Avaz Inc. presents ‘Insights with Avaz’, a FREE webinar series all through October to celebrate AAC Awareness Month.
Date: Oct 09, 2025 (Thursday)
TIME : 4.30 – 5.30 PM IST
7:00 – 8:00 AM EDT
4:00 – 5:00 AM PDT
Understanding and overcoming initial AAC barriers
Well-intentioned approaches can sometimes hinder AAC progress. This webinar explores common implementation barriers and introduces gentle, evidence-based strategies that create meaningful shifts in communication outcomes. Learn about several practical tools to support transformative communication journeys.
Perfect for parents, speech therapists, and educators ready to transform their AAC approach.
About Lauren S. (Enders) Gonzales
Lauren S. (Enders) Gonzales, MA, CCC-SLP is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Assistive Technology (AT) Consultant with 30 years of experience, including a long stint with Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. She is widely recognized in the AAC community, for generously sharing valuable AAC and AT resources on social media. She is a prominent speaker at national and international AAC conferences and has several professional publications to her credit.
Date: Oct 16, 2025 (Thursday)
TIME : 4.30 – 5.30 PM IST
7:00 – 8:00 AM EDT
4:00 – 5:00 AM PDT
Creating Communication Opportunities: The Role of Partners in AAC Support
This session will explore how different communication partners—such as family members, teachers, and therapists/ professionals—play a key role in creating opportunities for AAC users to communicate. Drawing on clinical experience and evidence-based research, the speaker will share practical strategies to support communication across a range of communication partners.
This talk can be suitable for early clinicians, teachers, and parents.
About Tanushree Saxena-Chandhok
Tanushree Saxena-Chandhok is a speech-language therapist and certified Assistive Technology Professional with clinical experience in India and Singapore, across early intervention, preschool, nursing home and special education settings. She is currently residing in Singapore and is passionate about working with AAC users and empowering their families and caregivers to advocate for and support AAC use.
Date: Oct 23, 2025 (Thursday)
TIME : 4.30 – 5.30 PM IST
7:00 – 8:00 AM EDT
4:00 – 5:00 AM PDT
Developing Functional Communication Using AAC in the Classroom and at Home
This session will explore strategies to build functional communication through AAC at school and home. Emphasis is on supporting varied communication intents, and social interactions, encouraging multimodal expression, and expanding utterance length. Practical approaches will be shared to help children use AAC meaningfully in daily routines at school and at home.
Audience: parents, communication partners/ facilitators of AAC users, speech therapists, educators and allied professionals.
About Prabha Ramakrishnan
Prabha Ramakrishnan is a US school-based Speech-Language Pathologist with 21 years of experience supporting elementary-aged children with diverse communication needs. Her expertise includes assessment, intervention, and AAC implementation. She collaborates closely with teachers, occupational therapists, and families to foster communication, learning, and social participation in the classroom and at school.
Date: Oct 30, 2025 (Thursday)
TIME : 4.30 – 5.30 PM IST
7:00 – 8:00 AM EDT
4:00 – 5:00 AM PDT
Whole School Approach for Successful AAC implementation through SLP-Educator-Parent Collaboration
Through real examples, this webinar shows how AAC users and their peers benefit from a whole-school AAC approach, led by SLP collaboration with educators, staff, and families. Learn how leadership drives a pro-AAC culture, how teams and parents can support carry-over, and gain practical tips to handle daily challenges in schools, therapy centres, and educational hubs.
About Anjana Sathyabodha
Anjana Sathyabodha, MSc (SLP), AIISH, Mysore, is a Senior Speech-Language Pathologist and Founder of Subodha – Communication For All. Based in Bangalore, she specializes in multimodal communication and AAC for non-speaking and minimally speaking individuals.
With national and international experience, she leads advocacy, training, and parent coaching, grounded in her belief that communication is a human right.
