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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Conversation Builder has made my list of top autism apps for sure. I am currently using the Basic Conversation Builder with my students with autism ranging in age from kindergarten to 5th grade. When using this app a picture of a social situation is presented followed by a verbal prompt, “How would you start this conversation?” The user is then either asked to record
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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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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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