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Dt Trainer

A CD ROM shown next to a spiral-bound "user's guide" for the "Discrete Trial Trainer." The user's guide has a blue "whirlwind" graphic on the cover.
Manufacturer Name: 
Accelerations Educational Software

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Product Description: 

DT Trainer is an academic tutorial program designed for use by children with autism or cognitive or learning disabilities. This software is designed for independent use by students who are developmentally between the ages of 2 to 9, easily distracted or overloaded, not well self-directed or motivated, have difficulty following directions, require moderate to substantial repetition, and need maintenance of previously learned materials. The software is designed to motivate individuals to perform tasks which they may not want to learn or may find difficult to learn by providing hundreds of colorful, interesting, and fun reinforcers.

Main Features: 

  • Designed for Autism but appropriate for students or adults developmentally from 2 to 9 years old.
  • Based on well-researched methods for teaching individuals with autism and other learning disabilities.
  • Content Programs menu has hundreds of curriculum programs for teachers to choose from for their students. Skill levels range from basic early learning (colors, shapes, counting, body parts, receptive vocabulary) to higher-level skills (analogies, synonyms, multiplication, sight words, math word problems).
  • Photo icons (images of real objects with backgrounds removed) are used to facilitate generalization of skills. The DTT is an ageless program for learners of all ages because the images are not "babyish" or "cartoonish," but look very real.
  • Reinforcers include hundreds of motivating cause-effect items, video clips, arts & graphics, and age-appropriate-looking choices for older students (Whack-an-Alien, puzzles, SuperBlinky). Users can add their digital movie clips, photos, and websites to customize their reinforcers.
  • Mouse Skills can be developed and strengthened through many of the reinforcers such as Puzzles, Flood Fill, Whack-An-Alien, and many more.
  • Test/Assessment feature enables teachers to easily periodically test specific programs that will provide the date, time, and identifies each item as correct/incorrect. It may be useful for teachers to print for parents, especially when they’ve aligned the program choices with standards & IEP objectives. The DT Trainer also automatically tracks data in a variety of formats to provide student performance details.
  • Students work independently without adult assistance. The DTT is essentially an errorless learning program that moves a student forward and back based on his responses. Incorrect responses are never inadvertently reinforced, the correct answer is always simply stated, and the student is allowed to try again until he has success.
  • The DTT is highly configurable, allowing the teacher to customize each student’s program to align with IEP objectives, state standards, and individual learning needs.
  • The DTT program can be easily incorporated into a daily classroom or home routine as a computer station, as a block on a visual schedule, or as a self-selected learning or center activity. It will not add more work to the teacher’s plate but will make her life easier by tracking data, providing specific direct instruction, and freeing up classroom staff for other tasks.

Primary Specifications: 

  • Compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, & 10.
  • Minimum hardware requirements:
    • IBM compatible PC.
    • CD or DVD ROM drive.
    • 1.5 GB available hard drive space.
    • Multimedia system with good audio.
    • At least 1GB of RAM.

More Information: 

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