are autistic spectrum disorders, ALS, brain/spinal cord injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, etc. We are also interested in chapters that deal with the special problems children and the elderly may have with computerized speech aids.

The procedure that we are following is that we are first soliciting short proposals for chapters. We will review these proposals and then approve those which are appropriate. Hence, all proposals may not be accepted.

I am including the formal complete call for chapters under the cut. Please feel free to forward this posting to anyone you wish. Thanks!

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Hey, ya'll. I'm currently working with a student with autism and, after watching her on the safety bar of our classroom trampoline, have gotten the idea in my head that she could really benefit from an adaptive ballet class. See, we joke about her having rubberbands for bones for two reasons: one is her extreme flexibility and the other is her inability or unwillingness to stand straight (she loves to lean or twist herself or do almost anything but). Assuming it's an inability, the teacher in the classroom supposes she just might not have that centerline concept down. Assuming it's an unwillingness, she might not realize the benefits or the fun of standing up straight.

Of course, it's up to her whether or not she wants to change all that (oh, she's 7 by the way), but either way, I thought that adaptive ballet would be a good thing to try, see if she's interested.

Unfortunately, everything google is showing me is on the East Coast (Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, Boston) and we live out here on the Left Coast. San Jose, California, to be exact. Does anyone know of any resources out here that I might be able to take advantage of?

Okay so I'm finishing up my freshman year of college. I have severe CP and can't walk or talk. I hated high school because I didn't have any friends. Everybody (mostly able-bodied people) told college is wonderful and they had friends. Well I didn't really make any real friends this year. Basically I didn't factor in my disability in to college life and was expecting too much. Now I'm let down and getting depressed. I'm just wondering if anybody had this happened and if so, how they dealt with it. Thank you!

Not sure if any of you subscribe to or read Time Magazine, but their featured article is called "New Insights into the Hidden world of Autism" by Claudia Wallis. I read a little part that said something about facilitated communication, but that's all I remember.

I haven't had the time to read it yet (plus, I just got it in the mail this afternoon) because I have finals this week, but just wanted to see if anyone had read it yet and what your thoughts/comments were on the article/what it has to say.

:)

I am having a really hard time trying to figure out where I would like to/should go to graduate school for a Master's in Speech-Language Pathology. I am going to stay in the U.S. but know I definitely do not want to stay at the school I am at right now (the University of Minnesota - Duluth) - I need to get out! Haha.

Do any of you have any suggestions? I am looking for a school that has a good AAC program. Other than that, I honestly do not know what else to look for when choosing a graduate school.

I have thought about a few different places like somewhere in Washington State, Portland, Oregon - out West. I know Eau Claire, Wisconsin has a good program, but not sure about AAC there.

Thanks in advance! :D

~Emily

Hi everyone! I'm new to this community and just wanted to say hi and tell you a little about myself. [I apologize if I'm in more than one community with you and you are reading this twice. It's just easier to copy and paste it so I don't have to keep typing it over and over.]

My real name is Emily and I'm a junior at the University of Minnesota - Duluth. I am majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders and minoring in Psychology. I plan on going *somewhere* to graduate school in order to get my Masters in Speech-Language Pathology. I am really interested in Augmentative and Alternative Communication and am hoping to do a UROP (University Research Opportunity Program) sometime within the next year, before I graduate. Our school, UMD, is very fortunate to have 2 ERIKA systems (not sure if I spelled ERIKA right; if it has a K or C) and I'm hoping to use one of them for my possible UROP.

Anyway, my last post was asking for book suggestions. You may not think that is relevant to all the different communities with which I'm involved, but I think it is: I want to know if there are any good books out there that have anything to do with Speech Pathology or AAC and would be fun to read. Or, if you just have an interesting book you want to recommend. :D

Don't worry, my other posts won't be so weird!

My friends Nikki, Ashley, and Erika and I were talking the other day at school, during one of our breaks. Anyway, I was talking about how I really wanted to read some new books, ones I haven't read before, but that I had no idea what to read. I asked for suggestions and started writing them down. Well, she posted in our regular LJ community asking for book suggestions for her for this summer. I hadn't thought about asking people on LJ that, so thought I'd ask y'all, too!

Please give me suggestions on what books to read this summer (or whenever)! I normally love murder mysteries, some romances (mostly Nora Roberts), and have read one or two "classics." If you have any ideas or suggestions, I'd love to hear them! :D

I just bought two books tonight at Barnes & Noble: Daniel isn't Talking  and The Final Victim. They both look really good. The first one is about a little boy who has Autism or something like that. The second book is a murder mystery type and is about a family who has been getting killed off, one by one. Or something like that.

I did find a book and author on the shelves at Barnes & Noble that looked really interesting: Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

There were some other books that I thought looked incredibly interesting, but, alas, I cannot remember their titles, authors, nor their topics. I do, however, remember where they were located in the store...I may have to go back again on Monday with a notebook and pencil so I can write down titles/authors of books I want to read. :D

I spent a lot of money today. Whoops. At least I get paid next week, in the middle... I just hope our stupid landlord (the current one, not the cool new one) doesn't put our rent checks in before I get paid. I mean, I have enough money in my account to cover that, but will only have about $60 left until I get paid. That's cutting it really close. I am not extremely horrible with my money, but I'm not very good at keeping track of my expenses or knowing how much things actually cost, like living... Sometimes I think it would be beneficial for me to be cut from all financial help (besides loans/grants/scholarships). That way, I'd be forced to learn how to organize all this shit. My dad does too much of it for me and it drives me nuts! I have talked with him numerous times, but nothing ever comes from it. Damn.

I'm tired now and my three margaritas are really kicking in. It's so damn hot in here, too. Who turned on the fucking heat? I don't even know how to turn that damn thing off! I tried, but it kept turning back on. Gonna open my windows tonight a bit to cool off. It doesn't help that my computer is on my lap, but it was hot downstairs, too.

Sleep time.

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