ATIA 2024 Pre-Conference Seminar Speakers

2-day Seminars
Tuesday, January 23 – Wednesday, January 24

AT Bootcamp! Understanding Assistive Technology Services and System Features

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Kelly Fonner
Fonner Consulting
Michael Cole
Use Your Words P.C.
Brian Wojcik
Assistive Technology Partnership

Communication, Learning, and Access: Severe Physical and Multiple Challenges

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Linda Burkhart
Augmentative Communication and Assistive Technology Consultant/Specialist

Leading Systems Change: Strategies to Clarify and Unify AT Capacity Building

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Gayl Bowser
AT Collaborations
Aaron Marsters
DoDEA Europe
Janet Peters
Independent Consultant

Discover the Magic and Joy of Making AT in Minutes: A “Hands-on” AT Making Workshop

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Therese Willkomm
University of New Hampshire

Practitioner’s Handbook: AT Services for People Who are Blind or Have Low Vision

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Rachael Sessler Trinkowsky
UMass Boston
Sarahelizabeth Baguhn
Western Michigan University and University of Alabama Huntsville
Stacy Kelly
Northern Illinois University
Sean Tikkun
Northern Illinois University

1-day Seminars
Wednesday, January 24

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Lindsey Huntley
NYCDOE Center for Assistive Technology

Jonathan Bronsky
NYCPS

Carolyn Saxon-Rodier
NYCDOE Center for Assistive Technology


AT Design Lab: Building an Inclusive Technology Ecosystem

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Leslie DiChiara
North Bellmore UFSD

Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles
Kennedy Krieger Institute

Rachel Herron
PATINS Project
Mia Laudato
Dynamic Inclusive Solutions
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Kelli Suding
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)

Elisa Wern
Alachua County Public Schools


Designing and Delivering Empowering Experiences to Teach Language Using AAC

Christopher Bugaj
Adaptations and Tools for Participation
Rachel Madel
Rachel Madel Speech Therapy Inc.

LoTTIE (LoTech Tools/Interventions for Everyone) for Life: Exploring a Continuum

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Judith Schoonover
Dynamic Inclusive Solutions
Scout Merry
Program Coordinator, Missouri Assistive Technology

Sally Norton-Darr
Educational and Assistive Technology Consultant


Registration Information

  • Two Day Pre-Conference Seminar: $ 555.00
  • One Day Pre-Conference Seminar: $ 330.00

Please visit Hotel and Lodging for information on reduced rates for Monday and Tuesday at the off-site hotel for Pre-Conference Seminar attendees.

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