My lessons this week have targeted the skill of understanding time, the past, present and future and how that relates to verb tenses. Students with significant language delays and autism have a very difficult time understanding the passing of time. I have struggled for many years to figure out the best way to teach this concept with varying levels of failure. Tense Builder has
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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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After receiving a thoughtful comment from someone at Speech with Milo, I wanted to follow up about how I have been using these apps in therapy. I did not initially recommend it in my previous review but have continued to find ways of using Speech with Milo Prepositions and Speech with Milo Verbs in my own therapy sessions. With the right kind of lesson planning
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I watched the 60 Minutes segment on Apps for Autism last night and found it highly inspirational. In particular, the discussion on how motivating the iPad is for students with autism really resonated with my own experience in using the iPad with students with autism. During the 60 Minute interview with the teachers involved with the Apps for Autism study, it was noted that there’s something
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Toontastic ($1.99) (The following skills and many more can be targeted using this app: Turn taking, cooperation/group work, sharing ideas/compromising, perspective taking, identifying the intentions and motives of others, making predictions and providing appropriate background knowledge.) Stories 2 Learn ($13.99) (Easy to use app for developing social stories with real life photos, written text and audio presentation of social story) Conversation Builder ($5.99) (Teaches conversational skills and pragmatics,
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As I mentioned in my previous post, there are surprisingly few apps available specifically for language/social communication delays for school-aged children. In addition, I think it is extremely important to use a holistic approach when targeting therapy goals in these areas. That is the beauty of having the iPad in therapy. I can get away from using drill practice with speech/language cards and infuse
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Check out my post on my list of top speech/language apps for my personal everyday favorites. I’ve spent a bit of time perusing current blogs out there related to iPad apps and speech therapy. I came across a very informative blog called Communication Therapy. It is definitely worth checking out as it talks about the use of iPads in therapy and also has an
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I purchased Stories2Learn and Look! for my students with autism. Stories2Learn is compatible with the iPod, iPhone and iPad. It’s an app that allows you to create personalized social stories that include photos, text, and audio messages. I still can’t get over how easy it is to create personalized social stories using Stories2Learn. I made a personalized social story about appropriate touching that included
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I’m not really loving the Speech with Milo apps. The app feels like one big pile of glorified speech cards. It runs through Milo performing a series of verbs and then takes a pause. The actions depicted are sometimes difficult to interpret, especially for more impacted students. I have a similar problem with a few of the prepositions as well being somewhat unclear. I
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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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