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Speech and Language Apps Search

I spent some time browsing available language apps and have decided to start with the following… Story Builder by Mobile Education Tools which I reviewed in a previous post. Language Builder by Mobile Education Tools for a price of $3,99.  This app has a variety of real life pictures and scaffolded written and verbal prompts.  The purpose of the app is to encourage sentence
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Autism apps

Now that my new iPad 2 has nearly arrived it’s time to decide what apps I will purchase for it.  I have discovered a few things on my mission to spend my precious $100 in the best possible way.  First, pickings are scarce!  iPad apps for students with special needs definitely feels like uncharted territory.  There are several enticing apps available for the iPhone
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Story Builder Review

The first language app I purchased and have used a bit with my students is called Story Builder.  This app has a collection of 50 pictures, corresponding story lines and 3 levels of play.  The first 2 levels provide written prompts (as seen on the left) that prompt students to create a story about the picture.  The story is recorded by selecting the green
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Grant Goals

I wanted to make sure I laid out the goals of the grant that are guiding the process of app selection.  I selected specific areas of communication that can easily be measured by speech/language sample analysis and observational data.  In addition they are broad enough to touch on the needs of most all my students. Goals: 1. Students will increase their ability to retell
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