How did AET begin?

These are our founders and past presidents speaking to our purpose and philosophy

The Legacy of AET Wisdom from Assoc Ed Therapists on Vimeo.

History

1979

• California Association of Educational Therapists (CAET) incorporated
• First Annual Conference and general membership meeting held

1980

• Publication of CAET News (Newsletter)

1981

• Association of Educational Therapists (AET) incorporated
• Bylaws approved
• First Advisory Board meeting
• Study Groups established

1983

• Educational therapy training programs inaugurated

1984

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

1985

• AET Code of Ethics adopted
• CAET News becomes The Educational Therapist professional journal

1990-2000

• Scope of educational therapy practice further defined
• Psychoeducational Perspectives by Dorothy Ungerleider published by AET
• Professional Membership standards upgraded
• Educational Therapy Defined published

1998

• First website, www.aetonline.org, launched

2000

• New logo adopted

2001

• Recognition of AET by a major allied professional organization: ASHA accepts AET as a continuing education provider

2002

• Certification Board establishes Board Certificated Educational Therapist with registered mark of BCET®) (replaces Certified Educational Therapist (CET)

2000-2004

• AET participates in national public policy decisions
• Admitted to the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD)
• Participates in the National Roundtable on Learning Disabilities
• Educational therapy written into No Child Left Behind regulations
• Participates with the NJCLD in the writing of a position paper on the NCLB proposed Response to Intervention criteria for defining learning disabilities
• Represented at a national forum on Response to Intervention
• Meets with Board of Behavioral Sciences in Sacramento to discuss parameters of educational therapy
• Provides testimony about the profession of educational therapy before the BBS in Los Angeles
• Invited to participate in National Center for Learning Disabilities Roundtable in Washington 
• National Roundtable includes educational therapy in new regulations for Reauthorization of IDEA

2004

• Spanish language section added to website 

2005

• Virtual Study Group launched

2007

• Educational Therapy Institute (ETI®) in Chicago

2008

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

2010

• Textbook The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy: A Teaching Model published, providing uniformity to the training of educational therapists

2014

• Educational therapy training offered online

2015

• AET joins Coalition for Reading Excellence
• AET offers Webinars to members and the public

2016

• “The Legacy of AET Wisdom” video produced
• Tagline adopted: Empowering Professionals. Nurturing Learners