This week it was all about Dr. Panda. The app was certainly a hit with nearly every group. Although the app is designed for younger children (toddlers/preschoolers), I used it at the end of school-aged lessons focused on producing subject + verb + object combinations and past tense verbs. This is an interactive app that allows you to scroll through different scenes involving a
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Check out the article, iPad gives voice to kids with autism, on CNN today. iPads are far from the perfect augmentative communication device, but the longer they are around and the more experience developers have with creating targeted apps, the better they get. I have been extremely impressed with the improvements made in only 1 year to existing articulation and language apps. App developers
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I love Word SLapP by Zorten. It is simple and straightforward to use and inexpensive. I purchased the app with one student in mind, and to be honest, have only used the app with him. This app allows you to teach vocabulary words related to a child’s environment and sort them by category. You simply select pictures you have previously taken and stored in the
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Conversation Coach is an app developed to help teach kids with autism how to have reciprocal conversations by asking appropriate questions, making comments and listening. The app basically compares a conversation to a game of pass with a ball. In conversation, users pass a ball back and forth the length of the iPad indicating the passing of each conversational turn. The app comes with
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