Well, I can offer my
personal
opinon but I would also like to hear thoughts from the
group...
My experiences with ATIA have been
good but
in terms of sessions, disappointing.
It depends on what type of work you
do, but
the years I went to ATIA, all the AAC workshops were related to the school
environment or voc rehab. There was nothing about adults with
degenerative
diseases.
I was on the ASHA convention planner
and
identified at least 8 sessions of interest. There is a funding
workshop, a
session on communication issues in the ICU (a tremendous problem with PALS)
the
two sessions on ALS and AAC and many more. If you look at the
Pre-progam
for ATIA, you will see that most of the sessions are directed toward
students. If that is the focus of your practice or you want that
information than ATIA may be the choice for you. But personallly for
me, I
want to focus on the adult market and that's why I generally chose ASHA and
RESNA.
Thanks and others please feel free to
chime
in...
Alisa
Alisa Brownlee, ATP
Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology
Services
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National
Office and
Greater Philadelphia Chapter
Direct Phone: 215-631-1877
Really...Thank you for that infor...I was not planning
to
go. I was planning to go to the Orlando ATIA. Do you think I
should
reconsider if there is a possibility of going to ASHA? It is
expensive and
not a good time, but.
Nancy Gizzi, M.S.,
C.C.C.-Speech
Language Pathology
Lee
Center For Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
Campus of Cape Coral Hospital
Lee Memorial Health
System
Phone: 239-772-6572
Fax: 239-574-0317
Pager: 239-930-4613
This year's ASHA
Convention
has lots of sessions on AAC and AT. Information on eye gaze systems,
iPod
and iPhones for communication, two AAC sessions related to ALS and many
other
interesting AAC topics.
Alisa Brownlee, ATP
Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology
Services
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National
Office and
Greater Philadelphia Chapter
Direct Phone:
215-631-1877