History

How Did AET Begin?

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Timeline

1979-1989

• California Association of Educational Therapists (CAET) incorporated

• First Annual Conference and general membership meeting held

• Association of Educational Therapists (AET) incorporated 

• Certified Educational Therapist (CET) criteria adopted 

• First Advisory Board meeting held

• Study Groups established in California

• Educational therapy training programs at universities established 

• IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit status granted

• Code of Ethics initially adopted

• The Educational Therapist professional journal first published 

1990-1999  

• “Educational Therapy Defined” published in The Educational Therapist journal defining the profession’s scope of practice

• Psychoeducational Perspectives by Dorothy Ungerleider published by AET  

• Website, www.aetonline.org, launched

• AET logo adopted

• Study Groups expanded nationally 

2000-2009

• AET accepted by the American Speech & Hearing Association (ASHA) as approved continuing education provider

• Board Certificated Educational Therapist with registered mark of BCET® established to replace CET and registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office 

• AET accepted for membership in the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD)

• Participation in National Roundtable on Learning Disabilities begun

• Educational therapy written into No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 

• NJCLD position paper on the NCLB written with AET participation 

• Response to Intervention criteria for defining learning disabilities proposed

• Represented at a national forum on Response to Intervention

• AET Invited to participate in National Center for Learning Disabilities Roundtable in Washington

• Educational therapy included in new regulations for Reauthorization of IDEA

• First Virtual Study Group launched reaching a national audience

• Educational Therapy Institute (ETI) ® established

• Professional Membership renamed Educational Therapist/Professional with the registered mark of ET/P®

2010-2019

• New AET logo adopted

• Textbook, The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy: A Teaching Model first edition published, creating a uniform resource for the training of educational therapists, followed by second edition: The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy: Learning and Functioning with Diversity

• Dorothy Ungerleider Award established

• Webinars offered to members and the public

• “The Legacy of AET Wisdom” video produced

• Tagline: “Empowering Professionals. Nurturing Learners.” adopted

2020-

• Statement of commitment developed by Social Justice working group 

• Nan Freund Distinguished Service Award established

• First Virtual Annual National Conference convened 

• Vision, Mission, and Core Values adopted

• Website redesigned

• Educational Therapy Institute (ETI)® re-established