Kathy Howery, PhD

Kathy Howery received her PhD in Special Education from the University of Alberta in 2017. Her doctoral research drew upon hermeneutic phenomenology to seek to understand what is it like for young people with complex communication needs (CCN) to speak with (or is it through) speech generating devices.
Kathy is the current President of ISAAC Canada. She has held positions on the Inclusive Learning Network of the International Society of Technology in Education (ILN/ISTE), and on the leadership team of the Universal Design for Learning – Implementation Research Network (UDL-IRN). She provides ongoing consultation to Alberta school jurisdictions in supporting children and youth with severe impairment of speech in developing communication, language and literacy skills, UDL, and inclusive education. Kathy is also engaged in ongoing research in several areas involving students with extensive support needs and is sessional lecturer with the University of Alberta.