In honor of Read Across America week and Dr. Seuss’s birthday, I have been using The Cat and the Hat app on the iPad. Research (Gail T. Gillon, Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2000;31;126-141) shows that phonological awareness training for children with Spoken Language Impairment leads to better outcomes in reading and language abilities. Rhyming games and activities are an important part of phonological
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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’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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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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