Dr. Curtis Rogers talks to Dr. Lisa Raiford, Elizabeth Moore, and Josh Findlay from the South Carolina State Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Services about the Robots4Autism Initiative and other assistive technology programs in South Carolina schools.
Since 2011, the number of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in South Carolina has nearly doubled from 4000 to over 8000 students in 2017. Recognizing the need to provide an evidence based curriculum for students with ASD and the need to support educators, the Office of Special Education Services invested in Milo and through the use of federal funds will pilot the humanoid robot and curriculum in 15 districts for a three year period.
Developed by RoboKind, a company based in Dallas, Milo teaches elementary and middle school age students the understanding and meaning of emotions and expressions, and demonstrates appropriate social behavior and responses. Through interactions with Milo, students learn to tune in on emotions, express empathy, act more appropriately in social situations, self-motivate, and generalize in the population.
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Medical Librarianship with Ruth Riley - Episode 64
R2i2 with Jacqui Lee - Episode 63
A Conversation with Tim Conroy - Episode 62
Confederate Papers Digitization Project with Dr. Fritz Hamer - Episode 61
Lee Snelgrove and One Columbia for Arts and History - Episode 60
SC Author Leigh Moring Discusses Nathanael Green - Episode 59
Summer Reading with Rebecca Antill - Episode 58
Interview with author Pat McNeely - Episode 57
Culturally Relevant Practices for Classroom Management - Episode 56
Children's Literature with Carmen Agra Deedy - Episode 55
Genealogy with Debbie Bloom - Episode 54
2018 Hurricane Season with Andrew Phillips - Episode 53
All for Civil Rights with W. Lewis Burke - Episode 52
Global Studies with Dr. Agnes Mueller - Episode 51
South Carolina History through Poetry with Kimberly Simms - Episode 50
Poetry and More with Lucinda and Xavier Clark - Episode 49
The Power of Poetry with Glenis Redmond - Episode 48
Urban Botany with Dr. John Nelson - Episode 47
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