Schedules and Prompts
Iprompts- provides visual support for those with language and behavioral challenges, including autism and ADD/ADHD. http://www.handholdadaptive.com/ $49.99
StepStones- is an natural voice enabled augmentative learning tool for anyone who needs picture schedule (activity schedule, visual schedule) to help learning, understanding and organizing their daily activities. $29.99
Halotalk-is a simple yet powerful augmentative learning software. The application comes with over 50 pairs of responses commonly used daily. Each response/adjective is natural voice enabled, with visual cue to help the user to pick an item. $29.99
First- Then Visual Schedule- by Good Karma, Visual schedules provide positive behavior support through the use of images that show daily events(i.e. morning routine or therapy schedule) or steps needed to complete a specific activity, (i.e. using the restroom). $9.99
Voice4u- helps individuals to express their feeling, thought, actions and things they need. It is a perfect solution for learning and communication for autistic individuals and people around them. $29.99
Picture Scheduler- It allows users to create picture/auditory task lists or video-based instructional materials and also allows users to set alerts to inform learners “when” to perform tasks.$2.99
Visuals- communicates checklists and individual cues using text, images, and colors. $4.99
iReward- is a fun and useful app. Use it with your spouse, kids, yourself, or anyone for whom you want to provide some positive reinforcement. iReward is a motivation chart for your iPhone! $2.99
irewardchart- iRewardChart makes it easy to reward your children for good behavior and keep them motivated. $4.99
Time Timer- delivers an innovative and practical way to address the universal question of, “How much longer?” With the Time Timer’s patented “visual-disc” technology, you don’t just tell time. You see the passage of time. Its clear-cut, visual cue is its strength…for children and adults. $4.99
Communication Apps and Autism Apps
Expressionist- will help uses to express and models expressions. $29.99
iPACS-is a flexible content management tool using a book metaphor. It has some similarity to PECS, but it is much more flexible than that. iPACS allow you to customize close to 600 voice-enabled pictures for teaching, learning, and communication for special need individuals. It has 7 different tabs, first of which contains all the favorite items you marked in other tabs. $19.99
iconverse- allows children or adults with special needs to use push button images to convey their basic needs to those around them. $9.99
icommunicate-Create Pictures, Flashcards, Storyboards and Visual Schedules with no audio, or add Custom Audio with an additional in app purchase that cost the same as the original app price. $4.99
Proloquo2Go-is a new product from AssistiveWare that provides a full-featured communication solution for people who have difficulty speaking. It brings natural sounding text-to-speech voices, up-to-date symbols, powerful automatic conjugations, a default vocabulary of over 7000 items, full expandability and extreme ease of use to the iPhone and iPod touch. EXPENSIVE, but can substitute for ACD/ ACC for some. Size is a good point seller. itouch size vs mightymoe size. hmmmm $189.99
Look2Learn- a revolutionary AAC software application for the iPod Touch and iPhone, allows individuals to work at their communicative level using photographs to express wants and needs. The easy to use system integrates preloaded vocal output so that individuals can use their “voice”. In addition, users are able to record their own personalized audio and pair it with photos. $24.99
Hidden Curriculum on the Go- Some people seem to learn the hidden curriculum almost automatically. Others learn it only by direct instruction. This includes children with autism spectrum disorders. These real-life based entries spur conversations about the countless “unwritten social rules” that we encounter every day and that can cause confusion and anxiety. $1.99
Locabulary Lite- Locabulary is location based vocabulary. Locabulary is an iPhone app developed for communication, information, and fun. Words are made available based on your GPS location. You can create a fast sentence using Locabulary’s noun-verb-object structuring. With Locabulary, you can easily speak the right words in the right place. FREE
Pocket SLP Articulation- is a technological breakthrough for speech therapy--a real game changer for working with articulation delays. It effectively renders card decks and traditional flash cards obsolete. $29.99
ABA Receptive Identification- FREE IN APRIL!! Receptive language is the ability to understand and comprehend what is being said or read. Asking your child to “get your shoes” and having your child or student respond by going and getting his or her shoes. This is an essential part of language development. Children must first understand language before they can be expected to use it. Understanding questions in particular is the foundation for children to participate in conversations with others. This is how children gather information about the world around them and then share their personal knowledge with others. Our applications give your child an opportunity to practice their comprehension skills and be successful in a fun, interactive way.
ABA Problem Solving Game- Healthy Habits - FREE IN APRIL! Learning problem solving should start early in life so that the mind creates the appropriate pathways and builds associations and knowledge to build upon later. At Kindergarten.com we have developed a number of Problem Solving applications to help young children develop these skills before they even start Kindergarten. These applications encourage creative, critical thinking skills.
