Pac Rim 2009 Info
Noted Speakers: Howard C. Shane
Polly Arango | Fernando Cruz | Frank De Lima | Frank DeRuyter | Katharina Heyer | Cinda and Linea Johnson | David Johnson | Robert Mcruer | Leolinda Parlin | Tanya and Michelle Ponich | Joseph Ray | Suzanne Robinson | Loretta Ross | Dr. Neil Scott | Howard C. Shane | Charlotte Smith | Bethany Stevens | Damon Terzaghi | Amy Wilson
Tuesday May 5th, 2009: 10:15 AM -11:15 AM in Room 302B, on topic of The Future: Innovative Technologies
“Use of Electronic Media to Teach Hard to Learn Language Concepts for Persons with Autism”
This discussion will describe recent research and new clinical procedures developed for teaching hard to learn language concepts such as action verbs and prepositions to persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Through work conducted in the NIDRR funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Communication Enhancement (AAC-RERC), this approach uses electronic screen media as an instructional medium. Two clinical strategies that use different visual configurations to develop an appreciation of this visual based syntax will be described and demonstrated. These include: 1) Teaching Language Concepts (TLC) which uses a top-down associative approach; and, 2) the Element Directive (ED) approach or bottom-up approach. Electronic media examples of both of these procedures as well as clinical outcomes will be included in this discussion.
Biography: Howard Shane
Dr. Shane is the Director of the Center for Communication Enhancement at Children’s Hospital Boston. The Center is known internationally for its inventive communication procedures for persons with autism as well as innovative ways to operate and control computers. He is also a partner in the NIDRR national Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Communication Enhancement (AAC-RERC).
Dr. Shane has received the Honors of the Association and is a Fellow of the American Speech and Hearing Association. He is also the recipient of the Goldenson Award for Innovations in Technology from United Cerebral Palsy Association. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Harvard Medical School. He is the author of numerous papers and chapters on severe speech impairment, lectured throughout the world on the topic, and produced numerous computer innovations enjoyed by persons with severe communication disorders.
