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The Real World of Autism on Autism One Radio 		   
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Host : Chantal Sicile-Kira
Tuesday September 23 1:30 pm EST, 10:30 PST
www.autismone.org/radio/
(Shows archived for 6 months so you can listen at your convenience)

Topic: The Discrete Trial (DT) Trainer and The Activity Trainer
Guest: Karl Smith, founder of Accelerations Educational Software (AES), father of a child with autism.

Join Chantal and Karl as they discuss how and why he developed The Discrete Trail Trainer, and The Activity Trainer (based on video modeling), as well as how they are used. Karl Smith is an engineer, father of a child with autism, and founder of Accelerations Educational Software (AES). Mr. Smith has worked as a drug & alcohol counselor in the army; pursued studies in computer engineering, and psychology in graduate school. He has also has studied and researched topics in artificial intelligence.

In the late 90's, Mr. Smith recognized that effective methods for teaching individuals with autism were not incorporated into educational software. AES was founded to create, distribute, and support effective and affordable educational software, especially for individuals with autism.
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Discrete Trials,  software,  video modeling
Submission Date:

09/22/2008by: shannonj
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