AutismXpress- It is designed to encourage people with autism to recognizes and express their emotions through its fun and easy to use interface. FREE
Look In My Eyes- helps them practice this skill - while earning fun rewards and playing creatively. It was designed for children on the autism spectrum - especially those with Asperger’s Syndrome - but any child who has difficulties with eye contact may benefit from playing. $2.99
TapToTalk- You customize what your child sees and hears in TapToTalk on a web site called TapToTalk Designer. With it, you build "albums" that fit your child's needs. For example, an album can be for home, school or even one just devoted to his favorite foods. TapToTalk Designer has a library of over 2,000 pictures that you use to organize your albums. You can add your own pictures and record your voice, too! FREE
MyTalk- converts an iPhone into a device that speaks for those who cannot. MyTalk builds a personalized language set of images and audio on the iPhone/iPod touch, or on the web to sync with your iPhone/iPod touch. With a few touches of the screen, the user is “talking”! $35.99
ModelMeGoingPlaces- is a great visual teaching tool for helping your child learn to navigate challenging locations in the community. Each location contains a photo slide show of children modeling appropriate behavior. FREE
Sentence Builder and Question Builder- is designed to help elementary aged children learn how to build grammatically correct sentences. Explicit attention is paid to the connector words that make up over 80% of the english language. Sentence Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the grammer of all children. $2.99 Question Buider comes in Lite version for $.99
Reading and Stories
Stories2Learn- you can quickly create a story that shows various social cues. For example, if an individual is learning a new concept such as turn taking, making improved eye contact, sharing, or other social messages, these concepts can be quickly depicted in a story created within minutes. $13.99
Letter Tracer- is an educational tool that helps preschoolers and other pre-reading children trace and paint letter and number shapes. Early exposure to letters and numbers helps prepare children for reading and writing in grade school. LetterTracer's three-way combination of visual letters, interactivity via tracing, and a spoken voice-over helps children learn and retain the alphabet. $.99
Learn Sight Words- Over 300 sight words flashcards based on the popular Dolch Word List. In most schools, children are expected to learn these "high-frequency" words by sight, without sounding out, by the end of the first grade. $.99
In My Dreams- Have fun with reading, matching, and sign language. "In My Dreams" uses animation and repetition to promote literacy. Each page has the same sentence structure and reinforces understanding of nouns, verbs and prepositions. "In My Dreams" is an instructional app designed with illustrations that provide language cues. Personalize the app for your child, student or client by adding their photo! $4.99
Stanza- is the most popular electronic book reader for a reason. Intuitive ease of use, unmatched customizability, and powerful library organization features all blend together to make finding, obtaining, and reading your books a joy. FREE (I'm finding that the free books are non-picture books, but you can buy childrens books through the app)
istoryTime Kids Books-brings the joy of a kids's book to the convenience of your iPhone or iPod® touch. iStoryTime books are illustrated and narrated, so your child can enjoy the book even when you’re busy. Best of all, the app is drop-dead simple to use because it’s actually designed for kids 2-years and up. $.99
See Read Say- all 220 Dolch Sight Words at the push of a button. Individual Progress is tracked. $.99
Math
Coin Math- It can be used either at home or at school for learning to identify and count coins, and learning to make change. It can also be used to learn or reinforce counting by 5's, 10's and 25's. $1.99
KidCalc 7-1 Math Fun- teaches number recognition, counting and math to pre-schoolers, kindergarteners and elementary school aged children using flash cards and puzzle games, with engaging artwork, animation and voice-overs. $.99
Music
Pandora- your own free personalized radio now available to stream music on your iPhone or iPad. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a "station" that plays their music and more music like it. FREE
Kids Songs Kwiz Play- A popular kid song plays. Touch the picture that matches the song. $.99
For Teachers and Parents
Behavior Tracker Pro- is a behavior data collection application for PDAs that allows BCBAs, behavioral therapists, aides, teachers or parents to track behaviors and graph them. Behavior Tracker Pro improves your child’s ABA therapy by electronically capturing behavioral data and translating into an easy to understand graphical format. $29.99
IEP Checklist- is a tool for parents and teachers to consider as they develop the IEP. Not every item on the checklist is required by special education regulations. For more information, consult the Federal regulations and other information that can be found at http://idea.ed.gov/ FREE
Sign Language and Braille Apps
Sign4me- A Signed English Translator" is the ULTIMATE tool for learning sign language. The ONLY app that provides sign language instruction in 3D! $9.99
SigningTime ASL- application that focuses on developing language skills using American Sign Language (ASL). The application contains a collection of 48 flash cards with professional quality video explanations based on award winning Signing Time Series, Volumes 1 and 2. Several songs from Emmy® Award Nominated Rachel Coleman are also included that all ages will enjoy. $4.99 Also comes in Lite version for FREE.
Sign Language for Beginners- Much more than just an ASL dictionary, the Sign Language for Beginners series is a comprehensive series of sequenced lessons designed for anyone to learn to express themselves in this beautiful language. $.99
ibraille-english-to-braille translator, everything you've ever wanted to say to a blind friend, but not out loud, is only a fingertip away. Type anything you'd like in the innovative "Braillification Field™", and iBraille™ will instantly translate it into 100% genuine braille. It's really that easy. FREE
Disability Accessible
A Special Phone- You can simply touch your finger anywhere on the screen, and the application will tell you which number you are touching. When you find the number that you would like to use, you simply tap in it's place and it will dial that number! If you do not need eyes free dialing, you can use the keypad just as it is and tap away at the number just like the basic iPhone dialing application. $.99
Web Reader- uses text to speech technology along with web page content recognition to read web pages to you. You can configure web pages to be read as soon as they are loaded, read pages manually after they are loaded, or use Cut, Copy, & Paste to read only sections of text. $1.99
Sunday, April 18, 2010
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