3.4 - Researchers
Melissa A. Bray
Professor Department of Educational Psychology University of Connecticut.
Melissa's current research is focused on interventions in the areas of autism, asthma, stuttering and classroom disruptive behaviors. Interests: the effects of self-modeling, written emotional expression, relaxation and guided imagery as well as other psychological techniques as applied to these disorders
Tom is a professor at the University of Tennessee, Siskin Chair of Excellence Director - RISE Project (associated with Peter Dowrick and Creating Futures). Dr. Buggy has authored numerous articles on VSM and is author of “Seeing is Believing: Video Self-Modeling for People with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities” , a ”how-to” presentation about video self-monitoring
Peter W. Dowrick
“Father of Video Self Modeling". Peter is a Professor of Disability Studies and Graduate Studies in Psychology at University of Hawaii, Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska; Honorary Professor of Psychology, University of Auckland.
Dr. Dowrick is currently Director of Creating Futures - Center on Disabilities Studies University of Hawaii, at the forefront of the research in Video Self Modeling. Dr. Dowrick publishes and has consulted/ presented in 31 states and 21 countries. Author of numerous articles ans 4 books including, "The Practical Guide to Using Video in the Behavioral Sciences"
Mickey Keenan
Mickey is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Senior Lecturer and Distinguished Community Fellow, University of Ulster . Founder of the charity PEAT (Parents Education as Autism Therapists; www.peatni.org
Professor/ Director of School Psychology, University of Connecticut
Christos Nikopoulos
Christos is a lecturer at the School of Health Sciences and Social
Care Brunel University, West
London U.K. Christos as written and lectured widely in the areas of autism and
neurological and behavioral interventions in special education including
the use of VSM: to promote social play, teach complex social sequences,
as a treatment procedure, as an evidence-based treatment for children
with autism as well as adults with traumatic brain injury.
Mary Anne Prater
Seanna Smith 
Seanna is a TV researcher and producer for the BBC co-author of 'The Australian Autism Handbook' and 'Sydney for Under Fives' . Sienna is an enthusiastic, and prolific, proponent of video modeling, having produced over 200 video clips for her son
Whitney J Smith
Whitney is a program
Supervisor/Clinician/Researcher Koegel
Autism Consultants
Andrea Tartaro
Ph.D.
candidate computer science and communication
Collaborative
Storytelling with a Virtual Peer
Danielle
Vescolani
Danielle is a private consultant for individuals with autism. Staff development activities: the characteristics and neurology of autism, educational strategies in both special and general education settings and enhancing social opportunities in a variety of environments. Danielle maintains a blog for parents.
http://asdhelp2you.com/ASDhelp2you
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Clay Whitehead |
Co-founder and co-CEO of Presence TeleCare, a
national agency providing online speech-language pathology services to school
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http://christinesouthard.blogspot.com Christine
is a 5th grade inclusion co-teacher dual certified in Elementary and
Special Education who maintains a blog for parents and teachers on assisted
technology |
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Greg runs Technology Integration in Education a
LinkedIn group and ning dedicated to bringing pertinent information about
technology to educators and caregivers.
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http://www.monarchteachtech.com
Vice President Sales and Marketing at Monarch
Teaching Technologies, makers of VizZle,
a web-based subscription software and
content library for children with Autism and other communication disorders,
targeting schools teachers and clinicians working with children with autism
and other visual learners
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Inside Sales Executive with Cambium Learning
Technologies |
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Mystie is Communications Director and AT Specialist |
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Alex is a founding collaborator of Educational
Collaborators, an international consulting organization |
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Casey developed FaceSay social skills software
promoting facial recognition to improve social interactions |
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http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/profile/CassiePatt Cassie runs Flat Classrooms.ning, a global
collaboration group seeking to fostering new ways of learning using Web 2.0
and global collaborative 'flat classroom' ideals and practices |
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Christina,
co-founder of TeachTown, is an autism expert and principal investigator on
three federal grants developed early intervention programs in Los Angeles and
University of Washington. Teachtown is a comprehensive, subscription-based
computer-assisted intervention program for children between developmental
ages 2 –7 years with autism or language disorders |
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Craig Evans |
Craig runs Autism Hangout, an online platform
presenting relevant, timely community news reports on issues affecting the
Spectrum community. Autism
Hangout features recorded interviews, an informational library and reviews of
products and resources for care providers. |
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Dan founded the nonPareil Institute, a residential
campus training young adults on the Spectrum in web-based technologies
development including: websites, games, movies, TV, iPhone and XBOX360. Students also provide quality assurance
testing for outside companies |
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http://www.monarchteachtech.com Autism
Consultant at Monarch Teaching Technologies, Inc. makers of VizZle, a
web-based subscription software and content library for children with Autism
and other communication disorders, targeting schools teachers and clinicians
working with children with autism and other visual learners |
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Duma Cornel Lucian |
http://Lucian-prlucian.blogspot.com Duma
is a teacher and counselor for programs in Special
School http://scoalaspecialacaransebes.blogspot.com. He runs a project addressing
discrimination against students with special needs in the AtmosphEUROPA
contest sponsored by the European Parliament. http://differentbutequaletwinning.webs.com |
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George created Tel.A.Vision, an interactive website
enabling Special Education and At-Risk students to plan and create personal
videos |
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Manager of Sales Operations at
Cambium Learning Technologies |
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Atomic Learning provides an extensive library of
online professional development tutorials providing simple and logical
directions for using everyday computer-based technologies. |
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http://www.emergingedtech.com/ Kelly is Director of Institutional
Info and Tech @ College of Westchester. He publishes Emerging Ed Tech
very useful weekly tweet on educational technology. |
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http://www.cambiumlearning.com Corporate Events Manager at Cambium Learning, the
makers of Kurzweil Educational Systems and Intellitools Products. |
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http://www.cambiumlearning.com Regional Sales Representative for Cambium Learning
Technologies, the makers of Kurzweil Educational Systems and Intellitools
Products. |
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http://enabling.org/drupal
Professor of Neuropsychology,
Research, and Statistics at St. Johns University for 35 years. Currently CEO of the Enabling Support
Foundation, a non-profit supporting persons with
disabilities and K-12 education.
ESF specializes in cross-cultural Special education and research. Robert is also an Advisory Board member
of the Caribbean Educators Network
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http://www.insteptransition.com Scott is CEO of inSTEP Transition which provides
innovative software supporting the management of special education in the
school systems, and agencies supporting special needs adults on a post-school
basis. |
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Tim runs Artpack, a digital/print design,
development and production company focusing on educational applications |
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Todd Baxter |
Todd runs a blog on technology for autism and
develops software to facilitate communication between parents and children. |
