Posted on October 07, 2016
On Friday, 23 September, the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) launched a book of poetry, text and images entitled Write to life.
Posted on October 06, 2016
Young adults with severe communication disabilities aged between 19 and 35 years recently attended a yearly training week at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on September 14, 2016
On 14 September 2016 the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and their Masters in Early Childhood Intervention students donated specially adapted books to Chrysalis Preschool in Pretoria in honour of Mandela Day.
Posted on September 12, 2016
Dr Alecia Samuels, from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently awarded the HELTASA TAU Fellowship for 2015-2016.
Posted on September 05, 2016
Staff and students from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) at the University of Pretoria attended the 17th Biennial Conference of ISAAC (the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication) in Toronto, Canada, from 6 to 13 August 2016.
Posted on August 19, 2016
Prof Juan Bornman, Director of the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at the University of Pretoria, was recently named a Fellow of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) at the 17th Biennial Conference of ISAAC in Toronto, Canada.
Posted on July 25, 2016
Ms Imke Oosthuizen, a master's student at the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at UP, recently conducted a study on message banking, a relatively new early intervention strategy for persons with MND.
Posted on July 05, 2016
A group of doctoral students and a postdoctoral fellow from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) recently attended a week-long research seminar at Jönköping University in Sweden.
Posted on June 29, 2016
The months of May and June were exceptionally busy for the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) as members of its staff and PhD students attended three prestigious international conferences.
Posted on June 20, 2016
Prof Juan Bornman from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) was invited to deliver one of the keynote addresses at the International Conference on Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-onset Disabilities, which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 1 to 4 June 2016.
Posted on June 01, 2016
Prof Brenda Louw, from East Tennessee State University, was awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to travel to South Africa and collaborate with Prof Juan Bornman from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at the University of Pretoria on...
Posted on May 04, 2016
On the afternoon of 5 April 2016, 15 eager students (enrolled for their final year in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at Sefako Makkgatho University) visited the Centre for AAC together with their lecturer, Prof Anna-Marie Wium, a former staff (and founding) member of the Centre.
Posted on February 29, 2016
The South African Academy for science and art awarded a postdoctoral bursary for the year 2016 to Dr. Alida Naudé to expand on her PhD findings in the area of Ethical Sensitivity. She will complete her studies under the care of Prof. Juan Bornman. The outcome of this bursary is two accredited...
Posted on January 27, 2016
The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) at the University of Pretoria (UP) would like to congratulate Dr Shakila Dada on her recent promotion to Associate Professor. Her research and publications concern augmentative and alternative communication interventions with a...
Posted on December 04, 2015
Mrs Louisa Alberts, a former BA Hons (AAC) graduate from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) and a teacher from Platorand School in Belfast, Mpumalanga started to teach Blissymbolics to learners in her class who struggled to read and write.
Posted on November 30, 2015
The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at UP plays an important role in addressing communication difficulties encountered by individuals with physical challenges or persons with disabilities.
Posted on November 24, 2015
The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Dr Kerstin Tönsing recently obtained a Y2-rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Posted on November 12, 2015
The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC), in conjunction with the Department of English (at UP) and the Department of Visual Communication (Photography) at Tshwane University of Technology, recently hosted an extraordinary event called ‘Words and beyond’
Posted on October 29, 2015
From 28 September to 2 October 2015, the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) conducted training in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) at Badplaas, Mpumalanga, for 30 teachers and five departmental officials from full-service schools of the Mpumalanga...
Posted on September 18, 2015
During the week of 7-11 September 2015, the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) at the University of Pretoria successfully hosted their annual FOFA event.
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