On Demand Webinars
AGOSCI Proudly Presents
What's Good About Echolalia? It's Language Development! - Marge Blanc
Meaning Making Beyond Mere Exchanges 2022 Keynote - Erna Alant
Partner Assisted Communication - A Panel Event
The Reach of My Voice - Dr Kathy Howery
Tele AAC - Nerissa Hall
AAC Device Selection - What Your Supplier Can Do For You
Understanding Language Organisation Systems - An Overview
7 Ways To Boost Your AAC Implementation - Chris Bugaj
Using Social Media to Explore Literacy and Language - Tobii Dynavox
How To Choose a Page Set For Your Communication Device - Zyteq
TD Snap Core First: Encouraging Literacy, Engagement & Growth - Tobii Dynavox
The Tobii Dynavox EcoSystem: A Collection of Tools To Support Literacy and Language - Tobii Dynavox
High Tech PODD: A 2-part webinar overview with Gayle Porter
Celebrating Light Tech and Unaided AAC - KWSA and Scope
NAIDOC Week 2022 LIVE Q&A with Eddie Ong - Free Recording
What's Good About Echolalia? It's Language!
Presented by Marge Blanc
A 2-part webinar series: Recorded on July 22 & 29, 2022
Unless we know echolalia is part of gestalt language development, echolalic students are misunderstood and ignored, or even ridiculed. And they are stuck with dead-end gestalts that don’t easily lead them to the next steps. That’s where we can help. Just by knowing the truth about echolalia, we take gestalt language processors seriously, and partner with them to:
- honor their gestalt communication
- acquire more gestalts that lead to more flexible communication
- move through the stages of gestalt language development
- eventually self-generate their own unique language
This workshop will bridge the research of the past to the realities facing our students today, and give you the tools you need to understand gestalt language processing, differentiate it from the more familiar style we think of as typical (called ‘analytic’), and the ways you can support all gestalt language processors such as:
- refraining from applying ‘analytic’ strategies that have not worked for gestalt processors
- not allowing anyone to teach them rote language’ that interferes with true language development
- supporting these students to move through the stages of gestalt language development and reach their potential of generating their own unique, spontaneous, grammatical language.
Marge Blanc, M.A., CCC-SLP
Marge Blanc is the director of the Communication Development Center in Madison, Wisconsin, USA — and author of Natural Language Acquisition on the Autism Spectrum: the Journey from Echolalia to Self-Generated Language (2012). A Speech-Language Pathologist for 45 years, Marge met her first autistic gestalt language processor when she was a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Marge subsequently founded the CDC clinic in Madison, to serve autistic clients and others who benefit from sensorimotor supports.
Marge conducted clinical research as part of her practice, detailing gestalt language development in a wide variety of children and young adults. Her longitudinal findings described and quantified the stages of gestalt language development outlined by Barry Prizant, and supported by the research findings of Ann Peters. Now in its sixth printing, the book was endorsed by Barry Prizant as “…the most comprehensive consideration of echolalia and language characteristics of persons with autism to date…(which) brings us back to a crucial understanding of language characteristics and language acquisition in ASD…” Her book has been the foundation for Marge’s NLA presentations, including three courses with Northern Speech Services. The heart of those courses will be presented to you in this two-part webinar series.
The Reach of My Voice - Presented by Dr Kathy Howery
A two-part series recorded in July 2020 for AGOSCI 
- The Reach of My Voice - Workshop 1
- Out Of Time - Workshop 2
Tele-AAC Case Examples - Presented by Nerissa Hall
Recorded in April 2020 for the AGOSCI Virtual Conference
This webinar recording will present a range of real case examples utilizing various tele-AAC techniques and equipment set-ups/scenarios. By seeing these cases in action, participants will be able to get information and ideas about how to best support individuals and their teams depending on the goals being addressed, as well as the support, equipment and technology available at the location of the clinician and the client.
