International Jubilee Conference: "AAC in Poland – yesterday, today, tomorrow"

About the event

DAY I – October 11 (Saturday) 📅 09:30 – 17:30 - Participant registration - Conference opening and film "25 years of the Association Speaking Without Words – ISAAC Poland" - Foundations of augmentative and alternative communication - Prof. Stephen von Tetzchner - AAC in Poland: yesterday, today, tomorrow - Alina Smyczek - We don't just want to survive – we want to live! On independence, support, and barriers in the AAC world - Tomasz Grabowski - Coffee break - The right to communication as a human right - Dr. Monika Zima-Parjaszewska - Silence was the beginning, freedom is the future - Dr. Agnieszka Kossowska, Katarzyna Majewska - Challenges in psychotherapy for individuals with complex communication needs - Dr. Izabela Fornalik and Agnieszka Bal - Discussion club – collaboration between APS and MBS - Dr. Gabriela Lorens and Paweł Kamiński - Lunch break + poster session - From practice to innovation: the AMUSE project - Prof. UMCS Dr. habil. Anna Prokopiak, Dr. Oksana Gnatiuk - On building participation of AAC users - Prof. KUL Dr. habil. Fr. Andrzej Kiciński and Agnieszka Pilch - AAC pays off. We have the evidence - Tobii - Challenges in AAC research - Prof. Queen’s University Dr. Beata Batorowicz ________________________________________ DAY II – October 12 (Sunday) 📅 09:00 – 15:00 - Film: "The perfect world with AAC" – Marta Chwedeńczuk and Wojciech Kaleniecki - Semoji – expression in AAC. Emotions matter - Smartbox - Assistive technologies of the future - Katarzyna Łuszczak - Coffee break WORKSHOPS - Comprehensive Path for Assessment, Implementation, and Support of AAC Systems - Marcin Zielonka - AAC in the family - Dr. Agnieszka Kossowska, Katarzyna Majewska - Living library. Conversations with adult AAC users – Agnieszka Bal, Tomasz Grabowski, Bartłomiej Nowosadowski, Paweł Kamiński, Przemysław Molak - Communication equipment mounting – principles and methods of selection and installation - RehAdapt - Integrated AAC systems - Smartbox - Introducing Polish language morphology in TD Snap - Tobii 15:00 – Conference closing ________________________________________ Conference co-organizers: - Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education: - Institute of Special Education - Institute for Human Development and Education Support ________________________________________ 📅 Registration until September 20, 2025 - Conference fee: 500 PLN - For members of the Association Speaking Without Words – ISAAC Poland: 400 PLN - For AAC users: 50 PLN - For AAC user assistants (during the conference): 50 PLN - For family members of AAC users: 250 PLN 📅 Registration after September 20, 2025 until October 6, 2025 - Conference fee: 550 PLN - For members of the Association Speaking Without Words – ISAAC Poland: 430 PLN - For AAC users: 80 PLN - For AAC user assistants (during the conference): 80 PLN - For family members of AAC users: 300 PLN ________________________________________ 💳 PAYMENT METHOD Payment should be made via bank transfer to the organizer's account: Alior Bank 03 2490 0005 0000 4520 9471 1735 Transfer address: Association "Speaking Without Words – ISAAC Poland, Białobrzeska 44, 02-325 Warsaw Transfer title: participant's name + conference 2025 ________________________________________ Sign up now: https://tiny.pl/6p5vp1p1