top of page

Conference Agenda

Session Details

7:00

Registration/ Check-In Begins, Breakfast Provided

8:15

Welcome, Introductions

8:30

Morning Keynote:

Defining Autism: From Nonverbal to Professional Speaker

Kerry Magro, EdD

CANCELED

This session has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. NBCC Approval No. SP-3448

9:45

BREAK, Book Signing

10:15

Concurrent Sessions:

Session 1: 

Unique Perspectives Panel     

Dana Handmacher (Facilitator/ mother), John Rice (Father), Ace Baxter (Sibling), Laura Miller (Self-Advocate), Lance McLemore (Self-Advocate/ AAC user)

​

 

Session 2: Supporting the Literacy Skills of Preschool and School-age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Strategies for Home, School, and Integrating Technology 

Victoria Hembest, M.S. ABD, CCC-SLP

This session has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. NBCC Approval No. SP-3448

This session has NOT been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. 

11:30

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:00

Afternoon Keynote:

The Power of kNOw

Dustin Chandler

This session has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. NBCC Approval No. SP-3448

2:00

BREAK

2:15

Concurrent Sessions:

Session 1: 

Social Skills Development from Preschool to Young Adulthood

Elizabeth Fair, Ph.D. and Bridget Hannahan, Ph.D. 

 

​

Session 2: 

Making Meal Times Happy Times

Amber Milller-Walker, M.S., OTR/L

This session has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. NBCC Approval No. SP-3448

This session has NOT been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. 

3:30

Dismiss

The 2020 Autism Matters Conference has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. Sessions approved for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Autism Society of Alabama is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

NBCC Approval No. SP-3448

bottom of page