AAC Device Selection - What Your Supplier Can Do For You
A 90 minute webinar recorded live in October 2020
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AGOSCI presents this webinar in partnership with the following organisations:
Understanding Language Organisation Systems - An Overview Webinar
A 90 minute webinar recorded live on February 24, 2021
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7 Up! Seven Ways To Boost Your AAC Implementation - Webinar
Presented by Chris Bugaj (LIVE from New York)
Recorded on October 15th, 2021
Click here to access the recordingAbout the presenter
Chris Bugaj MA, CCC-SLP
Christopher R. Bugaj is a founding member of the Assistive Technology Team for Loudoun County Public Schools.
Chris co-hosts the Talking With Tech podcast featuring interviews and conversations about augmentative and alternative communication and has hosted The A.T.TIPSCAST; a multi‐award winning podcast featuring strategies to design educational experiences.
Chris is the author of The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome For All,published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Chris is the co-author of Inclusive Learning 365: EdTech Strategies for Every Day of the Year and The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools both of which are also published by ISTE.
Chris co-authored two chapters for a book published by Brookes Publishing titled Technology Tools for Students with Autism. Chris co‐produces and co‐authors the popular Night Light Stories podcast which features original stories for children of all ages.
Chris has presented over 500 live or digital sessions at local, regional, state, national and international events, including TEDx.
AGOSCI presents this live webinar in partnership with the following organisation:
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Countdown To A New Year of Communication And Literacy
This was recorded LIVE on Monday November 29th, 2021
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AGOSCI presents this webinar recording in partnership with the following organisations:
How to choose a page set for your communication device
Even when there's too much to choose from and you're not sure where to start!
Access this 2-part webinar presented by Zyteq
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Recorded LIVE in November/December of 2021
AGOSCI proudly partnered with Zyteq to bring you this webinar series.
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TD Snap Core First: Encouraging Literacy, Engagement and Growth for Symbol Communicators
This was recorded LIVE on Monday December 13th, 2021
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AGOSCI presents this webinar recording in partnership with the following organisations:
The Tobii Dynavox EcoSystem - A Collection of Tools To Support Literacy and Language
This was recorded LIVE on Monday January 24th, 2022
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AGOSCI presents this live webinar in partnership with the following organisations:
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High Tech PODD - A Webinar Overview Series
Recorded live over 2 x 90 minute sessions in March 2022
Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD) can be accessed on a variety of high tech platforms and devices. The technology is constantly evolving, and the capabilities of different platforms and devices can differ! Do you find yourself feeling confused or overwhelmed by the different high-tech PODD options, and where to begin?
Content covered will include the following high-tech PODD options:
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SimPODD
- TD Snap with PODD
- Grid for iPad/Grid 3 with PODD
- Mind Express 5 with PODD
AGOSCI partnered with Gayle Porter, and a variety of High-Tech PODD suppliers to bring you this 2-part webinar series, and help you better understand your High-Tech PODD options.
Celebrating the role of unaided and light tech AAC
A webinar overview of the unsung hero in your communication toolkit
Recorded on the 26th April, 2022
90 minute webinar presented by Scope Australia and Key Word Sign Australia.
A recording will be available soon!
AGOSCI presents this live webinar in partnership with the following organisations:
NAIDOC Week 2022 LIVE Q&A with Eddie Ong
Join Agosci and Eddie Ong as we celebrate NAIDOC Week 2022, and explore cultural capability with our audience.
This event was recorded on July 4th, 2022 and is freely available to all members and non-members.
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Agosci acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands on which we all live, work and play. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples everywhere, and their elders past and present.
Partner-Assisted Communication and AuthorshipA LIVE Panel DiscussionRecorded on December 9th, 2022 Meet our panellists
Many people in our Agosci community use partner-assisted communication in their every-day lives. This panel event will highlight the lived experience of partner-assisted communication and seek to explore the complex subject of 'authorship'. Authorship may be questioned by unfamiliar audiences, when communication is partner-assisted. This is the statement and experience we'd like to explore with our panel. Our panellists will share their thoughts and experiences about:
In celebration of:
This workshop is proudly brought to you by Agosci and kindly supported by Development Disability WA.
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