Official Programme

DAILY SCHEDULES
August 15, 18:00 – POSTER SESSION 1
Comparative Policy and Practice
Understanding demographic characteristics of people who access to self-directed funding in the 31
United States of America – Elizabeth CHERRY
Does the Dutch knowledge programme provide a good example for bridging research and
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practice? (D) – Marion KERSTEN
New paths to inclusion: The needed evolution of organisations in disability services – Oliver KOENIG 33
The relationship between predicted disability support costs and the assessment methodology used: 34
A comparison of three tools for people with ID – Jonathan MASON
Reviewing the eligibility criteria of the services for the person with disabilities in Japan using the ICF as 35
a framework – Takehiko MITA
Comparative outcomes of NDIS planning using a standardised measure of support needs – Kate 36
PENSA
Developing leaders from within (D) – Barbara PILARCIK 37
Virtual Grand Rounds: An inter-professional case study forum of the American Academy of
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Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (D) – Lyubov SLASHCHEVA
Relocating people with ID into the community: Process and outcomes in Japan – Shigeru SUEMITSU 39
Communication and Language
Preference of communication modality for children with hearing impairment by deaf and parents 40
of the deaf – Mohammad Shamim ANSARI
Development and use of the Key Word Sign Australian Vocabulary – Karen BLOOMBERG 41
The Easy Read Project: How does ‘easy read’ contribute to the construction of meaning? – Susan 42
BUELL
Syntactic impairment in adults with DS: Evidence from the comprehension of passives – Thomas 43
DOUKAS
The effects of word repetition and word diversity on language production for children with profound 44
language impairments – Elizabeth FULLER
Gamelan and students with complex needs: Communicating our common pulse – Juliet GOLDBART 45
Testing a multisensory narrative assessment for use with children with IDD aged 3 to 5 years –
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Shyamani HETTIARACHCHI
Conversations using AAC: More than just ‘talk’ – Jane REMINGTON-GURNEY 47
Through the window: What can we learn about a person’s communication from a ten-minute video 48
clip? – Andy SMIDT
Communication access is at the heart of inclusive communities (D) – Barbara SOLARSH 49
We Communicate (D) – Agnes STERK 50
The evaluation of a person-centred profile for children with ID during a health care encounter – Gail 51
TOMSIC
The effect of familiarity of conversation participants on speaking roles contributed by individuals 52
who use AAC and individuals who use speech in Taiwan – Meng-Ju TSAI
Functional communication training and AAC: A meta-analysis – Virginia WALKER 53
Communicate to connect – Mark CLAYTON 54
Influence of staff responsivity on key word signing usage in adults with ID – Bea MAES 56
Quality of Life
Measuring group home performance against standards – Mark CLAYTON 55
Supporting social network development of adults with IDD by support workers from ambulatory 57
services: An inventory of methods, strategies, attitudes and perceptions – Bea MAES
Family quality of life in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Heather ALDERSEY 58
A review of empirical studies about family QoL and ID – Raquel ALVEIRINHO CORREIA 59
Family QoL in ID: Perspectives of parents, siblings and persons with ID – Raquel ALVEIRINHO CORREIA 60
Do we take it for granted everyone is connected to and can access the internet? – Cathy
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BASTERFIELD
Matrici as a “big data” system in the field of IDD: Beyond the first steps (D) – Luigi CROCE 62
Adults with ID: Choice and control within the context of family relationships – Bernadette CURRYER 63
ISP system in Italy: From assessment data to significant paths to improve QoL (D) – Sabrina DONINA 64
Independent Monitoring for Quality in Pennsylvania – Celia FEINSTEIN 65
Evaluating alternate residential practice approach for QoL improvements in adults with IDD –
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Richard GLAESSER
Addressing the assessment challenge in infancy and adolescence: The KidsLife Scale – Laura
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GOMEZ
Defining priorities in improving QoL in children with autism and ID – Laura GOMEZ 68
How to measure QoL in people with significant disabilities – Laura GOMEZ 69
Leveraging software to improve QoL (D) – Prattay IQBAL 70
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